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For Those Working Menial Jobs Or Putting In 100-hour Weeks For Corporations, The Lure Of Starting Your Own Business Can Seem Like A Great Way To Get More Flexibility, Upside, And Ownership.

If You're Able To Arrange A Trial Period With A New Hire, Do It. It Will Give Both Of You A Chance To Make Sure The Position Is A Good Fit - And Can Help You Avoid Being In The Awkward Situation Of Wanting To Fire Someone Three Or Four Weeks In.

Most Weeks, I Work 100-plus Hours On Themuse.com. There Are Definitions Of 'work-life Balance' That Would Say I Have None.

Launching A Start-up, You Need To Get A Lot Done Quickly. Every Day Is Different. Everyone Pitches In With Everything. It's Easy For The Founding Team To Say, 'we're Flexible. We All Help Out With Everything!' But When It Comes To Making Decisions - That Flexibility Can Spell Inefficiency And Disaster.

I've Learned I'm Rarely Able To Stay At Home And Not Work. If I Try To 'just Sit On My Couch For A Little While,' I Am Going To Grab My Laptop And Just Knock Out A Few More Emails, Or Start Sketching Up Some Product Ideas For Themuse.com. So When I Want Time Off, I Schedule Dinners Out, Movie Outings, And On Occasion A Flight Lesson From Groupon.