Vaibhav Sisinty Defends 18-Hour Workdays as Necessary to Outperform Competitors
Vaibhav Sisinty · Helping Startups Grow Through Engineered Organic Marketing Ft. Vaibhav Sisinty, Founder-GrowthSchool · Sep 12, 2022 · at 51:49
GrowthSchool founder Vaibhav Sisinty discusses founder burnout and defends Bombay Shaving Company founder Shantanu Deshpande's viral post advocating 18-hour workdays.
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“I mean, Shantanu's post went viral, sadly, the 18 hours. But I mean, if you ask me, there's nothing wrong with what he said. I've been working 16, 18 hours all my life. And that became part of my life as well. If you want to do more than others, you have to put in the effort.”
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