Back Office Checklist
See what running your own back office is costing you
Choose your team size and the value of your time. We’ll estimate how many founder hours recurring back-office work can absorb each month.
Calculate Your True Back Office Cost
Adjust your team size and hourly value to estimate the time and opportunity cost of running operations yourself.
What's an hour of your time worth?
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Your opportunity cost—what that hour would generate if spent on growth.
Your Time Lost Per Month
96.8 hours
That's 2 work weeks/month
DIY Cost (Your Time)
$145,250/mo
At $1500/hr opportunity cost
Consultant Cost
$1,700/mo
Fractional CFO, HR, legal fees
Task
Time per Run
Monthly Hours
Cost of DIY
Cost of Consultant
Weekly
(52x per year)
Monthly
(12x per year)
Quarterly
(4x per year)
Yearly
(1x per year)
One-time
(as needed)
What if you could get all of this done for a fraction of the cost?
You just calculated $48,417/mo in lost time.
Chore’s managed back-office operations start at $1,700/month.
What This Actually Costs You
Every hour lost on back-office operations has a ripple effect across your business
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High-ROI Work That Doesn't Get Done
Every hour on compliance = one less hour closing deals.
This is not your comparative advantage superpower.
Real Money from Mistakes
Late fees. Wasted subscriptions. IRS penalties up to 10%. It adds up fast.
Time You'll Never Get Back
Hundreds of hours a year can disappear into back-office work. That is weeks of founder time that could have gone toward growth.
Mental Load That Drains You
Back-office is a 24/7 anxiety. That's bandwidth you can't recover.
Ready to get your time back?
Stop drowning in admin. Chore’s managed back-office operations start at $1,700/month, with finance services available separately based on what you need.
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Hear from those who've hired Chore
Founders who fired themselves from operations
"It’s a disservice to yourself to spend your valuable time on operations when there’s a great partner like Chore."
Roya Amini-Naieni
CEO @Trilobio
“If you don’t want to do those things and want to open up your brain to growing the business, that’s where Chore comes in.”
Ben Parr
President @Octane
“I really undervalued how much time and attention is saved by having a dependable partner like Chore.”
David Lobo
Head of Growth @Workmate Labs
"Once I started using Chore, I no longer had to continue worrying about back-office operations, like HR, IT, operations etc."
Shehzan Maredia
Co-founder @Lava.xyz
“If we modeled this out financially, it would be cheaper to rely on Chore. It saves me from putting in crazy hours or hiring someone at around $90K per year.”
Kate Reasons
Director of Accounting @Revv
"I'm a scientist, I couldn't tell you the first thing about Operations, that's where Chore comes in, you have an expert who knows how to do all these operational tasks correctly"
Robert DiFazio
CEO @Parallel Bio
"It’s a disservice to yourself to spend your valuable time on operations when there’s a great partner like Chore."
Roya Amini-Naieni
CEO @Trilobio
“If you don’t want to do those things and want to open up your brain to growing the business, that’s where Chore comes in.”
Ben Parr
President @Octane
“I really undervalued how much time and attention is saved by having a dependable partner like Chore.”
David Lobo
Head of Growth @Workmate Labs
"Once I started using Chore, I no longer had to continue worrying about back-office operations, like HR, IT, operations etc."
Shehzan Maredia
Co-founder @Lava.xyz
“If we modeled this out financially, it would be cheaper to rely on Chore. It saves me from putting in crazy hours or hiring someone at around $90K per year.”
Kate Reasons
Director of Accounting @Revv
"I'm a scientist, I couldn't tell you the first thing about Operations, that's where Chore comes in, you have an expert who knows how to do all these operational tasks correctly"
Robert DiFazio
CEO @Parallel Bio
"It’s a disservice to yourself to spend your valuable time on operations when there’s a great partner like Chore."
Roya Amini-Naieni
CEO @Trilobio
“If you don’t want to do those things and want to open up your brain to growing the business, that’s where Chore comes in.”
Ben Parr
President @Octane
“I really undervalued how much time and attention is saved by having a dependable partner like Chore.”
David Lobo
Head of Growth @Workmate Labs
"Once I started using Chore, I no longer had to continue worrying about back-office operations, like HR, IT, operations etc."
Shehzan Maredia
Co-founder @Lava.xyz
“If we modeled this out financially, it would be cheaper to rely on Chore. It saves me from putting in crazy hours or hiring someone at around $90K per year.”
Kate Reasons
Director of Accounting @Revv
"I'm a scientist, I couldn't tell you the first thing about Operations, that's where Chore comes in, you have an expert who knows how to do all these operational tasks correctly"
Robert DiFazio
CEO @Parallel Bio
"It’s a disservice to yourself to spend your valuable time on operations when there’s a great partner like Chore."
Roya Amini-Naieni
CEO @Trilobio
“If you don’t want to do those things and want to open up your brain to growing the business, that’s where Chore comes in.”
Ben Parr
President @Octane
“I really undervalued how much time and attention is saved by having a dependable partner like Chore.”
David Lobo
Head of Growth @Workmate Labs
"Once I started using Chore, I no longer had to continue worrying about back-office operations, like HR, IT, operations etc."
Shehzan Maredia
Co-founder @Lava.xyz
“If we modeled this out financially, it would be cheaper to rely on Chore. It saves me from putting in crazy hours or hiring someone at around $90K per year.”
Kate Reasons
Director of Accounting @Revv
"I'm a scientist, I couldn't tell you the first thing about Operations, that's where Chore comes in, you have an expert who knows how to do all these operational tasks correctly"
Robert DiFazio
CEO @Parallel Bio
