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Jen-Hsun Huang: Stanford student and Entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA

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Every successful thing needs to be torn down and rebuilt. In more of an intimate conversation than a lecture, Huang relates his experience as an engineer, entrepreneur, and innovator. Find out how he meets the ever-constant challenge of re-invention as co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA. ► Check out our entire catalog of courses and programs: https://online.stanford.edu/explore

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"Vision's an awfully big word to me.", 'start': 371.748, 'duration': 1.7}, {'end': 378.589, 'text': "Vision's an awfully big word to me because I believe, first of all, vision matters.", 'start': 374.328, 'duration': 4.261}, {'end': 381.81, 'text': "Let me tell you that vision matters, and I'll help you understand that in a second.", 'start': 379.269, 'duration': 2.541}], 'summary': 'Nvidia was founded 16 years ago based on a significant vision.', 'duration': 21.864, 'max_score': 359.946, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ359946.jpg'}, {'end': 640.734, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 613.997, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 619.879, 'text': 'nobody would have created the company with the sole purpose of building technology to make video games possible.', 'start': 613.997, 'duration': 5.882}, {'end': 622.421, 'text': 'And so that was our perspective.', 'start': 620.9, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 632.025, 'text': 'Now we 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698.849, 'duration': 5.562}, {'end': 713.415, 'text': 'Google Earth is now the single largest downloaded, most frequently downloaded application in the history of mankind.', 'start': 705.192, 'duration': 8.223}, {'end': 717.476, 'text': 'over 200 plus million downloads.', 'start': 714.915, 'duration': 2.561}], 'summary': 'Google earth is the most downloaded app in history with over 200 million downloads.', 'duration': 25.57, 'max_score': 691.906, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ691906.jpg'}], 'start': 235.078, 'title': "Challenges and success in building a company and nvidia's vision for 3d graphics", 'summary': "Explores the broad and demanding nature of company building, emphasizing open-ended conversation. it also highlights nvidia founders' vision for 3d graphics, overcoming skepticism to impact the digital media industry.", 'chapters': [{'end': 287.799, 'start': 235.078, 'title': 'Building a company: a 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857.149, 'text': "And they invested in a small company called what eventually became Jerry's company called Yahoo.", 'start': 852.425, 'duration': 4.724}, {'end': 864.215, 'text': "Notice, although I had the perspective about one thing, I didn't have the perspective about something else.", 'start': 858.39, 'duration': 5.825}, {'end': 866.637, 'text': "Just because you're a visionary doesn't mean you're a visionary about everything.", 'start': 864.335, 'duration': 2.302}, {'end': 874.083, 'text': "Your perspective stems from your life experiences, what's commonsensical about you, what's interesting to you.", 'start': 867.257, 'duration': 6.826}, {'end': 880.397, 'text': "And so that's important to realize that you have perspective too.", 'start': 876.414, 'duration': 3.983}, {'end': 882.338, 'text': 'Therefore, you have vision too.', 'start': 880.857, 'duration': 1.481}], 'summary': 'Invested a million or two in a small company, which became yahoo. perspective is shaped by life 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Well, I think that it matters to have perspective, and let me give you some examples.', 'start': 1067.124, 'duration': 6.445}, {'end': 1081.856, 'text': 'I always believed that you need to understand the reason why your business work.', 'start': 1075.831, 'duration': 6.025}, {'end': 1092.492, 'text': 'What is the essence of your business? What makes it work? Now, the foundation of my business, at its core, is semiconductor technology.', 'start': 1083.609, 'duration': 8.883}], 'summary': 'Survival relies on perspective and understanding business essence, like semiconductor technology.', 'duration': 25.368, 'max_score': 1067.124, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ1067124.jpg'}, {'end': 1351.791, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1317.686, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 1338.623, 'text': 'seven years into our company I came to the conclusion that 3D graphics was not going to be sustainable as a accelerator or a fixed function device that renders texture maps and polygons on the screen.', 'start': 1317.686, 'duration': 20.937}, {'end': 1349.889, 'text': 'That we had to change the company to make the 3D graphics processor programmable so that it could be an artistic medium for expression.', 'start': 1339.703, 'duration': 10.186}, {'end': 1351.791, 'text': 'Now this is a weird word.', 'start': 1350.51, 'duration': 1.281}], 'summary': 'After 7 years, realized 3d graphics needed to be programmable for artistic expression.', 'duration': 34.105, 'max_score': 1317.686, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ1317686.jpg'}], 'start': 718.596, 'title': 'Venture capital and tech evolution', 'summary': 'Delves into the challenges of selling unique tech visions to venture capitalists, citing examples of 3d graphics and missed opportunities with yahoo. it also explores the evolution of tech companies, emphasizing the importance of perspective, vision, and innovation, with case studies of companies like google and nvidia. it underscores the significance of understanding the fundamental essence of a business and strategic decisions that lead to sustained industry leadership and innovation.', 'chapters': [{'end': 882.338, 'start': 718.596, 'title': 'Venture capital and perspective in tech', 'summary': 'Discusses the challenges of selling a unique vision to venture capitalists, exemplified by the struggle to assess the market potential for 3d graphics and the missed opportunity with yahoo, showcasing the importance of perspective and vision in tech ventures.', 'duration': 163.742, 'highlights': ['The struggle to assess the market potential for 3D graphics, which was zero billion dollars at the time, exemplifies the challenge of selling a unique vision to venture capitalists. The chapter highlights the difficulty of conveying the market potential for 3D graphics to venture capitalists, given that the market size was essentially zero at the time.', 'The missed opportunity with Yahoo, where the speaker failed to foresee its potential, emphasizes the importance of perspective and vision in tech ventures. The speaker reflects on a missed opportunity with Yahoo, showcasing the significance of perspective and vision in identifying potential tech ventures.', "The reminder that having a visionary perspective in one domain does not guarantee vision in all areas serves as an important lesson in understanding one's own limitations. 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We were just talking earlier with one of the guys.', 'start': 1505.782, 'duration': 4.599}, {'end': 1512.062, 'text': 'Are you functionally organized??', 'start': 1510.782, 'duration': 1.28}, {'end': 1513.743, 'text': 'Are you organized in business units??', 'start': 1512.122, 'duration': 1.621}, {'end': 1517.726, 'text': 'How do you deal with multiple products and multiple geographies and multiple customers?', 'start': 1514.184, 'duration': 3.542}, {'end': 1520.067, 'text': "And so that's the company building process.", 'start': 1518.266, 'duration': 1.801}, {'end': 1523.009, 'text': "It's mechanical.", 'start': 1522.249, 'duration': 0.76}], 'summary': 'Company culture is crucial for organizational development and success.', 'duration': 24.23, 'max_score': 1498.779, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ1498779.jpg'}, {'end': 1584.649, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1554.938, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1555.719, 'text': 'Training matters.', 'start': 1554.938, 'duration': 0.781}, {'end': 1557.66, 'text': "But it's not enough.", 'start': 1556.88, 'duration': 0.78}, {'end': 1570.749, 'text': "The part of it that is important to realize about building companies is that it's a challenging and painful,", 'start': 1559.001, 'duration': 11.748}, {'end': 1575.462, 'text': 'and oftentimes extraordinarily scary thing to do.', 'start': 1570.749, 'duration': 4.713}, {'end': 1583.708, 'text': "And so, unless you have passion, unless you really love the process of building the company and what you're trying to do, it's going to be incredibly,", 'start': 1576.182, 'duration': 7.526}, {'end': 1584.649, 'text': 'incredibly challenging.', 'start': 1583.708, 'duration': 0.941}], 'summary': 'Passion for building companies is crucial for success.', 'duration': 29.711, 'max_score': 1554.938, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ1554938.jpg'}, {'end': 1774.535, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1749.909, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1756.951, 'text': "How do you cannibalize it? There is a theory that if you don't cannibalize it, someone will, and it surely will be cannibalized.", 'start': 1749.909, 'duration': 7.042}, {'end': 1765.853, 'text': 'And so, if you want to be a market leader, you have to take the initiative to cannibalize your own products and have your ideas.', 'start': 1757.791, 'duration': 8.062}, {'end': 1766.973, 'text': 'cannibalize your own ideas.', 'start': 1765.853, 'duration': 1.12}, {'end': 1774.535, 'text': 'When we went from a fixed function graphics accelerator,', 'start': 1768.633, 'duration': 5.902}], 'summary': 'To be a market leader, cannibalize your own products and ideas.', 'duration': 24.626, 'max_score': 1749.909, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ1749909.jpg'}, {'end': 1834.492, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1804.272, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 1810.374, 'text': 'We took enormous chance in building GeForce FX, but it almost broke our back.', 'start': 1804.272, 'duration': 6.102}, {'end': 1815.896, 'text': "But if we didn't build that chip, I am sure NVIDIA would be dead today.", 'start': 1810.774, 'duration': 5.122}, {'end': 1818.256, 'text': "I am absolutely certain we'd be dead.", 'start': 1816.916, 'duration': 1.34}, {'end': 1821.497, 'text': 'It was one of the biggest gambles in our history.', 'start': 1818.857, 'duration': 2.64}, {'end': 1834.492, 'text': "We had to create Instead of an API, we had to go to a processor with a language, we call it CG, and a compiler, so it's kind of like a processor.", 'start': 1822.478, 'duration': 12.014}], 'summary': 'Building geforce fx was a huge gamble that saved nvidia from potential failure.', 'duration': 30.22, 'max_score': 1804.272, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ1804272.jpg'}, {'end': 1975.663, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1926.808, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 1929.21, 'text': 'Is it an economic decision for you?', 'start': 1926.808, 'duration': 2.402}, {'end': 1931.611, 'text': 'For example,', 'start': 1930.09, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 1939.836, 'text': 'there are rumors that we were not enthusiastic in building some of the game consoles and we were more enthusiastic in building other game consoles.', 'start': 1931.611, 'duration': 8.225}, {'end': 1941.978, 'text': 'It came down to this for me.', 'start': 1940.797, 'duration': 1.181}, {'end': 1950.804, 'text': 'I think you have to realize what is the finite resource, what is the scarce resource that you have as a manager.', 'start': 1942.038, 'duration': 8.766}, {'end': 1959.29, 'text': 'The function of a manager is to allocate resources properly for the best return.', 'start': 1951.704, 'duration': 7.586}, {'end': 1964.254, 'text': 'And so, if you think about our resources,', 'start': 1960.591, 'duration': 3.663}, {'end': 1975.663, 'text': 'our resource is the finite number of extraordinary engineers and how much time they have in a day to pursue whatever opportunities that are out there.', 'start': 1964.254, 'duration': 11.409}], 'summary': 'Managers need to allocate engineers wisely for best return.', 'duration': 48.855, 'max_score': 1926.808, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ1926808.jpg'}], 'start': 1433.097, 'title': "Reinventing for success and nvidia's risky gamble with geforce fx", 'summary': "Discusses the challenges and risks of reinventing a company, the importance of culture and organization, and the necessity of passion and purpose in building a successful company, as exemplified by the speaker's experience at nvidia. it also explores how nvidia's gamble with building the geforce fx chip paid off, leading to the development of a new programming paradigm and the company's success in using gpus for general purpose computing, despite facing economic challenges in the gaming industry.", 'chapters': [{'end': 1774.535, 'start': 1433.097, 'title': 'Reinventing for success', 'summary': "Discusses the challenges and risks of reinventing a company, the importance of culture and organization, and the necessity of passion and purpose in building a successful company, as exemplified by the speaker's experience at nvidia.", 'duration': 341.438, 'highlights': ["The importance of reinventing a company due to the rapid pace of technology, as not doing so results in slow decline, exemplified by the impact of Moore's Law on the technology industry. Reinventing the company was necessary due to the rapid pace of technology, as not doing so results in slow decline. Moore's Law sets a fast pace for technological advancement.", "The necessity of cannibalizing successful products to stay ahead in the market and the theory that if a company doesn't cannibalize its own products, someone else will. To maintain market leadership, it's crucial to cannibalize successful products and have one's own ideas cannibalize previous ones. Not doing so risks losing market relevance to competitors.", 'The importance of passion and purpose in building a company, as without it, the process becomes incredibly challenging. Passion and purpose are crucial in building a company, as the process is challenging and often scary. Lack of passion and purpose makes it incredibly challenging.', "The significance of building a company with a strong culture and effective organization, highlighting the impact of culture on a company's success. Building a company with a strong culture and effective organization is significant for its success. Culture plays a key role in determining a company's success."]}, {'end': 2043.218, 'start': 1774.535, 'title': "Nvidia's risky gamble with geforce fx", 'summary': "Discusses how nvidia's gamble with building the geforce fx chip paid off, leading to the development of a new programming paradigm and the company's success in using gpus for general purpose computing, despite facing economic challenges in the gaming industry.", 'duration': 268.683, 'highlights': ["NVIDIA's gamble with building the GeForce FX chip paid off, leading to the development of a new programming paradigm and success in using GPUs for general purpose computing The risky decision to build the GeForce FX chip paid off, leading to the development of a new programming paradigm and the company's success in using GPUs for general purpose computing.", 'Economics in the gaming industry and the decision-making process at NVIDIA The discussion about the economics of building game consoles and the decision-making process at NVIDIA based on resource allocation and opportunity cost.', "Competition's impact on pricing and resource allocation The impact of competition on pricing and resource allocation, with emphasis on the finite resource of extraordinary engineers and the decision-making process based on supply and demand."]}], 'duration': 610.121, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ1433097.jpg', 'highlights': ["Reinventing a company is crucial due to the rapid pace of technology and Moore's Law's impact.", 'Cannibalizing successful products is necessary to maintain market leadership and relevance.', 'Passion and purpose are crucial in building a company, making the process less challenging.', 'Building a company with a strong culture and effective organization is significant for success.', "NVIDIA's gamble with building the GeForce FX chip led to a new programming paradigm and success in using GPUs for general purpose computing.", 'Discussion about the economics of building game consoles and the decision-making process at NVIDIA.', "Competition's impact on pricing and resource allocation, emphasizing the finite resource of extraordinary engineers."]}, {'end': 2389.491, 'segs': [{'end': 2105.528, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2071.425, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2081.516, 'text': "However, I don't believe you can fundamentally say that innovation, that you want, as a CEO, to nurture the spirit of innovation,", 'start': 2071.425, 'duration': 10.091}, {'end': 2088.302, 'text': 'to encourage innovation, unless you have a culture of risk taking.', 'start': 2081.516, 'duration': 6.786}, {'end': 2100.21, 'text': 'We have to encourage our engineers excuse me our marketing people, all of our employees,', 'start': 2091.583, 'duration': 8.627}, {'end': 2105.528, 'text': 'to take calculated risks in order to Encourage them to take calculated risks.', 'start': 2100.21, 'duration': 5.318}], 'summary': 'Ceos should foster a 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'how are you going to stay alive?', 'start': 2317.71, 'duration': 0.961}], 'summary': 'Experimenting with 20 ideas daily helps companies stay adaptable and survive.', 'duration': 25.037, 'max_score': 2293.634, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ2293634.jpg'}], 'start': 2045.387, 'title': "Nvidia's innovative culture", 'summary': "Discusses nvidia's culture of innovation, emphasizing risk-taking and failure tolerance to encourage success. it also focuses on cultivating a flexible and experimental mindset to drive innovation in a competitive market.", 'chapters': [{'end': 2165.224, 'start': 2045.387, 'title': "Nvidia's culture of innovation", 'summary': "Discusses nvidia's culture of innovation, emphasizing the importance of nurturing a spirit of innovation through a culture of risk-taking and developing a tolerance for failure to encourage success.", 'duration': 119.837, 'highlights': ['Nurturing a culture of 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Following instincts and fostering a culture of risk-taking has led to the invention of groundbreaking products and solutions, positioning the company as a leader in innovation.', 'Emphasizing the need to teach individuals to fail quickly and change courses as soon as a dead end is recognized, promoting intellectual honesty and continuous assessment of decisions. Teaching individuals to fail quickly and be intellectually honest allows for swift course changes and prevents the accumulation of failures that could lead to overall failure.', 'Encouraging a flexible and experimental mindset to react to market conditions and foster innovation in a competitive, 24-7 environment. In a competitive environment, being flexible and experimental is essential to react to market conditions and drive innovation, especially in internet-based services where rapid experimentation is crucial for survival.']}], 'duration': 344.104, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ2045387.jpg', 'highlights': ['Nurturing a culture of risk-taking is essential for encouraging innovation and success, requiring both skill and courage to take calculated risks.', 'Encouraging a flexible and experimental mindset to react to market conditions and foster innovation in a competitive, 24-7 environment.', 'The importance of following instincts and cultivating a tolerance for risk-taking to drive innovation and invention in the market.']}, {'end': 2941.048, 'segs': [{'end': 2447.631, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2391.312, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2396.296, 'text': 'And they were two of my closest colleagues, and I trust them completely.', 'start': 2391.312, 'duration': 4.984}, {'end': 2400.198, 'text': "And they're wonderful friends even today.", 'start': 2397.596, 'duration': 2.602}, {'end': 2407.95, 'text': 'So by the way, as a CEO, selecting people is 99% of the job.', 'start': 2403.684, 'duration': 4.266}, {'end': 2418.225, 'text': "What applications do you see driving demand in the general purpose? 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I said, $200.', 'start': 2975.139, 'duration': 2.441}, {'end': 2979.16, 'text': 'So he says, okay, give me $200.', 'start': 2977.58, 'duration': 1.58}, {'end': 2979.561, 'text': 'I gave him $200.', 'start': 2979.16, 'duration': 0.401}, {'end': 2980.921, 'text': 'And for $200, I bought 15%, I think it was 20% of NVIDIA.', 'start': 2979.561, 'duration': 1.36}, {'end': 2995.644, 'text': 'Laughter So it was a good deal.', 'start': 2980.941, 'duration': 14.703}, {'end': 3000.186, 'text': 'Yeah, 20%, yeah.', 'start': 2998.005, 'duration': 2.181}], 'summary': 'Invested $200 for 20% shares in nvidia, a good deal.', 'duration': 34.95, 'max_score': 2965.236, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ2965236.jpg'}, {'end': 3148.353, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3059.591, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 3061.873, 'text': 'They introduced us to two venture capitalists.', 'start': 3059.591, 'duration': 2.282}, {'end': 3065.335, 'text': "And I just went to their office and told them what I'd like to do.", 'start': 3062.934, 'duration': 2.401}, {'end': 3073.502, 'text': 'The thing that gets the company funded, and when you get to that point, you just have to remember a few things.', 'start': 3066.696, 'duration': 6.806}, {'end': 3080.511, 'text': "VCs don't invest in business plans because business plans are easy to write.", 'start': 3075.528, 'duration': 4.983}, {'end': 3082.993, 'text': "I couldn't write it, but other people could.", 'start': 3081.472, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 3086.895, 'text': 'And so they invest in this.', 'start': 3084.774, 'duration': 2.121}, {'end': 3089.857, 'text': 'They invest in great people.', 'start': 3087.636, 'duration': 2.221}, {'end': 3098.92, 'text': 'And so the question is, do they trust you? 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reputation and vision are key.', 'duration': 88.762, 'max_score': 3059.591, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ3059591.jpg'}, {'end': 3220.993, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3196.336, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 3207.103, 'text': 'I truly believe that if you want to be successful, a successful habit is to have the capacity and the willingness to learn from just about anybody.', 'start': 3196.336, 'duration': 10.767}, {'end': 3208.604, 'text': 'And I do.', 'start': 3208.244, 'duration': 0.36}, {'end': 3211.426, 'text': 'I learn from just about anybody.', 'start': 3210.025, 'duration': 1.401}, {'end': 3214.088, 'text': 'And it could be a little thing, it could be a big thing.', 'start': 3212.187, 'duration': 1.901}, {'end': 3220.993, 'text': "If it wasn't because of my kids, I would miss the whole Internet age.", 'start': 3215.349, 'duration': 5.644}], 'summary': 'Successful habit: capacity to learn from anybody; influenced by kids in internet age.', 'duration': 24.657, 'max_score': 3196.336, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ3196336.jpg'}, {'end': 3393.95, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3362.959, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 3365.301, 'text': 'And it really tests your conviction.', 'start': 3362.959, 'duration': 2.342}, {'end': 3372.647, 'text': 'In the technology industry, reinventing the company every 10 years is almost a necessary thing.', 'start': 3366.882, 'duration': 5.765}, {'end': 3377.392, 'text': "So when I say challenging, I don't mean bad challenging.", 'start': 3373.448, 'duration': 3.944}, {'end': 3378.753, 'text': "I think that's fun challenging.", 'start': 3377.432, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 3382.987, 'text': 'I love the process of reinvention.', 'start': 3380.566, 'duration': 2.421}, {'end': 3384.627, 'text': "So that's fun challenging.", 'start': 3383.627, 'duration': 1}, {'end': 3387.108, 'text': "What's my best forecast for our company?", 'start': 3385.327, 'duration': 1.781}, {'end': 3393.95, 'text': 'I think that NVIDIA has the opportunity to become one of the most important technology companies in the world.', 'start': 3387.188, 'duration': 6.762}], 'summary': 'Nvidia aims to become one of the top tech companies through reinvention every decade.', 'duration': 30.991, 'max_score': 3362.959, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ3362959.jpg'}, {'end': 3636.477, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3613.383, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 3620.466, 'text': "I think that it's a much, much better process to focus on ultimately developing the next generation of leaders so that,", 'start': 3613.383, 'duration': 7.083}, {'end': 3626.108, 'text': "in the case that something happens where I'm not the right CEO anymore, there are many choices for the board to choose from.", 'start': 3620.466, 'duration': 5.642}, {'end': 3628.17, 'text': 'including outside.', 'start': 3627.389, 'duration': 0.781}, {'end': 3636.477, 'text': 'So those are, I think the company building process, focusing on that is the positive way of thinking about succession planning.', 'start': 3629.411, 'duration': 7.066}], 'summary': 'Developing next-gen leaders is vital for succession planning in company building.', 'duration': 23.094, 'max_score': 3613.383, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ3613383.jpg'}, {'end': 3800.716, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 3776.606, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 3782.352, 'text': "You have to have a perspective that's unique, that you feel really strongly about it,", 'start': 3776.606, 'duration': 5.746}, {'end': 3787.117, 'text': "that you're willing to persevere almost any challenge to make it happen.", 'start': 3782.352, 'duration': 4.765}, {'end': 3790.501, 'text': "That's the reason why you should start to come here.", 'start': 3787.137, 'duration': 3.364}, {'end': 3791.442, 'text': 'Okay? Thank you, everybody.', 'start': 3790.521, 'duration': 0.921}, {'end': 3800.716, 'text': 'Have my back.', 'start': 3800.104, 'duration': 0.612}], 'summary': 'Start with a unique perspective and strong determination to overcome challenges.', 'duration': 24.11, 'max_score': 3776.606, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Xn1EsFe7snQ/pics/Xn1EsFe7snQ3776606.jpg'}], 'start': 2941.829, 'title': "Nvidia's early days and entrepreneurial lessons", 'summary': "Delves into nvidia's early days, its incorporation with minimal capital, and venture capital lessons. it also emphasizes the importance of learning from everyone, reinventing a company, and leadership succession planning in growing a successful technology company, illustrated by a successful entrepreneur's experiences.", 'chapters': [{'end': 3172.048, 'start': 2941.829, 'title': "Nvidia's early days and venture capital lessons", 'summary': 'Highlights the early days of nvidia, including how the company was incorporated with minimal capital and the key lessons learned from venture capitalists, emphasizing the importance of great people, reputation, and a large market vision for successful investment.', 'duration': 230.219, 'highlights': ["The founder incorporated NVIDIA with only $200 and acquired 20% of the company, highlighting the early days of the company's capitalization.", 'The venture capitalists emphasized the importance of investing in great people and a vision for a large market, stating that reputation and market size matter more than the business plan.', 'The founder learned that VCs prioritize trust in the entrepreneur and the potential for a significant return on investment in a large market, highlighting the key factors for successful funding.', 'The founder acknowledged the significance of reputation and previous successful collaborations in gaining trust from venture capitalists, underlining the value of a strong professional history.']}, {'end': 3800.716, 'start': 3172.809, 'title': 'Lessons from a successful entrepreneur', 'summary': "Highlights the importance of learning from everyone, the challenges of reinventing a company, and the necessity of leadership succession planning in growing a successful technology company, exemplified by a successful entrepreneur's experiences.", 'duration': 627.907, 'highlights': ["The importance of learning from just about anybody, including the capacity and willingness to learn from anyone, as a successful habit for being successful. 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