Shaan's Trouble @ Twitch Tweet
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Shaan shares a story about a controversial tweet he posted while working at Twitch.
"I got a lot of trouble at Twitch because I tweeted out something that was very true for me. I said something to the effect of: 'You always know in the first 2 weeks if someone's gonna be great. Great people are great right off the bat. They show you greatness in the first 2 or 3 weeks.'
The COO and others didn't like it. They were like, 'That's not true. Different people start at different paces.' They took it as almost too harsh and somehow it was seen as not diverse.
Emmett, our COO, responded to the tweet and was like, 'I do not stand by this.' Since then, I've seen a bunch of other successful people say the exact same thing, which kind of validated my opinion.
From my firsthand experience, the great people show greatness very early on. In the first 2 weeks, I tend to know if this person is gonna be a winner. That doesn't mean somebody can't be a solid contributor if they had a slow first couple weeks, but they're never the ones who are great. And great is all I'm really looking for."
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.