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?