Humans were designed for collaboration, but they’ve been trained for competition. This realization led Chad T. Jenkins to conclude that collaboration, not competition, is the key to exponential growth. When entrepreneurs understand and apply the VCR Formula (Vision + Capability × Reach), they unlock The Code to Collaboration and enter the future they were designed to live.

A Different Approach to Growth

Chad is a visionary entrepreneur, author, speaker, and Collaboration Architect™. The founder of SEEDSPARK’s global CoLAB movement, he is a serial entrepreneur with more than 40 high-growth companies, and the creator of multiple growth frameworks, including Friction Fuel, Just Add a Zero™, and The Code to Collaboration™. His life’s work centers on helping entrepreneurs identify friction points, unlock hidden opportunities, and accelerate growth through strategic collaboration.

The Inspiration Behind the Innovation

From a young age, Chad saw the world through the lens of collaboration. He connected dots others couldn’t see and created value by combining what he had with what was available. As an adult, he realized that most entrepreneurs struggle because they’re trapped in outdated, competitive models. To address these problems, he created SEEDSPARK and the CoLAB to restore collaboration as humanity’s default operating system and help entrepreneurs achieve high impact.

In doing so, he faced the same friction many entrepreneurs do: bottlenecks, limited capacity, and being trapped inside his own business. He overcame these by documenting “invisible opportunities” found inside friction, building collaborations to multiply capability and reach, and transitioning out of operator roles. These experiences became the foundation for his frameworks and his current mission.

He uses his unique instantaneous vision to see patterns, connections, and combinations faster than the average entrepreneur, enabling him to quickly create increased value. Where others help businesses improve what they have, he empowers entrepreneurs to unlock the emergent through collaboration.

The Code in Practice

Chad reveals the formula behind extraordinary results in his latest book, The Code to Collaboration:  How to Collect and Combine to Create the Future You Were Designed to Live. Through real-world stories of billion-dollar collaborations and decades of entrepreneurial experimentation, the book demonstrates that growth doesn’t come from working harder; it comes from combining what you have with what others bring.

The book features his trademark IC³ Method, which teaches you to Collect, Combine, and Create. These efforts help to transform ideas into outcomes, recognize friction as a gift, and multiply your impact through others. Through his foundational growth principles of Remove the FILM, Just Add a Zero™, and Growth Through Collaboration, Chad has launched more than forty high-growth companies and architected hundreds of Growth Partnerships across North America.

Now fully dedicated to his Unique Ability®, Chad strives to empower entrepreneurs through Growth Collaboration Partnerships and the SEEDSPARK Growth Academy. His mission is to help leaders stay curious, remove friction, eliminate competition, and expand globally through collaboration.

“Everything I create, from books to tools, events, and AI, exists to help entrepreneurs unlock exponential outcomes by combining what they see with what they know to create value for someone else,” Chad says.

Looking Ahead

In the future, Chad envisions SEEDSPARK CoLAB as the global hub for entrepreneur collaboration, where every growth-minded entrepreneur knows their VCR score, understands their Collaboration Currency™, and uses the platform to unlock life-changing opportunities. He aspires to write more books, expand the CoLAB movement, and further his efforts to help millions rediscover collaboration as their authentic design. Competition may be what we’ve been trained to do, but collaboration is what we were designed for; Chad Jenkins helps entrepreneurs remember the difference.