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Margo Georgiadis, CEO-partner of Flagship Pioneering and co-founder and CEO of Montai Health, observes that it’s easier to know the risks of ideas that are adjacent to current solutions, but warns that other people can also see those opportunities. She explains Flagship’s approach to going after high-uncertainty innovations by systematically identifying proof that the ideas will work.
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Margo Georgiadis, CEO-partner of Flagship Pioneering and co-founder and CEO of Montai Health, observes that it’s easier to know the risks of ideas that are adjacent to current solutions, but warns that other people can also see those opportunities. She explains Flagship’s approach to going after high-uncertainty innovations by systematically identifying proof that the ideas will work.
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![Tina Seelig (Stanford University) - Catching the Winds of Luck [Entire Talk]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P9rqjxLaQOY/mqdefault.jpg "Tina Seelig (Stanford University) - Catching the Winds of Luck [Entire Talk]
Tina Seelig is an educator, entrepreneur, and bestselling author who has spent decades teaching creativity, innovation, and leadership at Stanford. She is the executive director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars and director emerita of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. In this presentation, inspired by her forthcoming book What I Wish I Knew about Luck, Seelig gives practical and encouraging advice – illustrated by real-life stories – designed to help young people see and seize lucky opportunities.
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![Drew Endy (Stanford University) - A Synthetic Biology Dream [Entire Talk]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PROX8gg7pSc/mqdefault.jpg "Drew Endy (Stanford University) - A Synthetic Biology Dream [Entire Talk]
Drew Endy is an associate professor of bioengineering at Stanford University and a pioneer of synthetic biology. A co-founder of the BioBricks Foundation, Endy helped launch the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition to democratize biotechnology for student innovators worldwide. In this presentation, Endy gives a primer on synthetic biology and the obstacles it has encountered in the United States, shares where he hopes the field is going, and explains how aspiring entrepreneurs can adapt his framework to imagine their own futures.
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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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