Work and life go hand-in-hand, said D2C brand Mamaearth’s co-founders Ghazal and Varun Alagh at Business Today’s 'Most Powerful Women in Business' awards event in Mumbai.
The power couple run a Rs 24,000 valued company along with parenting two kids. At BT’s MPW event, the entrepreneurs shared their struggles and revealed how they are cracking the code to work-life balance.
Varun said that for a year they tried to set boundaries between work and home. “We started making rules like we will not talk about work after we sit in the car or at night or while the kids are asleep. But it didn’t work out,” he said.
He also added, “We realised that our daily lives were so intertwined that it was really hard to make boundaries. Therefore, we stopped making boundaries or treating work conversations as negative because work conversations are so exciting!”
According to Ghazal Algh, “balance is a myth.” “We learnt it the hard way that you don’t have to micromanage things daily. If all the things in your life are getting their due attention at the end of the month, then you have nothing to worry about.”
Ghazal also said that she is a work-in-progress when it comes to balancing. She said, “I am still learning…Not good at it. But as women, we tend to feel more guilty.”
Recently, reports of Mamaearth’s parent, Honasa Consumer, delaying its initial public (IPO) offering emerged citing weak market conditions as the reason. However, Varun Alagh said they are still in talks with Sebi.
The couple did not directly address the issue but highlighted at the event that they are in this for the “long-term.”
“From a year's perspective, we want to continue growing disruptively. For the long-term, we would like to be the largest personal care fast-moving consumer goods brand made in India for the world.”