In Once You're Lucky. Twice You're Good by Sarah Lacy, she humorously recounts Max Levchin learning English from TV: He’d worked so hard to be perfect—what cou

In Once You're Lucky. Twice You're Good by Sarah Lacy, she humorously recounts Max Levchin learning English from TV: He’d worked so hard to be perfect—what could he possibly have done wrong? It wasn’t a feeling he was used to. “Where did you learn English?” the teacher asked. Max responded: “Watchu talkin’ ‘bout, Mr. Harris?” Mr. Harris kindly suggested he switch from Different Strokes reruns to the nightly news. Embarrassed but undeterred, Max did, and his near-flawless English steadily improved.