Uncapped with Jack Altman1 Apr 2025

Uncapped #4 | Adam Guild from Owner

Adam Guild is the CEO of Owner, a business he started when he was only 17. It now has tens of millions of revenue, hundreds of employees, and thousands of customers.

I’ve had the pleasure of working on his board for a few years now, and he is one of the most impressive people I’ve ever gotten to know. Working with him was a big part of what made me realize I want to do venture for the rest of my career.

He tracks his nutrition, exercise, time, and sleep to an extreme degree so he can show up to work every day as strong as possible. He goes to extreme lengths to recruit the best talent. He is equal parts hungry to learn from everyone around him, but courageous in making his own unconventional decisions.

I think he’s one of the most under-known founders right now, but I think that will soon change.

Hope you enjoy watching this.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(0:07) Inside the mind of a young founder

(6:36) Boldly purchasing Owner’s domain

(9:34) Listening to others vs being instinctual

(14:12) Decision making as a CEO

(16:43) Fostering a culture while scaling

(18:34) High impact interview questions

(21:29) Recruiting the best talent

(29:50) Never missing an investor update

(34:16) Getting canceled on Twitter

(42:41) Startups are the Olympics of business

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