Why successful people don’t sacrifice sleep 😴 #podcast #clips #successmindset #billionaire

Michael Fanous, co-founder of Nyne.ai, believes one of the biggest misconceptions in entrepreneurship is that sacrificing sleep automatically makes you more productive. While startup culture often celebrates all nighters and 100 hour work weeks, Michael argues that sleep is one of the highest leverage investments a founder can make. When you’re sleep deprived, your judgment suffers. Your creativity declines. Your ability to solve complex problems slows down. And the quality of every important decision begins to deteriorate. Building a company isn’t just about working the most hours. It’s about making the best decisions day after day. According to Michael, founders should absolutely work hard and stay committed to their mission. But there comes a point where cutting sleep hurts your performance more than it helps. The best entrepreneurs optimize for long term consistency, not short term exhaustion. Your business will only be as good as the decisions you make. And your decisions are only as good as your ability to think clearly. That’s why protecting your sleep isn’t being lazy. It’s protecting your greatest competitive advantage. Michael Fanous is the co-founder of Nyne.ai, a people intelligence platform that gives AI agents deep human context by connecting data from LinkedIn, Instagram, public records, and other sources. A UC Berkeley Computer Science graduate and former ML engineer at CareRev, Michael co-founded Nyne.ai with his father, Emad Fanous, a veteran CTO. The company has raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures, with backing from Gil Elbaz. produced by @atomik-growth #newyork #sanfrancisco #nyneai #billionaire #elonmusk #startup #sleep #hardwork