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No surprise that the Sandberg-Goldberg couple is massively busy  between balancing children, housework, and a couple of companies called Facebook  and SurveyMonkey.

Sandberg, a media staple thanks to her views on “Leaning In” to  ambition, prides herself on her relationship with Goldberg. Sandberg says the relationship  labor-split is 50-50, making both of their goals more attainable  and clearly embodying Sandberg’s philosophy.

Goldberg says that his wife is his closest  advisor, but when he does inevitably need to address work on his own,  he waits until his family life is in order.

“I save everything up until Sunday night. If I start sending  emails starting Saturday afternoon, then people respond by Sunday and I have to  answer those. I don’t respond before Sunday unless the email is  urgent.”

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The Martha Stewart of Silicon Valley — without the criminal record  — Brit Morin is the founder of Brit + Co., while husband Dave Morin is the  co-founder and CEO of Path.

While the two relate often and  well about the type of work that goes on in the office, Mrs.  Morin says the most arduous challenge of their relationship comes in  leaving work at work.

“[Going to dinner without our phones is] our biggest  accomplishment. We have the itch to reach into our pocket, but we  don’t.”

Swisher, editor of All Things D, and Smith, a Google VP, married  in 1999. They have two adopted children together.

A profile in the San Fransisco Chronicle describes how they  make their high-powered jobs work:

“Together for 13 years, Smith is  on morning duty, making breakfast and driving [the kids] to school; Swisher  takes the after school through dinner shift. Then it’s back to reporting for  Swisher, who admits to little sleep.”

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The co-founders of Sugar Inc.  say the secret to work-life balance is to blend, not balance. The couple of  more than 10 years live and breathe their work, bringing their daughters to work  every day when they were young and creating blogs for them.

In an Open Forum article, Brian says the hardest part of working with your  spouse is “getting on the same  page: Most people talk about work during the day and other stuff when they get  home. Our conversations constantly overlap.”

Passion is also key. “The  secret to being sane working parents is loving what you  do. If I didn’t, I would  bring home negative energy that would mess up everything. We try to make Sugar  Inc. feel like family,” says Brian. When we cover weekend events or award shows,  the writers work from our home, and I’ll make slow-cooked carnitas or a rib  roast.”

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Yahoo CEO Mayer and investor Bogue work all the time. “We  continue to do work in the evening,” says Bogue.

From a Vogue interview:

“There’s never a distinct line between work and home. Marissa’s work is such  a natural extension of her. It’s not something she needs to shed at the end of  the day.”

[Bogue] adds wryly, “She has converted me to bringing my laptop everywhere:  You never know when you’ll get fifteen minutes’ worth of work done.”

She’s also converted him to sleeping an hour less per night …

Bogue knows and thrives. “Marissa is a ball of energy. We feed off each other  and wake up in the middle of a 34-mile cross-country [skiing] trek.”

Having a kid has changed  things a bit. Mayer says making time for both her family and her professional  life means “there’s not a lot of room for anything  else.”

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Joanne Wilson is an investor in 17 different startups as of 2012,  while husband Fred is a venture capitalist to his own companies. The two share a  passion for the blogosphere, as well as for their home life, which they strive  to maintain healthily.

In her blog, Wilson says “Goals you  set out for yourself might be achieved and they might not … we ( Fred and I )  made decisions that made sense for our life and our kids.  I probably was a  little more flexible on the stay at home path for a time being because I was  able to create something unique for myself so I didn’t completely leave the work  life.”

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Livingston and Graham are co-founding partners of Y Combinator.  Though the two share a professional relationship, their romantic relationship  was the first to blossom.

The couple’s collaborative spirit helps to maintain a healthy partnership:

“She knows how to do the  mechanics of investing, and we didn’t know how to do it. Like, if it hadn’t been  the three of us, we never would have started this ourselves, because who would  have done all that crap, right? Oh, sorry, who would have done all that very  important work?”

The co-founders of Eventbrite had a long-distance relationship for two years.  During that time they learned the importance of communication.

“We have to constantly challenge ourselves to communicate which is  funny because we sit next to each other all day, but actually we don’t [talk  much],” says Julia. “We’re not constantly sharing information so we have to make  sure that we are communicating.”

Along with a few shared “rules of the road,” their one golden rule  is to divide and conquer.

“We work on completely separate parts of the business. Basically,  we never overlap so we’re optimizing our complementary (sic) skills, getting  from point A to point B two times faster,” says Julia. “It also really preserves  our relationship because otherwise if we were working on the same spreadsheet  we’d be fighting over the mouth.”

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This Silicon Valley power couple live a relatively private life  with their twin daughters in their Presidio Heights mansion.

In a 2010 Times interview, Mark  Pincus, founder and CEO of Zynga, says that his perfect day would involve taking  his dogs to the beach, surfing on the California coastline, and playing a game  of soccer.

Pincus also makes the most of his Sundays.

“Sunday night is the one night I  watch TV, and I usually have some show I’m addicted to. … Sunday is my  only day of vacation, and I try to pack everything I love into that one  day.”

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Touted as the woman behind New York’s digital vision, New  York City’s first Chief Digital Officer Rachel Haot has a lot on her plate. A  typical day at work for Haot via The Verge:

“I live in Williamsburg and take the L  or bike to work. Typically I start with a breakfast meeting before work hours to  connect with someone from the tech sector — a startup we are trying to support  or a smart person we might partner with. During the day, I am often moving  between meetings, about 50 percent with City government colleagues and partners  working on City tech projects, and 50 percent with startups, organizations, and  individuals in the tech community.

“If I don’t have a lunch meeting, I  usually eat lunch at my desk. I often have at least a public event or speaking  engagement where I speak about Mayor Bloomberg’s digital roadmap or announce a  new initiative. I try to cook dinner at home with my husband Max or friends whenever I don’t have  an event in the evening. And of course, from morning to night I am responding to  emails and on social media.”

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Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code and current candidate for NY Public  Advocate, keeps a busy schedule with husband Nihal Mehta, the co-founder and CEO  of tech startup LocalResponse.

They are each so busy that it took them a few months to get  married officially (even after their wedding reception). Every  Friday, their 3 p.m. date to go to City Hall would be postponed because of  a last-minute work arrangement.

In a video for AOL, Saujani said “My  husband is just as busy as I am but we’re each other’s best friends. We slow  each other down when we need to. We make sure we try to have date nights.”

Now that they are married, Saujani says trust is key. “He [Nihal]  believes in me. If I ever tried to slow down, he probably wouldn’t let  me.”

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Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe, juggles two young children  with husband and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. When the two aren’t comparing  “comparing  whether they share the gene that makes urine stink after eating asparagus,”  they find time to be what friends call, “wacky together.”

“They’re man and wife and love each other, but they also have that  vibe, like, ‘Oh, my God, I get to live with my best friend.’ They’re always off  doing personal training, yoga, diving,  kite-surfing.”

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Krawcheck, was former head of global wealth management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and is now the business leader for 85  Broads, an organization which helps women further their business careers.  She is married to Gary Appel, vice chairman of the private  equity fund Castle Harlan, with whom she has two  children.

Krawcheck told Marie Claire:  “Long ago I came to the view  that kids have two parents for a reason. When they were toddlers and screamed,  ‘Mommy!’ they meant a parent of either sex. My son was never disappointed when  my husband [financier Gary Appel] entered the room. There was always someone  there for the medium-important to very-important range of things — just not  always for the not-important stuff.”

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Ursula Burns, Madame Chairman and CEO of Xerox, is married to Xerox scientist  Lloyd Bean, and she says that the 20-year age gap has contributed to both her  marital and professional success.
While Burns says that “the secret is  to marry someone 20 years older,” not all women will find that advice to be  applicable or desirable.
Alternatively, Burns says you should redefine  work-life balance, and specifically, to “be selfish sometimes.” While working  early has become part of Burns’ routine, it is important to think about the  other facets of your life.
She tells The Wall Street Journal: “‘Think  about your health, physically and mentally,’ she says. A failure to do so can  put everything else at risk.”