Founder Stories

For me, the biggest lesson was entirely about dialing up my empathy. To lead from a place of understanding regarding the challenges our…

We had the mentality that we weren’t going to build a startup for the sake of building a startup. We wanted to build a company that could…

We can turn ideas into reality. And you have a team that helps you do it better than you can do it yourself. And you can take these…

We weren’t setting out to be entrepreneurs from the get-go. We didn’t have some time horizon in which we needed to make X number of…

My rowing coach told me something that’s served me well since: he said don’t let your highs get too high or your lows get too low.

I love to see people having a good time and achieving something. I love to see things working. I love to see people develop as we build a…

The best partners can bring very different perspectives and processes versus reinforce the same ones.

When I see everything that’s been done, I’m extremely proud of what we’ve achieved, even if it’s just the beginning. We’ve created a…

The stress of an entrepreneur is that the company may disappear tomorrow.

The most important thing about starting and running a successful company is persevering. There were many times where it would have been…

Straight after university, we started our business because it was the only way to really work on what we were passionate about. That we…

It takes some irreverence to be an innovator, and a constant awareness to make the most of the immediate moment.

Everyone talks about knowing real customer needs, but every customer will tell you something different. I want to know what people…

At Livongo, we’re helping to make an important difference in people’s lives every day. And that’s something I’m passionate about.

I wanted to start my own company and make an impact. But I was looking for the right kind of problem where I could leverage technology to…

I wanted to do something where I could use technology to scale and change the world by delivering on all the promises that were being made…

I never even thought that I would one day go into business, let alone do a startup. It seemed too risky.