Start-Up Stories from the Builders + Innovators Summit

Goldman Sachs Exchanges

Goldman Sachs

Business

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🗓️ 9 November 2015

⏱️ 32 minutes

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"There's never been a better time to start a business," says Philip Krim, co-founder and CEO of Casper. He joined Mariam Naficy, founder and CEO of Minted, and David Solomon, co-head of the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs, to discuss what's most important for successful companies and the one class business school graduates wish they could take again. This podcast was recorded on October 15, 2015. The information contained in this recording was obtained from publicly available sources and has not been independently verified by Goldman Sachs. Neither Goldman Sachs nor any of its affiliates makes any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this recording and any liability as a result of this recording is expressly disclaimed. This recording should not be relied upon to evaluate any potential transaction. Goldman Sachs is not giving investment advice by means of this recording, and this recording does not establish a client relationship with Goldman Sachs. Copyright 2015 Goldman Sachs. All rights reserved.

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0:00.0	This is exchanges at Goldman Sachs where people from our firm share their insights on developments
0:13.8	currently shaping markets, industries, and the global economy.
0:17.1	I'm Jake Stewart, Global Head of Corporate Communications here at the firm.
0:20.3	Today we're in Santa Barbara, California for the Goldman Sachs Builders and Innovators Summit,
0:25.0	which brings together 100 of the world's most intriguing entrepreneurs to discuss what's big in business today and what will change the world tomorrow.
0:33.2	We're joined by David Solomon, co-head of the Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division
0:37.4	to discuss the current entrepreneur environment.
0:39.8	Later we'll be joined by two entrepreneurs who are attending this year's conference.
0:44.0	David, welcome to the program.
0:46.0	Thank you.
0:47.0	Glad to be on the program, Jake.
0:48.0	So David, this is the fourth year you've held this conference.
0:50.0	Why are we holding this event?
0:52.0	What have you learned this year here?
0:53.0	Well, when we we sat down about five or six years ago and we really looked at how
0:57.6	important the world of entrepreneurialism was playing in the US economy and
1:01.0	we felt we had to get to a place where we were
1:03.7	connecting with entrepreneurs that were building businesses earlier than our
1:07.3	normal business would connect us. And we decided to curate an event where we
1:11.3	bring a hundred entrepreneurs that are really doing very interesting things,
1:14.8	building very interesting businesses together to spend a couple of days with some more seasoned
1:20.4	entrepreneurs, maybe farther along in terms of what they've built,
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