Start here. Learn why speed is the most important advantage you have as a founder and how each lesson in this course will help you be a faster operator.

James Currier's signature talk on why speed is the #1 indicator of startup success at the early stage. This is the most popular talk among the NFX Guild, and it’s the first time we have released it in full to the public.

Speed starts in your head. We break down the operating psychology of top founders and reveal the quiet ways founders slow themselves down and never notice.

There’s no point in going fast if you have the wrong idea.

How you talk about what you’re doing defines how fast everyone moves around you – your employees, your customers, and your investors.

Know the terrain. This is how to move through your market quickly.

Pricing, conversion rates, buyer psychology – everything you need to know about generating meaningful revenue fast.

What it takes to raise faster than your competitors, informed by thousands of pitches.

Learn why companies have historically gotten slower as they grow, how allometric scaling explains it, and how AI gives you a new path forward with fewer people and less overhead.

Speed tactics, simplified and consolidated, that you can implement right now. Speed is not expensive, and it’s not hard. You just have to start today.