Who you are defines how you build.

This is the Entrepreneural Thought Leaders series.

Brought to you by Stanford E-Corner.

On today's episode, we have Gabriel Parisi Amon,

co-founder, CTO, and C-O-O of Nebia,

leading a team of world-class thermo-mechanical engineers, industrial designers, and brand builders. Gabe and his team created an environmentally

conscious shower that uses 70% less water. Prior to his work at Nebia, Gabe was a global supply manager at Apple. Here's Gabe.

Sitting in this very lecture a decade ago, only in my wildest dreams could I have imagined being on stage one day.

I'm humbled to be here. Thank you for having me. Throughout the presentation, I'll refer to some resources. I'll make them available to Tina, and you can reach out to me, and I'm happy to provide them.

I want to start with the stories of two hardware founders.

The first hardware founder has degrees in engineering and MBA from top schools.

He left the largest hardware company in the world in 2015

to co-found a startup whose goal was to make amazing products

that truly made the world a better place.

He got a Y combinator and assembled a list of investors

including some of the most prominent individuals

in Silicon Valley.

The company launched one of the largest hardware campaigns

in Kickstarter history. He delivered a complex product that was made in the USA to over 46 countries.

15 days after his 30th birthday, when the first commercial product shipped, he had accomplished

one of the ultimate career goals in his life,

taking a product from concept to mass production and into the hands of customers.

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