Yes, it happens to startups too, whether they have three or thirty employees. Unless your business has a special focus on the month of December a la Amazon for example, you too will be infected.
Top signs you're under the influence of the season:
- 'Out of office' is your #1 sender
- All the investors you're trying to meet are in the mountains or the islands
- Gingerbread lattes are the beverage of choice in your coffee house meetings
- You're seeing red or green, or, yikes, both, everywhere
- Your conference calls meander into a discussion on which alcoholic beverage is the gift of choice
- Your parents are visiting
- You are visiting your parents
- You're up late working because you've been partying earlier
- You're up even later because your work stinks as you've been partying earlier
- You just give up and sleep in as you know no one else will wake up early to care anyway
Startups are not immune to the effects of the season, so if you can slack off a teeny bit, give in to the spirit. It's good for the morale and all that of course, but most importantly, it is fun.
Cheers!
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