#AskPeshev 118: Managing Time As An Entrepreneur

Recorded today a personal high score of 15 meetings (doesn't count dentist and hairdresser early AM) 😅After over a decade of exchanging a 40-hour workweek and a steady paycheck for 80-100 hours at the office for years to come, grinding through the struggles of generating sales, managing staff, juggling accounting and legal, and designing scalable processes, I share, whenever I am asked to, nothing less than my no-BS take on the startup world challenges and the reality for starting entrepreneurs during their first 6-18 months in the game.One extremely challenging aspect of being an entrepreneur is time management and that's what we're addressing with the featured articles in this newsletter.In case you have questions, feel free to hit “Reply”  :)Mario

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