Navid Alipour: Going All In On Unlikely Co-Founders and Teammates

On today’s episode, Apollo sits down with Navid Alipour, Co-Founder & CEO of AI Med Global, and the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Analytics Ventures. AI Med Global is a roll-up of two companies Navid co-founded, CureMetrix and CureMatch. And Analytics Ventures is a fund dedicated to the inception of new ventures harnessing innovations in Artificial Intelligence.

Navid is Apollo’s first guest to score 0 points in Execute on the PLE test, and scores slightly higher in Leverage than prioritize, which aligns with his role as a business leader who leverages the expertise of others to drive innovations in AI and healthcare. The conversation focuses on Navid's work in the healthcare industry and the impact he is making through AI and precision medicine. 

Throughout the interview, there is an underlying theme of perseverance and tenacity in the face of challenges and setbacks. Navid's accomplishments, including FDA clearance and CPT code recognition, highlight the impact his companies, CureMetrics and CureMatch, are making in prolonging lives and improving healthcare outcomes. He credits the success of his companies to the combination of his operational and business expertise and the domain expertise of his team, including renowned oncologist Dr. Rizal Kurzrock. The conversation also touches on the balance between confidence and humility in leadership, as well as the need for continuous learning and adaptation.

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Guest Bio

Navid Alipour is the Co-Founder & CEO of AI Med Global, and the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Analytics Ventures. AI Med Global is a roll-up of two companies Navid co-founded: CureMetrix and CureMatch. Analytics Ventures is a fund dedicated to the inception of new ventures harnessing innovations in Artificial Intelligence.

Navid serves on the Board of Tech San Diego, helping build a thriving ecosystem in San Diego. He is on the Board of CureMetrix, CureMatch, DynamAI, and AlphaTrAI. You can also see him as a panelist, judge, speaker, and moderator at various forums such as UCSD, USD, SDSU, CyberHive, MIT Forum, RSNA, U.S. News STEM Conference, and CONNECT.

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Guest PLE Score

• Prioritize - 32%
• Leverage - 60%
• Execute - 8%

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Guest Quote

“My family came from Iran. I was six years old when we came here. And when you come from a place where your life is on the line, you almost have a different perspective. It's almost in your DNA that your life was at risk, and so everything else is easy to a degree. So you have to have that level of, you know, ‘I'm gonna do this even though there's a thousand and one reasons that I should fail.’” - Navil Alipour

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Time Stamps 

*(4:06) Navid’s Achievement Index

*(8:37) AI and Leverage

*(14:57) Being an entrepreneur is delusional

*(16:33) Finding confidence in your team

*(19:00) Why Navid is invested in healthcare

*(28:13) Making the whole greater than the sum of it’s parts

*(32:42) Why you should look for unsuspecting founders

*(42:29) Get a second opinion

*(45:27) Apollo’s Takeaways

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Links

• Find out YOUR Achievement Index
• Connect with Navid Alipour on LinkedIn
• Learn more about AI Med Global
• Learn more about Analytics Ventures
• Connect with Dr. Apollo Emeka on LinkedIn
• Learn more about Apollo Strategy Group