Adam Spector

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You only control one thing in life: your time. You choose where to "spend" it. Serious startup founders never waste time on human resources, compliance, finance or equity work. They delegate and outsource that work...to Chore. I only invest in founders who understand speed wins and to go fast, you must focus. As a 4x founder and investor in 200+ startups (and 14 unicorns), I'm confident this thesis works. I've made every mistake a founder could make. I've been a COO, a CRO, a product lead, and the "janitor." Over 100 episodes of my podcast, Entrepreneurial Excellence, I've learned how founders succeed (hint: obsession). I built Chore (and it's predecessor) over the past six+ years to solve back-office operations. The idea that any brilliant founder should spend any energy figuring out payroll, dealing with States, understanding finance or equity is insane. Why isn't there a standard system for this that is lower cost and better than doing it yourself or hiring a random consultant? That is Chore [since no sane founder does chores]. Mentality: execution > strategy. Compounding FTW. I'm an optimistic skeptic. Transparency and trust is how I lead. Stay hungry, stay foolish. I have a dr

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