@ryangraves What does the term even mean?

@Basti 🤷🏼‍♂️ some said to me on a call the other day, “this isn’t gonna be a lifestyle business right?”

@ryangraves The problem is lifestyle businesses usually require a similar level of commitment for extended periods of time to see success. Same stress, less upside. Then it becomes a question of opportunity cost if you're able to do it vs venture. (I own two lifestyle businesses)

@ryangraves it’s not bad, it’s just not investable by certain kinds of funds.

@ryangraves Lifestyle vs enterprise business. Yah in my circles lifestyle business can be looked down as as not playing big/maximizing potential. It can be if it’s coming from place of fear. If from place of balance and to truly enjoy life, different bag

@ryangraves They didn’t. It’s just people that pursue them don’t care to fight about how much they work.

@ryangraves It’s not a negative term, it just means it can’t scale. So it’s difficult for the next level to invest if they can’t see a 5X, 10x, + possibility quickly. Still great for the individual business buyer.

@ryangraves Marketing convinced all of us there is a thing called "lifestyle products"

@ryangraves If you’re not optimizing for the lifestyle you want, wtf are you even doing?

@ryangraves Haha the other day I tweeted about how I built my startup to get a base salary out of it. Someone said “it’s not a startup, it’s a lifestyle business”. SO WHAT, ARE YOU ELON MUSK? 😂

@ryangraves 💯 agree. Some of the happiest people I know have a profitable SMB business kicking off a few hundred grand to maybe a million a year in free cash flow. I think many in the tech/VC echo chamber could benefit by diversifying who is in their real life social network.

@ryangraves At , we have a multi billion dollar vision AND maintain an abundant lifestyle—4ks+ PTO, no tracked hours, minimal meetings etc. If we’re trying to create abundance for the world, we can’t deny it from ourselves. We think best on trails, beaches, trips etc

@ryangraves Do you invest in lifestyle businesses?

@ryangraves Well said. I think a no code based SAAS in a niche you know well, with no investors that clears 100k a year without working 9-5 is now a achievable and worthy goal for everyone. Its not all Ycombinator and VC. Lifestyle indeed. @bubble #nocode

@ryangraves I consider myself to be pretty ambitious but would love to start a sustainable lifestyle business one day. not everything needs to be about world domination!

@ryangraves if you don't work at least 100hrs a week you're just lazy BRO

@ryangraves 🤙current view

@ryangraves A lifestyle business only increases your own wealth. That don't fly in Ventureland

@ryangraves Hasn’t it just been rebranded as ‘side-hustle’?

@ryangraves so as an engineer you get all the bad parts about working at a tiny company with none of the potential upside Good luck attracting any talent