Gary Vaynerchuk says entrepreneurs who ignore their partners just do not like them
The serial entrepreneur has zero sympathy for founders complaining about their lack of work-life balance.
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WATCH NOW↓ Gary Vaynerchuk has a fairly simple diagnosis for founders who claim they are too busy building their empires to see their significant others. You do not lack time. You just do not like your partner.
Appearing on Young and Profiting, the serial entrepreneur deployed his trademark blunt force to puncture the mythology of the overwhelmed, time-starved founder. The internet is littered with hustle-culture disciples lamenting the toll their startups take on their personal lives. Vaynerchuk thinks it is mostly performative garbage.
Maybe you don’t like your boyfriend. Because I promise you if you were obsessed with your boyfriend and your business, you’ll make the time. Actions over words.
He is targeting the exact audience he helped create. The culture of entrepreneurship loves the aesthetic of sacrifice. Saying you miss your kids or your spouse is a socially acceptable way to signal just how hard you are grinding. It is a humblebrag disguised as a confession. But Vaynerchuk strips away the excuse of the calendar. If you wanted to, you would.
People are not accountable. People like to posture for optics, but have a different reality. Because if you actually mean it, you would do it.
The takeaway for anyone dating a founder is brutal but clarifying. The next time they tell you they are just too swamped with the seed round to make dinner, believe the calendar, not the apology.
- Does GaryVee think you can balance a business and a relationship?
- Yes. He argues that if you are genuinely obsessed with both your partner and your business, you will automatically find the time to maintain both without making excuses.
- Why do people complain about missing their families when building a startup?
- Vaynerchuk views these complaints as posturing for optics. Founders use the narrative of missing their kids or partners as a way to signal how incredibly hard they are working, rather than as a genuine problem they want to solve.
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