EPISODE · Sep 13, 2023 · 52 MIN
CEO of Sword Health: Virgílio Bento
from Terra API Podcast - Stay Fit, Stay Connected · host Kyriakos Eleftheriou
In this podcast, Kyriakos discussed with the CEO and founder of Sword Health, one of the fastest growing companies in healthcare, with a $2b valuation. Virgilio gave us exclusive insights into the company's incredible track record of raising funds from some of the most powerful venture capital firms such as Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, and General Catalyst. He also discusses why he believe attracting the best talent is more important for a startup than anything else, and the importance of thinking from first principles as an outsider in the healthcare industry. Website ► https://swordhealth.com/ LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/swor... Twitter ► @SwordHealth -- TERRA ► http://tryterra.co More Podcasts ► https://tryterra.co/podcast Twitter ► https://twitter.com/terraapi LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/terr... -- 00:48 - Intro 03:51 - Raising the initial funds 05:13 - How their products changed over the years 07:53 - Introduction to Khosla Ventures 10:03 - The first product that went to the market 13:53 - The moment they found a product-market fit 15:03 - Series A journey - cold emailing Vinod Khosla 21:03 - What he wrote in his cold email to Khosla Ventures 22:02 - First hire in the US - Chief Talent Officer 24:12 - The power of VCs and how they feed you talent 26:01 - Philosophy on hiring 30:20 - How to find the unique candidates in an interview 33:26 - Training people to become managers 34:44 - Going from $2M to $100M 40:08 - Listening to your users and customers 45:17 - Thinking from first principles and being an outsider 47:39 - Key learnings from the best investors in the world 50:39 - What we should expect from Sword in the future
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In this podcast, Kyriakos discussed with the CEO and founder of Sword Health, one of the fastest growing companies in healthcare, with a $2b valuation. Virgilio gave us exclusive insights into the company's incredible track record of raising funds from some of the most powerful venture capital firms such as Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, and General Catalyst. He also discusses why he believe attracting the best talent is more important for a startup than anything else, and the importance of thinking from first principles as an outsider in the healthcare industry. Website ► https://swordhealth.com/ LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/swor... Twitter ► @SwordHealth -- TERRA ► http://tryterra.co More Podcasts ► https://tryterra.co/podcast Twitter ► https://twitter.com/terraapi LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/terr... -- 00:48 - Intro 03:51 - Raising the initial funds 05:13 - How their products changed over the years 07:53 - Introduction to Khosla Ventures 10:03 - The first product that went to the market 13:53 - The moment they found a product-market fit 15:03 - Series A journey - cold emailing Vinod Khosla 21:03 - What he wrote in his cold email to Khosla Ventures 22:02 - First hire in the US - Chief Talent Officer 24:12 - The power of VCs and how they feed you talent 26:01 - Philosophy on hiring 30:20 - How to find the unique candidates in an interview 33:26 - Training people to become managers 34:44 - Going from $2M to $100M 40:08 - Listening to your users and customers 45:17 - Thinking from first principles and being an outsider 47:39 - Key learnings from the best investors in the world 50:39 - What we should expect from Sword in the future
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