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Anne Wojcicki : How to Build the Future

Y Combinator
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Anne Wojcicki -   / annewoj23   - is the CEO and co-founder, 23andMe - https://www.23andme.com/ Anne co-founded 23andMe after a decade spent in healthcare investing. 23andMe's mission is to empower consumers with access to their own genetic information, and create a simple way for people to participate in research. 23andMe currently has more than 5 million customers worldwide, and has created the largest crowd-sourced platform for genetic research. More than 80 percent of 23andMe customers participate in a research program that has generated nearly 100 published genetic studies to date. Access podcast and transcript versions of this interview here: http://www.ycombinator.com/future/anne/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Intro: Founding Story of 23andMe 02:53 - Incentives to Keep People Healthy 03:51 - People Making their own Healthcare Decisions 05:27 - World 50 Years from Now 09:27 - Crowdsourcing and Wanting i …...more
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Intro: Founding Story of 23andMe

0:00

Incentives to Keep People Healthy

2:53

People Making their own Healthcare Decisions

3:51

World 50 Years from Now

5:27

Crowdsourcing and Wanting it Personally

9:27

Fixing Slow Growth and Keeping Momentum

11:34

Education People on Why They Want Their Genetics

12:57

Best Decisions Made in Early Days

14:47

Finding the First Two Scientists

15:50

Framework: Net Output on the Organization

16:44

Being in a Regulated Industry

17:32

How Much is All Played Out as you Thought

20:50

Hardest Thing for Entrepreneurs: Persistence

21:55

Evolution of Genetic Testing in the Next 11 Years

23:42

General Trends That Apply to a Lot of People

26:02

Intervention Studies

27:01

Outro

28:16
Anne Wojcicki : How to Build the Future
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2018Apr 13
Anne Wojcicki -   / annewoj23   - is the CEO and co-founder, 23andMe - https://www.23andme.com/ Anne co-founded 23andMe after a decade spent in healthcare investing. 23andMe's mission is to empower consumers with access to their own genetic information, and create a simple way for people to participate in research. 23andMe currently has more than 5 million customers worldwide, and has created the largest crowd-sourced platform for genetic research. More than 80 percent of 23andMe customers participate in a research program that has generated nearly 100 published genetic studies to date. Access podcast and transcript versions of this interview here: http://www.ycombinator.com/future/anne/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Intro: Founding Story of 23andMe 02:53 - Incentives to Keep People Healthy 03:51 - People Making their own Healthcare Decisions 05:27 - World 50 Years from Now 09:27 - Crowdsourcing and Wanting it Personally 11:34 - Fixing Slow Growth and Keeping Momentum 12:57 - Education People on Why They Want Their Genetics 14:47 - Best Decisions Made in Early Days 15:50 - Finding the First Two Scientists 16:44 - Framework: Net Output on the Organization 17:32 - Being in a Regulated Industry 20:50 - How Much is All Played Out as you Thought 21:55 - Hardest Thing for Entrepreneurs: Persistence 23:42 - Evolution of Genetic Testing in the Next 11 Years 26:02 - General Trends That Apply to a Lot of People 27:01 - Intervention Studies 28:16 - Outro

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