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Kass and Mike Lazerow on Why Building Big Requires Feeling Deep | EP 620

2025/6/5
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John Miles: 许多创始人会被自我和骄傲蒙蔽，尤其是在事情不顺利的时候。自我在创始人的决策中扮演着非常重要的角色，需要保持警惕。 Cass Lazerow: 我同意John的观点。很多创始人会被自我和骄傲蒙蔽。当有足够的数据表明计划不起作用时，自我就会介入，创始人会编造故事来掩盖数据的真实含义。企业家精神就是让人们在前排观看你的失败。 Mike Lazerow: 作为一名企业家，并不总是充满魅力和荣耀。创业就像打高尔夫，大部分时候都很糟糕，只有一次好球让你坚持下去。筹集资金和管理董事会就像管理任何对你重要的关系一样，要透明，要付出。

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This chapter explores how ego can hinder a founder's ability to make sound decisions, particularly when faced with data indicating that their plans aren't working. The importance of transparency with the board is also highlighted.
  • Ego blinds founders from pivoting when necessary.
  • Transparency with the board is crucial for successful navigation of challenges.
  • Honesty to the board prevents last-minute salvaging attempts.

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In this raw and deeply human episode of Passion Struck, I sit down with Kass and Mike Lazerow—serial entrepreneurs, early investors in Scopely and Liquid Death, and authors of the powerful new book, Shoveling Sh!t: A Love Story About the Entrepreneur’s Messy Path to Success).

We go far beyond startup strategy and dive into what most founders won’t say out loud: the loneliness, the identity loss, the trauma—and the daily choice to love through it all. This isn’t just a business story. It’s a blueprint for building anything real: a company, a relationship, a life—with soul at the center.

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