How Sahil Chopra Went from Doctor to Startup Founder

Sahil Chopra left his medical practice after being trained at Harvard and UCLA to become a startup founder. Now, he's solving the silent sleep epidemic alongside his brother.

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In this conversation we discuss:

Founder Mode

(00:00) — Intro(01:12) — Becoming a doctor before a founder(02:46) — Convincing his brother to start a company with him(05:08) — Starting a company with your brother(06:52) — Working alongside a complementary co-founder(08:20) — Transitioning to his brother becoming CEO(10:57) — The fundraising process(13:15) — Transitioning from fundraising to building(14:36) — Hiring good people early on(37:37) — Having the right founder mindset(39:03) — Staying even-keeled as a founder(41:17) — Solving your own problems(42:27) — Why sleep is a venture-scale opportunity(43:31) — Importance of a frictionless user experience

Health & Sleep(16:46) — Why sleep is so important(18:33) — How much sleep people should get(19:10) — Why people don't prioritize sleep(20:59) — How many people are sleep deficient(23:51) — Sahil diagnoses Michael Houck(32:55) — Defining sleep opportunity vs. sleep(30:48) — The Empower Sleep vision(33:44) — Drive to conquer sleep(35:41) — How broken the healthcare system is

Rapid Fire(46:01) — Who is one investor you’d recommend?(47:21) — One thing you'd change about startups?(48:30) — Advice for first-time founders?(48:45) — Something you believe that most disagree with?

How Sahil Chopra Went from Doctor to Startup Founder

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