In today’s episode, I talk to Erik Allebest, co-founder and CEO of Chess.com.
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In 2006, Erik and co-founder Jay decided the world needs a better chess website. He turned down multiple job offers from tech companies such as Facebook to make this dream a reality.
Today, chess.com is the #1 chess-related website in the world!
They have more than 50+ million members on their website, and 8+ million games played each day.
If you’ve ever wanted to learn about the best way to start taking action and the components of having a great day, then you’ll love this episode.
In this conversation, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things:
- The importance of suffering sometimes, but not every day.
- Why you don’t need a grand vision to succeed.
- How Twitch and Queens Gambit made chess cool again in the last two years.
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