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Sahil started with the idea for Gumroad while still working at Pinterest back in 2011. He wanted to sell an icon he had designed, and there was no easy way to do it. He was looking for a "lemonade stand version" of a business, it was not available, so he built it over the weekend. Gumroad launched on Hacker News, got to the #1 spot, and people loved it as an idea. The idea was not a great fit for Pinterest, so Sahil self to start it as an independent company. He'd given up some equity in Pinterest which would have been worth millions, but invaluable learning opportunity and a chance to build his own billion dollar company seemed worth more at the time.

Heart disease is the #1 killer in the world. In the U.S, it’s the #1 reason people go to the hospital and the #1 reason of healthcare expense. We spend over $100 billion in this country every year on the treatment of heart disease-- that’s more than twice the annual budget in the state of Washington!

Lux Capital is funding people who disagree with the consensus and have their own view of the future.

Yes. For one of the spelling bee “octochamps,” Rohan Raja tries to zone in on the word, and he tries to clear everything from his mind to focus on the spelling of the word.

It is partly inheritable because it's about 50-70%.

It boils down to what one is interested in. People should strive to work hard towards what they are interested in, to be conscious of opportunities that come from those interests, and understand the work/life balance that works best for them and their personalities.

Rosie says that getting people to care is really, really simple. She is kind to people and thinks of them first. She thinks about how she can help others and lift them up at any given opportunity. When you create a community, you can change people’s lives as you support them.

Often time, people who are looking for remote work want the freedom to travel, to move, to work whenever and whoever. Unfortunately for some, to be successful while working remotely, it is imperative to have the discipline to design your work life, and not everyone is ready or able to do it well.

People are very sick.

As a society we let people with chronic disease go broke. Medication is crazy-expensive. Most of the money goes to administration.

People can't work because they are sick. They lose their jobs and can't work. They lose their health insurance.

Anthony has a logistics background, as does his cofounder. Besides, wine business already has a heavy supply chain and logistics setup, so the challenges were more about building the software than dealing with the logistics.

Hadley Fraser.

In 2003 Ramin saw his friend Hadley Fraser was in amazing shape and decided to get in shape using the same fitness program Hadley used - the Insanity Workout.