Answered from We spent 8 hours finding the best stuff on X. Here it is. · My First Million · 2026-10-23
Shaan Puri said James Currier, who teaches at Stanford, gives founders a speed talk: they think they are moving fast, they are not, and their sense of speed has to be reset. Currier told Shaan the main thing slowing founders is fear of being wrong, of being judged for changing course, or of rejection. Companies hire him for growth, Shaan said, but the work ends up being founder psychology, because that is the highest point of leverage.
“You're not. You could be moving far faster.” Shaan Puri · at 33:28 — open in the transcript →
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