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Ali Ghodsi, CEO and co-founder of Databricks, advises CEOs not to tell their co-founders if they have an offer to sell the company, because the co-founders may have conflicting opinions and pressure the CEO. He shares practical advice for thinking about when to sell, and for how much.
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Ali Ghodsi, CEO and co-founder of Databricks, advises CEOs not to tell their co-founders if they have an offer to sell the company, because the co-founders may have conflicting opinions and pressure the CEO. He shares practical advice for thinking about when to sell, and for how much.
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![Getting to Product-Market Fit [Entire Talk] - Alexandra Zatarain (Eight Sleep)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q81wBNuIe4o/mqdefault.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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![Climate Tech Insights [Entire Talk] - Sarah Lamaison (Dioxycle)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SSqFeJZWmUo/mqdefault.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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