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📉 Growth Capital Podcast - Episode 37 📉

Is venture capital always the right move? Or is it just a shortcut to pressure, burn, and misalignment?

In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with four-time founder and prolific angel investor Adam Spector, now Founder & CEO of Chore, a bootstrapped startup helping founders offload the back-office work that slows them down.

Whether you're an early-stage founder, PE-backed CEO, or VC investor, this episode challenges conventional wisdom around fundraising, automation, and the real cost of growth.

🔍 What you’ll learn:
✅ Why most operational tasks can’t be automated
✅ The hidden danger of taking venture capital too early
✅ The critical difference between founder energy and founder leverage
✅ What it takes to scale a startup around your strengths

📩 Learn more about Adam’s company: https://www.hirechore.com
💼 Connect with Adam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamspector2/

🎁 Want to try Chore?

Click this link and get 15% off the first month.

🔗 https://www.hirechore.com/partner/growth-capital-podcast

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