Good Operator, Founder. Follow me for annoyed tweets @ airlines every 6 months.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined July 2015
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For those following me from Jesse’s recommendation… apologies in advance for the boring follow. I post pictures of coffee on LinkedIn if you’re into that.
Proud to work with this team - they’re the real deal.
I've tested 200+ tools running my companies.
Here are the 25 my teams use:
Operations & Analytics:
- @NotionHQ : Your second brain
- @stripe : Payments that just work
- @mercury : Banking built for startups
- Good Operator (@SpaceChenst) : Bookkeeping and Fractional CFO (game-changer!)
- @mixpanel : Understand user behavior
Sales & Marketing:
- @close : CRM that salespeople actually use
- ContactOut: Find anyone's email
- @short_io : Track every link click
- @Dropbox : Files everywhere
- @canva : Design without designers
Communication:
- @SlackHQ : Where work happens
- @loom : Skip the meeting
- @Superhuman : Email on steroids
- @Zoom : Still the video king
- @Calendly : End the scheduling dance
Content & Growth:
- @beehiiv : Emails that convert
- @buffer : Social media on autopilot
- @Grammarly : Write like a pro
- @TallyForms : Forms people actually fill out
- @ahrefs : SEO intelligence
Productivity:
- @zapier : Connect everything
- @1Password : Security made simple
- @useMotion : Calendar that thinks
- @n8n_io : Create AI agents
- @OpenAI : Teammate on call 24/7
What’s in your tech stack?
It’s a bit weird seeing your professional life story condensed into a blog post. Appreciate Peter and Bootstrappers sharing my journey.
In one decade, Chase went from hospital C-Suite at 25, to ground floor at an IPOd startup, to frustrated restauranteur, to founder of a fast-growing accounting firm for bootstrapped businesses.
His secret to new founders?
Become a master of cash flow.
Read our article on Chase's meteoric career and why he thinks the best businesses are the ones doing the boring jobs really well: bootstrappers.com/chase-spen…
How are people still on this? I was on for 10 minutes yesterday and got upgrade prompts after every single engagement. Every. One. This is just intolerable. See you in another 20 months.
First day I've been on X in about a year but I got an email from someone showing Noah Kagan had shared my website along side a traditional firm and asked who you'd pick. My optimism, or probably hubris, assumed he was highlighting US vs a boring, stale traditional firm
Or if you want us to replace your unresponsive, stale accounting team, reach out about that too.
(PS I'm never on X anymore so find me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/spenstct/)
A story about BABIP in 3 pictures. 3 consecutive singles. He got the hook after the third one. @CBSScottWhite @Roto_Frank
Prediction: when agi takes over all the jobs, boutique resorts will pop up like dude ranches where you go work on a ranch or farm or something to earn your stay and our great grandkids will envy our great grandparents lifestyles of hard manual labor.
My response to asking for something I already sent:
“Apologies. You’re absolutely right, I should’ve sent this a week ago. I will use my Time Machine & correct this. If you’re reading this now, the mission was a success & an email from a week ago is in your inbox with the info.”
I find I rarely disagree with someone’s opinion, but I frequently disagree with their methodology or framework for reaching that opinion.
I wanted a super power where I could look at any business and see their financials. I’m just so curious how all these things work and in some cases stay open. Running an accounting & consulting shop is probably the next best thing. It’s pretty great.
I’ve implemented a new SOP. Here’s how it works:
When presenting I start with an ice breaker. I ask the group for their least favorite consultant terms or jargon - drill down, unpack, low hanging fruit, so on. My personal least favorite is “noodle”.
We pick the worst one.