Stanford eCorner | A Mindset for Founders - Ernestine Fu (Brave Capital) @ecorner | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Ernestine Fu, managing general partner of Brave Capital, shares a story from early in her career to encourage new and aspiring founders to understand how challenging company building is and how big the risks are. However, she encourages founders to take action, which has led to success for well-known companies that started small.
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Ernestine Fu, managing general partner of Brave Capital, shares a story from early in her career to encourage new and aspiring founders to understand how challenging company building is and how big the risks are. However, she encourages founders to take action, which has led to success for well-known companies that started small.
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Stanford eCorner content is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. At STVP, we empower aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations.
CONNECT WITH US
Twitter: twitter.com/ECorner
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/stanfordtechnologyventuresprogram
Facebook: facebook.com/StanfordTechnologyVenturesProgram
YouTube: youtube.com/user/ecorner
LEARN MORE
eCorner Website: https://ecorner.stanford.edu/
STVP Website: https://stvp.stanford.edu/
Support our mission of providing students and educators around the world with free access to Stanford University’s network of entrepreneurial thought leaders: https://ecorner.stanford.edu/give.
![Getting to Product-Market Fit [Entire Talk] - Alexandra Zatarain (Eight Sleep)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q81wBNuIe4o/hqdefault.jpg "Getting to Product-Market Fit [Entire Talk] - Alexandra Zatarain (Eight Sleep)
Alexandra Zatarain is the co-founder and VP of brand and marketing of Eight Sleep, the world’s first sleep fitness company. A marketer and brand-builder, Zatarain has built the Eight Sleep brand and scaled the company’s revenue from $0 to current state. Eight Sleep was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2018 and was recognized two years in a row as a TIME Best Invention of the Year. In this conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Ravi Belani, Zatarain digs deep into the process of finding product-market fit, using examples from Eight Sleep’s struggles and successes.
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Stanford eCorner content is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. At STVP, we empower aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ECorner
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![Climate Tech Insights [Entire Talk] - Sarah Lamaison (Dioxycle)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SSqFeJZWmUo/hqdefault.jpg "Climate Tech Insights [Entire Talk] - Sarah Lamaison (Dioxycle)
Sarah Lamaison is the co-founder and CEO of Dioxycle, which is pioneering sustainable chemistry by building breakthrough technologies that convert industrial carbon emissions into everyday chemicals with unprecedented energy and cost efficiency. In this presentation, Lamaison explains how her company fits into the future of carbon-capture technology, then shares advice for tech founders — especially in the climate tech industry —who want to build successful companies.
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Stanford eCorner content is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. At STVP, we empower aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations.
CONNECT WITH US
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ECorner
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanfordtechnologyventuresprogram/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StanfordTechnologyVenturesProgram/
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eCorner Website: https://ecorner.stanford.edu/
STVP Website: https://stvp.stanford.edu/
Support our mission of providing students and educators around the world with free access to Stanford University’s network of entrepreneurial thought leaders: https://ecorner.stanford.edu/give.")
