In this podcast, we spoke with the CEO and founder of Sword Health, one of the fastest growing companies in healthcare, with a $2b valuation.

Virgilio gave us exclusive insights into the company's incredible track record of raising funds from some of the most powerful venture capital firms such as Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, and General Catalyst.

He also discusses why he believe attracting the best talent is more important for a startup than anything else, and the importance of thinking from first principles as an outsider in the healthcare industry.

Website ► https://swordhealth.com/

LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/swor...

Twitter ► @SwordHealth

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00:48 - Intro

03:51 - Raising the initial funds

05:13 - How their products changed over the years

07:53 - Introduction to Khosla Ventures

10:03 - The first product that went to the market

13:53 - The moment they found a product-market fit

15:03 - Series A journey - cold emailing Vinod Khosla

21:03 - What he wrote in his cold email to Khosla Ventures

22:02 - First hire in the US - Chief Talent Officer

24:12 - The power of VCs and how they feed you talent

26:01 - Philosophy on hiring

30:20 - How to find the unique candidates in an interview

33:26 - Training people to become managers

34:44 - Going from $2M to $100M

40:08 - Listening to your users and customers

45:17 - Thinking from first principles and being an outsider

47:39 - Key learnings from the best investors in the world

50:39 - What we should expect from Sword in the future

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