On raising startups and family

by rymohr • 12 years ago

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rymohr2• 12 years ago

If anyone's interested in joining the team: https://weworkremotely.com/jobs/582

sunir• 12 years ago

Ryan, I'm scratching my head. What is your message here? Your personal life is a mess because of your startup, but you're hiring?

ps. Your homepage doesn't make it clear you are a mindmapping application. The term 'relationships' and the images of people avatars imply you are graphing a social network.

rymohr2• 12 years ago

Hi sunir, yes, my personal life is a mess because I've taken on more work than I can balance against the needs of my family. I imagine most founders with family find themselves in the same spot and one side ends up folding (hopefully the startup and not the family).

The business side of things is healthy, but I can't keep running at the same pace I have been for my family's sake. I need to scale back my hours, hence we're hiring.

Kumu is actually a platform for all things relationships, not just mindmapping. We're primarily focused on systems mapping (elements, connections, feedback loops, etc) and network mapping (social, stakeholder analysis, etc) -- many of our customers actually blend the two within a single project.

On raising startups and family

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