Family Crisis Trumps Business

Shaan shares a story about prioritizing family emergencies over business commitments.

"There's a founder in my portfolio who emailed me and was like 'Hey I'm in town, wanna get coffee?' I would happily get coffee with this guy - I like this guy. But I didn't even think about it because that week was crazy. My sister-in-law had a baby, my father-in-law had to go to the ER. That week was nuts for us and I was basically just watching the kids, we're at a hospital most of the week.

He got pissed. I emailed him back saying 'Sorry, I was busy this week. Sounds like you're not in San Francisco anymore, next time you're here we'd love to grab coffee.' And he responded 'Not gonna lie, bit of a turn off that our investor didn't want to get coffee.'

I don't live my life where I have to do all the things people want me to do. There's a lot of requests of things people want me to do. There's a trade-off, there's a selfishness to it, but I personally feel that it's also selfish for other people to make their priority your priority."