work-life balance

also referred to as: work life balance

12 statements across 12 episodes · 1 bullish · 8 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Nov 30, 2018 by Harry Stebbings · across every show →

Everything said about work-life balance, oldest first

Nov 30, 2018 negative
Opinion
Harry Stebbings: Work-life balance is complete BS and prevents success
“It's complete BS. And you don't get anywhere with work-life balance.”
Harry Stebbings Nov 30, 2018 ▶ 21:56 20VC: Monzo's Tom Blomfield on The 3 Phases of Startup Scaling, The Secret To Building a 1.2m Community with No Advertising & How To Use Boards As A Tool To Instil Operational Excellence
Jul 7, 2020 negative
Insight
Lonsdale: Building a multi-billion-dollar company precludes healthy work-life balance
“You cannot have healthy worth life balance and build a multi-billion dollar company.”
Joe Lonsdale Jul 7, 2020 ▶ 30:56 20VC: 8VC's Joe Lonsdale on How To Foster Contrarian Thinking Within Venture Partnerships, Why The Best VCs Are Company Builders & Why It Is Not Possible To Build Multi-Billion Dollar Companies and Have Worklife Balance
Feb 8, 2021 negative
Insight
Work-life balance is a failure of modern culture, argues Michael Eisenberg
“I've actually never, ever thought about work-life balance. I don't believe in it. I think it's a failure of modern culture to seek work-life balance.”
Michael Eisenberg Feb 8, 2021 ▶ 34:53 20VC: Aleph's Michael Eisenberg on Why Generalists Over Specialists, Why Boutique Smaller Firms Over Multi-Stage Firms, Portfolio Construction Theory, Capital Concentration Limits and How To Think Through Reserve Allocations with Market Cycles in Mind?
Jun 17, 2022 positive
Insight
Nick Jones: Society Should Stop Praising Overwork and Value Life Balance
“People often sort of sort of, Praise people who work incredibly hard, but actually what we should be doing is saying, well, surely you should be getting a bit more balance in your life, because that's a lot more healthy”
Nick Jones Jun 17, 2022 ▶ 26:05 Nick Jones: How I Founded Soho House; Brand Marketing Tips; Hiring Advice | 20VC #898 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 1, 2022 negative
Insight
Stebbings: Top professional achievement requires major personal sacrifice
“I fundamentally do not believe you get to where we get to, unless you give up and sacrifice. I'm sorry, you can't have both worlds in my mind.”
Harry Stebbings Oct 1, 2022 ▶ 6:31 Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: How to Build Moats Against Incumbents; How to Hire Engineers | 20VC #931 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 24, 2023 neutral
Insight
Levin: Work-life balance is fundamentally an explicit choice
“It's, you have to make, look, you, nothing is so extreme, it's one or the other, but there are people just fundamentally that make a choice, and some choose work, and some choose life, and I don't We grudge anybody which one of those two things they choose, bu…”
Joey Levin Feb 24, 2023 ▶ 24:04 IAC CEO Joey Levin: Why Value Investing is BS; The Most Insane Element of SPACs | 20VC #982 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 26, 2023
Insight
Babayigit: True work-life balance means doing work you continuously think about
“Work-life balance is not true in the standard sense of, you know, you work, you finish your home, so you work, you finish your work, you go home, and then you chill. That's not work-life balance, right? If you're, you know, lucky enough to be doing something t…”
Akin Babayigit Jun 26, 2023 ▶ 37:38 Akin Babayigit: How Tripledot Studios Became #1 Fastest-Growing Company in Europe | E1030 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 2, 2023 negative
Insight
Barnes: Professionals Should Seek Work-Life Integration Over Work-Life Balance
“Work-life balance, I think is not the right model. Like, I think you want a life that you're proud of. I think you want work that you're proud of that weaves into your dinner conversations with your family”
Phin Barnes Oct 2, 2023 ▶ 5:14 Phin Barnes: The Services Model of Venture Capital is Broken, The Best Founders Do Need Help | E1067 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 23, 2023 negative
Opinion
Rouif: I Don't Strongly Believe In Work-Life Balance
“Not too much. I think I like to do things 100%. But I do have like the kids and I see them, but there is some balance to find in that.”
Matthieu Rouif Oct 23, 2023 ▶ 46:41 Matthieu Rouif: The Story of PhotoRoom, Is This YC’s Most Capital Efficient Company? | E1074 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 13, 2024 neutral
Insight
Blomfield: Extreme work intensity works short-term but is unsustainable long-term
“I agree over a short to medium time period. I think, I don't know how founders do it over a 10 or 20 year time period, because I cannot work for that intensity for that long.”
Tom Blomfield May 13, 2024 ▶ 55:17 Tom Blomfield: Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | E 1152 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 28, 2024 negative
Opinion
Khachab: The concept of work-life balance is bullshit
“I think it's bullshit.”
Daniel Khachab Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 47:43 Daniel Khachab: "We Are in the Middle of a Cold War for AI Talent" | E1220 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2025 negative
Opinion
Stebbings: Work-life balance is a complete myth
“I believe working unreasonably hard yields better outcomes. Work life balance is a complete myth.”
Harry Stebbings Mar 17, 2025 ▶ 9:56 Yamini Rangan, CEO @ HubSpot: How HubSpot Competes Against Salesforce · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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