Forging Your Path as a New Founder [Entire Talk]
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With confidence in their ideas and the humility to keep learning, new founders can build successful companies.
Duration
40:34
Part of Series
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
Season
Season 18
Episode
2
Meirav Oren is the CEO and co-founder of Versatile, which aims to turn construction into a fully controllable manufacturing process and help professionals make rapid, data-driven decisions that support jobsite productivity and safety. In this conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Ravi Belani, Oren encourages new founders to filter advice, learn how to ask for help, and build their companies with confidence.
Video clips from: Forging Your Path as a New Founder [Entire Talk]
- 40:34With confidence in their ideas and the humility to keep learning, new founders can build successful companies.
- 2:37People giving advice are in the backseat, but a founder is in the driver’s seat.
- 4:26Experienced entrepreneurs want to help—if you know how to ask.
- 1:35If you’re told something’s impossible, look to people who have actually done it, and know you can do it, too.
- 1:25Instead of asking investors to help you build, ask them to get on board with what you’re building.
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