LA Salon Time Test
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Shaan tells a story about setting a 15-minute time limit during a haircut at a fancy LA salon.
"I just got a haircut in LA. I went to this fancy LA place because it was the nearest place. I sat down and the stylist asked what I wanted. I said 'I don't know, can you cut my hair like the standard dude cut?'
He starts cutting and I noticed he was going so slow, cutting every individual hair with his scissors to make it perfect. So I said, 'Actually, different instructions - could you give me the best haircut you can in 15 minutes?'
He was like 'What?' and I said 'Yeah, I only want to be here for 15 minutes. Could you just do your best inside a 15-minute time slot?' He didn't know if he should be offended or excited. He said 'Can you put a timer on?' I put a timer on and this guy cut the shit out of my hair for 15 minutes.
When time was up, he's like 'You can come back later today, I'll finish.' I said 'You couldn't pay me to come back. I'm done, I don't want to spend time with my hair.'"
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.