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Why the Highest-Paid Person at Your Own Company Does the Lowest-Value Work (And It's You)
The implicit hourly rate of a $1M-$10M founder, and why 60% of their week is sub-$50/hour work. You don't have a revenue problem. You have a delegation-to-machines problem.
What We'll Cover
- How to calculate your real implicit hourly rate (most founders are shocked)
- The time audit breakdown
- what 60% of your week actually costs vs what it would cost to outsource it to an agent
- The owner trap: why smart founders end up doing $15/hour work
- What high-value CEO time actually means in a $1M-$10M business
- The reframe: delegation-to-machines vs delegation-to-humans.
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