Bellevue Club member Nick Huzar founded OfferUp, the largest mobile marketplace in the country. He’s also a dad of two young kids and an exercise enthusiast who is committed to getting in the gym at least five days a week. How does he manage it? He let us in on a few of the secrets to keeping his life in balance. ON WELLNESS ROUTINES
My office schedule can change at a moment’s notice, but my workout routine is steadfast. I dedicate time every morning for the gym and spend most of it doing high intensity cardio and strength training. I’m at the club with my family a bunch as well. My wife enjoys playing tennis and my kids swim on Saturdays, so I’m active then too. ON MAKING TIME
In the early days of OfferUp I was in the office writing a lot of code for our app, so there’d be 100 hourplus work weeks with a lot of hunching over a bright screen in a dark office. I wasn’t able to work out regularly and it was hard to have time to refresh my mind. This is the typical story for most start-ups because it takes a lot of time and dedication to bring your dreams to fruition. To prevent an eventual burnout, I made a commitment to myself to schedule time for working out and getting active. I feel healthier than ever, and the only potential burnout now is in the weight room. ON DECLUTTERING
Americans spend trillions of dollars each year on new stuff, billions each year on storage units, and every day, they throw a lot of these things away. We have too much stuff. The reason I started OfferUp [in 2011] is because my house was full of things that we no longer needed, as my wife and I were expecting our daughter. I needed an easy solution for clearing it out, but there wasn’t one. I thought there must be a lot of people like me because it was a simple timevalue question. How can this be done easier? And why can’t I sell something with just a simple photo from my phone?
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