Anne Wojcicki : How to Build the Future
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 Published On Apr 13, 2018

Anne Wojcicki -   / annewoj23   - is the CEO and co-founder, 23andMe - https://www.23andme.com/

Anne co-founded 23andMe after a decade spent in healthcare investing. 23andMe's mission is to empower consumers with access to their own genetic information, and create a simple way for people to participate in research. 23andMe currently has more than 5 million customers worldwide, and has created the largest crowd-sourced platform for genetic research. More than 80 percent of 23andMe customers participate in a research program that has generated nearly 100 published genetic studies to date.

Access podcast and transcript versions of this interview here:
http://www.ycombinator.com/future/anne/

Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Intro: Founding Story of 23andMe
02:53 - Incentives to Keep People Healthy
03:51 - People Making their own Healthcare Decisions
05:27 - World 50 Years from Now
09:27 - Crowdsourcing and Wanting it Personally
11:34 - Fixing Slow Growth and Keeping Momentum
12:57 - Education People on Why They Want Their Genetics
14:47 - Best Decisions Made in Early Days
15:50 - Finding the First Two Scientists
16:44 - Framework: Net Output on the Organization
17:32 - Being in a Regulated Industry
20:50 - How Much is All Played Out as you Thought
21:55 - Hardest Thing for Entrepreneurs: Persistence
23:42 - Evolution of Genetic Testing in the Next 11 Years
26:02 - General Trends That Apply to a Lot of People
27:01 - Intervention Studies
28:16 - Outro

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