Adam S.

My life thesis: execution > strategy. Compounding FTW. I'm an optimistic skeptic. Curiosity is the most important quality in life.

I enjoy pattern matching and read widely. The opportunity to learn every day is a gift. Time is precious. The ability to improve what and where I focus and delegate the rest is ideal. 

I [of course] love my family and friends. I believe I am a logical, thoughtful adult and therefore accept my choices. I am content and therefore I have won.

Founder and CEO @Chore. We are a founder's back-office (HR, finance, compliance, equity) operations team. Back-office operations are an undifferentiated tax on success. Focusing on your superpower enables success. Chore handles the rest (i.e. we specialize in ops so you never have to) so you can achieve your dreams. 

Host of the Entrepreneurial Excellence podcast. I dive deep with multi time founders about their key decisions, actions, hires, drivers and more that they use to achieve "excellence." 

General Partner at the Autopilot Fund. We invest in early stage startups. We love obsessed founders who have a history of breaking through walls. I have invested in over 200 startups across multiple funds. 14 are unicorns (8 from seed).

In previous lives, I founded 3 other companies, been a product leader on a big co API team, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Chief Operating Officer (COO), and do-it-all janitor. 

I enjoy building great teams, processes, and stories that unify a company around a shared mission. Helping others build successful businesses brings me joy. More successful startups = a better, more dynamic world.

People describe me as energetic, positive, creative, detailed and optimistic. I enjoy rational, logical, data driven debate built on mutual trust and respect. I'm not an engineer but people view me as "technical" and have built companies with the brightest PhDs and brilliant engineers. The best compliment I received was "you ask great questions."

Honesty, trust, fun, a sense of urgency and mission are what I look for in colleagues and places I work. Passion about my product, my company and my team is what drives me. I work hard and enjoy being surrounded by people who do the same. 

"Leave the world (and your business) better than when you arrived..."
"The greatest risk is not taking one!"

Always curious and learning. Subscribe to Entrepreneurial Excellence to learn.

General Partner

The Autopilot Fund focuses on early-stage companies that serve and accelerate how companies operate. 

More about us: https://autopilot.fund/

Operations span various “departments”: could be in engineering, operations, sales, finance, product, customer success… the questions we ask ourselves are:

1. Is this a founding team so capable that others should be afraid to go against them?
2. Do they understand the problem better than anyone, and have special “founder-market” fit?
3. Will they rest until they have dragged the world kicking & screaming into their vision of the future?
4. Is the product “infrastructure” in a manner of speaking: structured data, deeply embedded, sticky?
5. Does the advent of AI exponentially increase or decrease their defensibility?

Our portfolio includes some pretty special companies like AngelList, Pulley, Puzzle, Levels, Disco, among others. 

Smart founders focus. Bad founders distract themselves with all the small, non-product, non-customer work that can easily take up hours but not move your startup forward.

We are sector agnostic and focus mostly on early stage. Our thesis is simple: the best founders come from anywhere, with any background, working in any industry. Focus, joy, dogged determination, and deep knowledge about your product and how you're changing the world is what leads to success.

If you're interested in learning more, drop me a note on LinkedIn.

GOOD SHEPHERD STAFFING

Student Internship

The VA BAR

So happy to know and be part of this company.  Praying this will be the start of my dream job.

Student Intern

Silk Road Consumer Goods Wholesaling

As a vital link between our customers and our brand, the Customer Service Representative plays a crucial role in fostering positive relationships and resolving inquiries. My empathy, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities will contribute to our reputation for outstanding customer care.

✦Customer interaction
✦Issue resolution
✦Product knowledge
✦Order management
✦Feedback collection
✦Data entry
✦Cross-functional collaboration

Customer Service Representative

Greenwich - Jollibee Foods Corporation

With a strong tenure of 7 years as a Restaurant Manager and a remarkable 13-year journey within this esteemed organization, my skills and talents have flourished within these walls. Let me now showcase what I bring to the table:

✦Team leadership
✦Operations excellence
✦Customer experience and relationship management
✦Financial management
✦Training and development
✦Health and safety compliance
✦Inventory management
✦Cash control management
✦Manpower management
✦Preventive maintenance and appropriate utilization

Branch Restaurant Operations Manager

SME Bank Inc

LOANS BOOKKEEPER
✦Loan documentation
✦Data entry and maintenance
✦Payment tracking
✦Customer interaction
✦Compliance and regulations
✦Financial reporting

Loans bookkeeper

SM Retail

✦Customer service
✦Efficient check-out
✦Transaction Accuracy
✦Bagging and packaging
✦Upkeep of checkout area
✦Product knowledge
✦Security measures
✦Cash handling

Service Cashier

C.T. Ignacio General Merchandise

✦Handling check payment and release them to suppliers
✦Received stocks deliveries, divide and distribute them to the different branches
✦File and organize office stuff

Administrative Secretary

✦Assisting in Jolly Kiddie Party inside and outside the store
✦Ensure quality of Marketing and creative beliefs
✦Ensure all novelty items are intact and properly monitored
✦Creating a happy and fun-loving environment to the customers when they are inside the store or any JKP event-related

Store Marketing Team

With a recent pivot into the virtual assistance realm, my commitment to customer excellence shines through. In my former role as a Customer Service Representative at Silk Road Consumer Goods Wholesaling, I honed skills in issue resolution and empathy, ensuring every interaction bolstered our brand's reputation. My passion lies in facilitating seamless customer experiences and fostering enduring relationships.

The transformative journey from managing restaurant operations to navigating customer inquiries has equipped me with a versatile skill set. Problem-solving, order management, and cross-functional collaboration are the cornerstones of my professional ethos. At the heart of my approach is a dedication to understanding and advocating for the customer’s voice, positioning me to contribute meaningfully to any customer-centric team.

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