Melinda Thomas (Octave Bioscience) - The Courage to Begin

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Journey, Startups, Education, Stanford, Culture, Strategy, Stanford University, Entrepreneurship, Business, Life Lessons, Thought Leadership, Creativity, Etl, Challenges, Leadership, Innovation, Founders

4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Drawing on her experience launching and leading health companies like CardioDx and ParAllele, Melinda Thomas co-founded Octave Bioscience in 2014. Octave is developing a care management platform for neurodegenerative diseases, starting with multiple sclerosis, and aims to improve patient management decisions and create better outcomes while also lowering costs. In this talk, Thomas offers strategies for building deep, skills-driven entrepreneurial confidence.

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0:00.0	Who you are defines how you build.
0:06.7	This is the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series.
0:10.6	Brought to you by Stanford E. Corner.
0:14.4	On this episode, we're joined by Melinda Thomas.
0:18.3	In 2014, Melinda drew on her deep experience leading healthcare companies to co-found Octave
0:24.3	bioscience, where she's now the chief operating officer. Octave is creating a measurement-driven
0:30.7	care management platform for neurodegenerative diseases, starting with MS. Here's Melinda.
0:38.3	What I thought I would talk about today, my agenda, is about confidence. And I'll talk about
0:45.3	what that means to me, why it's important in an entrepreneurial venture, how to get it, and how to keep it.
0:53.3	You'll learn a little bit about my entrepreneurial journey on the way,
0:57.0	and then I'll have time for question and answer.
1:00.0	Does that sound like a plan?
1:02.0	Great. Thank you.
1:04.0	Okay, let's warm up with just a little fun fact.
1:08.0	I grew up in Palo Alto.
1:10.0	I went to Walter Hayes Elementary on Embarcadero Road.
1:13.3	I went to Castilea on Embarcadero Road.
1:15.8	I went to Palo Alto High School on Embarcadero Road.
1:18.7	And if you know anything about Embarcadero Road, it dead ends into Stanford.
1:22.4	If I had gone to Stanford, I would have done all my education on one street.
1:26.7	I did not. I veered off and I went to Cal.
1:29.3	Please don't hold that against me.
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