[hank_tepaliu]

thanks for your thoughts. to clarify: we intend to build a growth business while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

based on what we read so far, the early-stage company cultures seem to be split pretty much in the bone-crushing startups (with a lot of outside cash to burn) and the more mellow lifestyle business cultures (pretty much bootstrapping themselves). we have not yet seen the growing startup with a moderate work style backed by outside money (but are far away from the startup hubs to have a representative sample).