Sahil Chopra left his medical practice after being trained at Harvard and UCLA to become a startup founder. Now, he's solving the silent sleep epidemic alongside his brother.
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In this conversation we discuss:
Founder Mode
(00:00) ā Intro
(01:12) ā Becoming a doctor before a founder
(02:46) ā Convincing his brother to start a company with him
(05:08) ā Starting a company with your brother
(06:52) ā Working alongside a complementary co-founder
(08:20) ā Transitioning to his brother becoming CEO
(10:57) ā The fundraising process
(13:15) ā Transitioning from fundraising to building
(14:36) ā Hiring good people early on
(37:37) ā Having the right founder mindset
(39:03) ā Staying even-keeled as a founder
(41:17) ā Solving your own problems
(42:27) ā Why sleep is a venture-scale opportunity
(43:31) ā Importance of a frictionless user experience
Health & Sleep
(16:46) ā Why sleep is so important
(18:33) ā How much sleep people should get
(19:10) ā Why people don't prioritize sleep
(20:59) ā How many people are sleep deficient
(23:51) ā Sahil diagnoses Michael Houck
(32:55) ā Defining sleep opportunity vs. sleep
(30:48) ā The Empower Sleep vision
(33:44) ā Drive to conquer sleep
(35:41) ā How broken the healthcare system is
Rapid Fire
(46:01) ā Who is one investor youād recommend?
(47:21) ā One thing you'd change about startups?
(48:30) ā Advice for first-time founders?
(48:45) ā Something you believe that most disagree with?
