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Garry Tan sits down with Stanford Biodesign's Anastasia Ntracha for the second annual Distinguished Lectureship from the Stanford Initiative for Entrepreneurs' Resilience & Well-Being (SIER).
Tan is President & CEO of Y Combinator, which he rejoined after founding the venture fund Initialized Capital. Before that, he co-founded Posterous (acquired by Twitter) and was an early employee at Palantir. Drawing on his own experience, Garry speaks about the importance of resilience and well-being to entrepreneurial success.
SIER is working to better study, understand, and teach resilience and well-being to entrepreneurs at Stanford University and around the world. SIER is a collaboration between the Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign and the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP). Learn more at https://sier.stanford.edu.
The views and recommendations expressed by speakers are their own and do not represent Stanford University. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988 or chat at https://988lifeline.org. For other mental health or relationship concerns, please consult qualified professionals. Stanford community members can contact CAPS (for students: https://caps.stanford.edu) or the Faculty Staff Help Center (https://helpcenter.stanford.edu).
#SIERWellbeing #GarryTan #entrepreneurship #resilience #mentalhealth #ycombinator
Garry Tan sits down with Stanford Biodesign's Anastasia Ntracha for the second annual Distinguished Lectureship from the Stanford Initiative for Entrepreneurs' Resilience & Well-Being (SIER).
Tan is President & CEO of Y Combinator, which he rejoined after founding the venture fund Initialized Capital. Before that, he co-founded Posterous (acquired by Twitter) and was an early employee at Palantir. Drawing on his own experience, Garry speaks about the importance of resilience and well-being to entrepreneurial success.
SIER is working to better study, understand, and teach resilience and well-being to entrepreneurs at Stanford University and around the world. SIER is a collaboration between the Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign and the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP). Learn more at https://sier.stanford.edu.
The views and recommendations expressed by speakers are their own and do not represent Stanford University. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988 or chat at https://988lifeline.org. For other mental health or relationship concerns, please consult qualified professionals. Stanford community members can contact CAPS (for students: https://caps.stanford.edu) or the Faculty Staff Help Center (https://helpcenter.stanford.edu).
#SIERWellbeing #GarryTan #entrepreneurship #resilience #mentalhealth #ycombinator
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