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Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, Grammarly’s CEO, invites aspiring tech entrepreneurs to join the conversation about how to design AI systems that augment human abilities. AI is one of the most powerful technological forces shaping our world today, he says, but the technology can also cause real harm that lead to societal problems.
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Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, Grammarly’s CEO, invites aspiring tech entrepreneurs to join the conversation about how to design AI systems that augment human abilities. AI is one of the most powerful technological forces shaping our world today, he says, but the technology can also cause real harm that lead to societal problems.
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![Radically Pragmatic Insights [Entire Talk]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o2kf4VjnknA/mqdefault.jpg "Radically Pragmatic Insights [Entire Talk]
Qasar Younis is the co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, which creates software solutions to help automakers, Tier 1 suppliers, and companies in the trucking, construction, and agriculture industries transition to next-generation vehicles. Before founding Applied Intuition, Younis was a partner and COO of Y Combinator. In this conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Ravi Belani, Younis gives practical advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, especially students, and shares insights he’s gathered from his experience as an investor and founder.
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![Vinay Hiremath (LoomAI) - The Uncertainty After Success [Entire Talk] [Explicit]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qKgfWY-6O80/mqdefault.jpg "Vinay Hiremath (LoomAI) - The Uncertainty After Success [Entire Talk] [Explicit]
Vinay Hiremath shares his entrepreneurial journey as the co-founder of LoomAI, a video messaging platform that grew to 30 million users and was acquired by Atlassian for nearly $1 billion. Vinay chronicles his entrepreneurial journey and its many pivots and adaptations – as well as his post-acquisition period of profound questioning and self-discovery.
This talk includes references to mental health challenges and substance use. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (also at 988lifeline.org) is a hotline for individuals in crisis or for those looking to help someone else. The Crisis Text Line is a texting service for emotional crisis support, text SAVE to 741741. It is free, available 24/7, and confidential.
(EDS NOTE: THIS EPISODE INCLUDES EXPLICIT LANGUAGE.)")
![Strategy for New Companies [Entire Talk]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxtU2z3ihZE/mqdefault.jpg "Strategy for New Companies [Entire Talk]
Kathleen Eisenhardt is the Stanford W. Ascherman M.D. Professor in the Stanford School of Engineering. She is also a faculty member with STVP, the Stanford Engineering Entrepreneurship Center, and the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Among the most widely cited entrepreneurship scholars in the world, Eisenhardt is the author of over 100 articles and several books, most recently (with Don Sull), “Simple Rules: How to Survive in a Complex World.” In this presentation, Eisenhardt shares strategies for founders of new companies in new and disrupted markets, providing case studies from her extensive research.
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![Jane Chen (Embrace Global) - Doing the Inner Work [Entire Talk]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r4nRLflRSVw/mqdefault.jpg "Jane Chen (Embrace Global) - Doing the Inner Work [Entire Talk]
Jane Chen is the co-founder of Embrace Global, which created a low-cost infant warmer that has helped more than one million babies in low-resource settings. Her new book, Like a Wave We Break: a Memoir of Falling Apart and Finding Myself, tells the story of her globe-spanning journey to break free of the narratives that once defined her and confront the long-buried truths of a traumatic past. In this conversation with Adjunct Lecturer Emily Ma, Chen encourages entrepreneurs to focus on journeys instead of outcomes, sharing her experiences with burnout and healing to illustrate the importance of self-compassion and finding the worthiness within.
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![Good Friction [Explicit] - Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao (Stanford)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rYMlsG_hByA/mqdefault.jpg "Good Friction [Explicit] - Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao (Stanford)
Bob Sutton, Stanford professor emeritus of management science and engineering and co-author of “The Friction Project,” observes that friction isn’t always bad. He gives the example of a military employee who successfully pushed back against using a non-FDA approved device invented by Elizabeth Holmes, who has since been discredited because the device didn’t work.
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