Michael Albertshauser co-founded Bloom Stories, an erotic audiobook startup, with his wife, Hannah. Balancing a demanding tech job with startup duties kept him working extensive hours, which was unsustainable, especially with family obligations. After a health scare in October 2023, he decided to quit his day job to fully commit to the startup. The idea for Bloom Stories emerged from their search for inclusive audio content for couples and was driven by a desire to create an engaging platform for adult content independent of third parties.
For the past five years, I've been living an exhausting double life. I worked my 9-to-5 at a tech company. I'd then go home and work late into the night on the startup I co-founded in 2019 with my wife, Hannah.
Working those long hours wasn't sustainable - especially with two young kids, but it took being hospitalized in October 2023 to realize I needed to quit my day job and go all in on our startup.
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