The Future of Tech: What It Takes To Be a Leader in the Digital Space
Panelists: Eva Wong, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Borrowell; Huda Idrees, Founder & CEO, Dot Health; Sage Franch, Co-Founder & CTO, Crescendo
Thinking of starting the next million-dollar tech venture? This episode of Live From the Podium features the stories of 3 leading tech entrepreneurs who are shifting the business landscape and making products and services more accessible to clients and consumers. Find out what it takes to start a successful tech company and what it means to be a leader in tech innovation.
Minutes |
Description |
|---|---|
2:01 |
How Eva became an entrepreneur |
3:07 |
Why Eva chose finance |
4:12 |
How Huda came up with the idea of everyone being their own healthcare ceo |
5:30 |
How Sage started her HR Startup |
8:03 |
Why you felt there was a problem needing to be solved (Eva) |
9:10 |
How Huda found out that there was no other company who was doing what she was doing |
10:15 |
The discovery that inclusion is actually a need to be solved (Sage) |
10:30 |
How do you know whether your product is useful or not |
11:57 |
User growth and knowing how you are doing is actually working |
13:09 |
A lot of our assumptions were wrong, working from there |
14:15 |
What is next for Sage, being proactive |
15:40 |
Huda, Dot Health in 5 years |
16:29 |
Eva, Borrowell’ in 5 years |
17:19 |
Sage, being too pretty, too much of a girl to code, to be in tech |
18:17 |
Moment of giving up, starting to be the person she was looking for as a mentor |
19:38 |
Eva, giving up company rough times |
20:39 |
Personal level of struggle, using her gender as a way to stand out and be memorable |
21:47 |
Huda, being a CEO at 12, roll model in her dad |
22:40 |
Bumps and different paths for her, through her tech ideas |
23:55 |
Eva, take the first step, it’s a long journey |
24:48 |
Huda, not being married to the solution. Pivots |
25:45 |
Dealing with people who will tell you that you’re going to fail |
26:04 |
Sage, go all in |
27:15 |
how many hours does go all in take? |
18:07 |
Huda, hours blend in, making routines/structure |
28:45 |
Eva, Multi-task to a point, when at home |
30:12 |
work at home or office? |
30:35 |
1 piece of advice to share with others |
32:05 |
Remember the people |
33:55 |
Personal sacrifices each have made |
36:30 |
Something you know now that you wish you knew sooner |
39:10 |
Rapid fire personal questions: online shopping, good habits, etc. |
43:50 |
Questions from the audience |
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