Scaling and Scaling a Startup

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We've also talked about just the importance of people at the company need to scale together with it. I'm curious for you personally, what was that like for you? You know, how did you kind of navigate the challenges of it's so different at a young startup and just how fast and streamlined everything is versus, you know, the size of the organization that you're at today? Yeah, very good question because like these scaling and you know, making sure you're ready for next chapter actually first even gets out flight to the founders,. It starts from top and I tell you a couple of things really help me. One is I commented that always I want to have a mentor next to

This week, we’re super excited to have AmirAli Talasaz, co-CEO and co-founder of Guardant Health, a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally.

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