
Today in the Sky Lounge, we are joined by Alex Gafford from BlueStreet Capital, who's living proof that working smarter beats working harder every single time. Nine years ago, Alex's company discovered an asset that boosted their KPIs by 24% and revenue by 30% without spending a dime. That asset? Time itself. Through their five-hour workday experiment, they cracked the code on peak performance - turns out knowledge workers max out at five hours of real productivity, and everything after that is just expensive theater. Alex reveals the wild world of financing AI infrastructure and raw GPUs while working just 25 hours a week, plus why multitasking is quietly stealing 28% of your day.
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Tales from the Sky Lounge takes you on a journey through business, consulting, and venture investing, hearing stories from the entrepreneurs, consultants, and investors shaping these industries.
ABOUT OUR HOST:
Todd Merrill is an experienced software executive who typically assists clients as a fractional or interim CTO and CiSO as a partner at TechCXO.
He has served in a series of companies as a C-Level executive focused on leveraging the Cloud to bring SaaS offerings to market. As an entrepreneur, turn-around expert, technology and product leader, and mentor, Todd has held full corporate P&L and product development responsibilities and directed diverse international teams of Engineering Managers, Mobile Architects, Developers, Dev Ops, QA, and Customer Success professionals.
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