Startups Anonymous Est. 2013 · Read-only archive
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Date the CEO of a Startup

Baby girl, the internet is plagued with advice on whom to date.

Date a reader, date a writer, date a traveler, they’ve said.

I´m here to encourage you (today) to date the CEO of a startup.

Date a man who gave up the 9-5 for the 24/7.

Date a man who works his ass off because someone has to.

Date a man who when you say ‘lean’ will think prototype and not cuisine.

Date the CEO of a startup.

The CEO of a startup will forget every anniversary, but will never miss a date if you add it on his Google Cal.

The CEO of a startup will not be writing any poems for you but Office Memos will seem more endearing than ever before.

The CEO of a startup will not be texting you all day long but will excuse himself from an important meeting, if he has to, when you call.

The CEO of a startup will not bring as many flowers, as he will bring good news and sometimes bad news too.

It is not easy to date the CEO of a startup but it’s a hell of a ride.

You will feel like the woman behind the man.

You will learn how to comfort an insomniac mind.

You will learn how to stay strong for someone even when you are still not sure how to stay strong for yourself.

You will learn how to celebrate.

Date the CEO of a startup.

Or don’t.

But please, baby girl, do date a man who won’t only thrill your ego, but who will feed your spirit.

Date a man who loves you, but who will understand you too.

Date a man who will enjoy if YOU are the CEO of YOUR startup.

10 answers from the community

AAnonymous· Nov 23, 2014

You forgot one detail: most of the time, the CEO of a startup is single; baby girl will not compete with cohorts of other baby girls :o)

AAnonymous· Nov 23, 2014

As long as baby girl stays way out of CEO's company, I agree... and yeah date your CEO until he gets rich. Then naturally divorce him, get your share pay and find a man who you can spend more time with you. It's a good investment, for sure.

Heard of NYC CEO who didn't know what to do with his demanding and bossy girlfriend (circus artist and ex nude model) as she was constantly complaining that he spends less and less time with her....Guess what he did, he employed her in his own company to save the relationship, travel with him on company expenses and spy for him too. If nightmare exist, that's the ONE. What a bad bad taste. Poor staff...must have been hard kissing her circus ass in attempt to get CEO likes.

(vomit)

AAnonymous· Nov 26, 2014

ha ha...while you vomiting over this love story, sure that trapeze artist is feeling great.... all she wanted was a castle and she will get it... because she figured what matters the most to these guys. It starts with letter V.

AAnonymous· Nov 24, 2014
AAnonymous· Nov 24, 2014

I'm a female CEO and I would not date you after reading that crap.

Here's a lesson for you young ones --> you want someone in your life that supports you and doesn't give two shits about the financial rewards of your business because it isn't guaranteed. What is guaranteed is that you will be the person you are. If you are not going to carve out 15 minutes a day to remember the one you love and the anniversary, you're too selfish for a relationship. A real relationship requires work and not space. My advice to you is to get a mail ordered bride that will be ok with your lack of effort and take a credit card instead -or- step out of your selfish view of relationships and meet a nice girl and take 15 minutes a day for her.

AAnonymous· Nov 25, 2014

I wouldn't date a startup CEO. They are poor and busy. All they do is work, work, work. And all the work doesn't guarantee income.

Be practical. Date someone who works for Facebook, Google, Apple, Uber, Pinterest or AirBnB. They are rich and they have time to have fun.

The second best choice is to date startup CEOs whose company has real revenue and profit. Don't date the ones whose company is pre-traction, pre-revenue or pre-product market fit. It's a waste of time. I know you want to date Mark Zuckerberg before he founded Facebook. It's like buying a lottery ticket. It's easier to just buy a lottery ticket.

AAnonymous· Nov 26, 2014

Hang on a sec...maybe this poor CEO needs gf to ease the certain pressures.

If anything he really needs is sex. So yes, all the ladies who can just enjoy occasional banging, damn...go for it and make this one happy.

All he needs is your vagina, because there is no time for anything else. Sorry!

But hey, who knows, maybe your investment will pay off if he gets some serious funding...and you will be the one to laugh in the end.

p.s. do not sign pre-nup!

AAnonymous· Nov 26, 2014

Wow ! What a thread ! I think there are lots of CEOs and startup founders reading this... and maybe zero baby girl online... So this discussion is only intellectual exchange, on a pure theoretical basis.

So, here is my advice to the theoretical baby girls who has much more better to do than reading this post:

Look at your dating startup CEO's culture. Good guys create good companies. If people at the company officie fear lash, go ahead. If everybody sucks, how will you suck more ? Or better ?

Good boys don't need to build a company to have sex. Good guys capable of building a company can have sex anywhere, but they will choose carefully their baby girl. You can change "boys" and "girls" in my post, everything will remain true.

AAnonymous· Nov 27, 2014

The point here is that CEOs simply don't have time for dating, so therefore if you offer them only sex they will go for it. Don't ask for more, because there is no time for it. And remember, all you need to do is to follow them and boost their ego.

Met many sad gf and wife of CEOs who admitted this. It's their choice for sure, but for the outsiders it looks like they are in the game only for $$$ they hope their CEO will eventually get.

AAnonymous· Oct 13, 2017

I am dating a start up CEO. I started dating him in college before and after college he started his start up. He is smart guy with lot of qualities. He is just extremely busy with his things. He has no time for me and lately I started doubting if he really likes me. Should I be supportive during these times or just break up. I don know if I am doubting our love because of his busy schedule or we actually have fallen out of love.