On a recent podcast episode, Kurt Pauley opens up about how ego holds so many investors back. He sees it constantly in his meetup group and coffee chats, where people won’t ask what an acronym means because they don’t want to feel dumb. He admits he had to fight that same inner voice yelling “God, you’re dumb, why don’t you know that?” over and over while learning development, but swallowing pride and asking questions repeatedly is what actually got him through it.