One expensive mistake in venture.
Assuming elite intelligence equals composure under pressure.
If a founder hasn't built autonomic stress regulation by their late 20s, an executive coach won't fix it with a book or a chat.
Author Jason R.
Brief
Jason R. Shuman argues that venture investors and teams often make the mistake of treating elite intelligence as synonymous with calm under stress. He claims autonomic stress regulation must be built by a founder’s late 20s, and that later interventions — like executive coaching or reading a book — won’t reliably remedy that physiological capacity.
Why it matters
Author Jason R. Shuman warns it’s a costly error in venture to equate high intelligence with composure under pressure.
Key details
- He asserts that founders who haven’t developed autonomic stress regulation by their late 20s cannot expect an executive coach, a book, or a single chat to reliably fix that deficit.