In this podcast, Kyriakos discussed with the CEO and founder of Sword Health, one of the fastest growing companies in healthcare, with a $2b valuation.
Virgilio gave us exclusive insights into the company's incredible track record of raising funds from some of the most powerful venture capital firms such as Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, and General Catalyst.
He also discusses why he believe attracting the best talent is more important for a startup than anything else, and the importance of thinking from first principles as an outsider in the healthcare industry.
Website ► https://swordhealth.com/
LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/swor...
Twitter ► @SwordHealth
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00:48 - Intro
03:51 - Raising the initial funds
05:13 - How their products changed over the years
07:53 - Introduction to Khosla Ventures
10:03 - The first product that went to the market
13:53 - The moment they found a product-market fit
15:03 - Series A journey - cold emailing Vinod Khosla
21:03 - What he wrote in his cold email to Khosla Ventures
22:02 - First hire in the US - Chief Talent Officer
24:12 - The power of VCs and how they feed you talent
26:01 - Philosophy on hiring
30:20 - How to find the unique candidates in an interview
33:26 - Training people to become managers
34:44 - Going from $2M to $100M
40:08 - Listening to your users and customers
45:17 - Thinking from first principles and being an outsider
47:39 - Key learnings from the best investors in the world
50:39 - What we should expect from Sword in the future
