Founder time calculator
What is a founder hour worth?
Price the hour. Then look at what you spent it on this week.
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Be honest. The point is not the salary. The point is what you spend the hour on.
The Founder Tax
OuchNormal job (40 hrs/wk)
$0/hr
-0%
Founder (75 hrs/wk)
$0/hr
That's a 0% pay cut
You're losing $0/hr — that's $0/month in founder tax.
The only question that matters
Bookless only needs to save you
0per week
to pay for itself. Can you really not find 0 of founder time being burned by low-value operating work?
But here's the thing
A few recovered founder-hours change the math fast
That's 20 hours/month back in your pocket.
Worth $0 of your time.
What would you do with 5 founder-hours back every week?