I'm Adam Alpert — a founder and builder focused on marketplaces, AI-powered products, and high-trust founder communities.
[What I'm doing now]
// Where my time and energy goes
Pangea.app
Scaling a global marketplace connecting top marketing and design talent with high-impact freelance and contract work. Built from a Brown dorm room through YC to profitability.
Founder Communities
Curating high-signal founder communities in New York and Cambridge — intimate dinners, meaningful collisions, and a product layer to keep people connected.
MIT Sloan
Exploring the intersection of AI, marketplaces, and organizational design as part of the MIT Sloan and Media Lab ecosystems.
[How I build]
// Principles that guide my work
Ship fast, then systematize
Get to market quickly, then build the systems to scale.
Start from distribution, not just product
The best product loses to better distribution.
Automate what you repeat
If you do it twice, automate it the third time.
Stay human: relationships > transactions
Real relationships compound; transactions don't.
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