From Conviction to Company [Entire Talk]
Innovation
From finding conviction in their ideas to deciding how to grow, detect founders face many decisions.
Duration
48:20
Part of Series
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
Season
Season 21
Episode
6
Michelle Lee is the founder and CEO of Medra, which combines recent advances in robotics and computer vision to build lab automation technology. She has previously worked at NVIDIA, SpaceX, and McKinsey. Prior to founding Medra, Lee was an assistant professor in computer science and electrical computer engineering at New York University. In this presentation and conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Ravi Belani, Lee explains why she decided to start her deep tech company and uses her experiences to give advice to aspiring founders.
Video clips from: From Conviction to Company [Entire Talk]
- 3:05Successful robotics companies build generalizable, scalable technology that people need.
- 3:48Robots could help scientists rapidly bring solutions from the lab to the world.
- 4:47Conviction looks different for every entrepreneur, so consider what will make you feel convicted.
- 4:21Think first about your company’s goals and work backward to find your focus.