Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Announcing ETL Looks Back

Alexandra Zatarain (Eight Sleep) - Getting to Product-Market Fit

Maria Barrera (Clayful) - Mental Health Tech, Mentally Healthy Startups

David Allemann (On) - Exploration in Sports Technology

Ali Ghodsi (Databricks) - Lessons from a Large Founding Team

This Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar features Ravi Belani interviewing Ali Ghodsi, the CEO and co-founder of Databricks, about his journey from academia to entrepreneurship. Ghodsi shares insights on co-founder relationships, emphasizing trust and equity, and advises aspiring academics-turned-entrepreneurs to a...

Margo Georgiadis (Flagship Pioneering and Montai Health) - Deep Tech Innovation

Sam Altman (OpenAI) - The Possibilities of AI

Qasar Younis (Applied Intuition) - Radically Pragmatic Insights [EXPLICIT]

Sharon Prince (Grace Farms Foundation) - Designing From Values

Sophia Edelstein and Nathan Kondamuri (Pair Eyewear) - From Stanford Students to Co-CEOs

Clara Shih (Salesforce AI) - What No One Tells You About Entrepreneurship

Shiza Shahid (Our Place) - A Meaningful Entrepreneurial Path

Daniela Amodei (Anthropic) - ‘Helpful, Honest, Harmless’ AI

Daniela Amodei (Anthropic) - ‘Helpful, Honest, Harmless’ AI

Ernestine Fu (Brave Capital) - Taking Action for Startup Success

Bonus: ETL’s Emily Ma on Move Fast and Fix the Planet

Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao (Stanford) - Smart Leaders Understand Friction [EXPLICIT]

This podcast episode introduces the book "The Friction Project" by Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao, which explores the challenges of getting things done in organizations, particularly as they grow and scale. The speakers discuss the concept of "friction land" in organizations and highlight the challenges faced due to excessiv...

Adrian Rodriguez (Dreamlinks) - A Visually Impaired Founder’s Journey

Jessica Jackley (Kiva and Untapped Capital) - ‘What If?’ Changes the World

Sarah Lamaison (Dioxycle) - Climate Tech Insights