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