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How Olive pivoted 27 times on its way to be worth $4 billion
How Olive pivoted 27 times on its way to be worth $4 billion
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35 minutes
Released:
Jun 3, 2022
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Olive is a homegrown Columbus, Ohio unicorn; hear from the CEO and lead investor how the company was founded and grew into an industry leader.Sean Lane co-founded Olive in 2012, and signed on Chris Olsen from Drive Capital as the company’s first investors. Now, nearly 10 years later, Olive has raised $856.3 million on its way to being a driving force in using artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry. But the company’s path to success wasn’t a straight line. As CEO Sean Lane explains on this special TechCrunch Live event, the company pivoted 27 times before finding its current product market fit.Lane explains the strategy behind changing a company’s direction and the emotional toil it takes on everyone involved — from employees to executives to the investors.Want to watch the panel: Here's the YouTube video.
Released:
Jun 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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