In this podcast episode, Dr. Cam Sepah interviews the entrepreneur and investor Sebastian Caliri. Sebastian completed a year of the MD program at Stanford University and holds a BS and MS, magna cum laude, in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry from Yale University. Sebastian invests in both consumer and enterprise space at 8VC with a focus on healthcare.
Timecodes
00:00 Intro
02:50 Why did you decide to invest in Maximus?
05:00 What was your upbringing like?
08:30 What is an elite boarding school like?
11:10 What subjects were you interested in growing up?
13:00 What was it like studying science at Yale?
15:30 Is it necessary to focus just on academics?
20:30 Why did you decide to go to medical school?
22:30 What is Thiel Fellowship?
27:00 What made you decide to drop out of medical school?
32:30 Why did you decide to work with Palantir?
36:00 What was it like working in the startup community?
41:00 Why is it ok to try and figure things out on your own?
43:00 Why it's important to work with people you respect and look up to.
48:00 Knowing what you know now, would you still have taken the same path?
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