I dream of the day when I can sleep on the floor because I am building something I want to and reaping the benefits. Rather than sleeping on the floor because management committed to a shitty deadline and getting nothing.
I would say this is a distinction between owner and employee, not manager vs. entrepreneur. And, to be clear, ownership doesn't mean foundership, it means being emotionally invested in the success of your venture.<p>There are founders out there who wouldn't think twice about delegating the mattress duty to an underling. At the same time, I can think of at least a half-dozen non-founder co-workers of mine who would do the same, or more, to safeguard our place of employment.<p>Bottom line, promoting an ownership culture among your employees can have amazing effects.
How many of you have physically slept on the floor at your business while it was growing? I know I regularly camped out on the floor of my office when we were getting things up and running. I'd work so late it just didn't make sense to go home and then turn right around to come back in. We even had a utility closet that we set a cot up in that was utilized like an "on call crash pad" during business hours.<p>I would bet interested in hearing how many people have done this and how often.