Naveen Jain

Interesting thing is, it's easier to solve a big problem than to solve a small problem. It's really counterintuitive, really. And here's why. If you have something that is so audacious, the best and the brightest in the world want to work on the toughest problems. The people who are successful, they want to create legacy.

Interesting thing is, it's easier to solve a big problem than to solve a small problem. It's really counterintuitive, really. And here's why. If you have something that is so audacious, the best and the brightest in the world want to work on the toughest problems. The people who are successful, they want to create legacy.

And what they want to work on is something, if they are successful, changes how humanity is going to live in the future, right? That means it allows you to get the best and brightest to focus on your problems. Number two, when you have the team and you have a great moonshot, good audacious idea, everyone who wants to invest, they say, look, these guys have an unbelievably great idea.

And what they want to work on is something, if they are successful, changes how humanity is going to live in the future, right? That means it allows you to get the best and brightest to focus on your problems. Number two, when you have the team and you have a great moonshot, good audacious idea, everyone who wants to invest, they say, look, these guys have an unbelievably great idea.

And look at the kind of people they have assembled. You get the investment. So it is really easier to solve a big problem than to solve a small problem. Imagine if you say, I'm going to develop another iPhone app that will help you find a roommate. People say, good luck, have fun with it. And when you come back and tell someone, hey, we're going to actually make humanity a multi-planetary society.

And look at the kind of people they have assembled. You get the investment. So it is really easier to solve a big problem than to solve a small problem. Imagine if you say, I'm going to develop another iPhone app that will help you find a roommate. People say, good luck, have fun with it. And when you come back and tell someone, hey, we're going to actually make humanity a multi-planetary society.

We're going to make illness optional. What if we can actually solve the problem that no one ever have to develop a cancer or have depression or ever have Alzheimer's? People say, sign me up. Tell me how you're going to do that. And suddenly- You now have the best and the brightest in the world who want to work on the problem that you set out to do.

We're going to make illness optional. What if we can actually solve the problem that no one ever have to develop a cancer or have depression or ever have Alzheimer's? People say, sign me up. Tell me how you're going to do that. And suddenly- You now have the best and the brightest in the world who want to work on the problem that you set out to do.

Let me take this framework and let me apply it to the company that I started because that actually will ground it so you can see how to apply it, right? So seven years ago, I found myself in a really tough predicament. my dad was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. And there's nothing I could have done. At this point, he was given three months to live.

Let me take this framework and let me apply it to the company that I started because that actually will ground it so you can see how to apply it, right? So seven years ago, I found myself in a really tough predicament. my dad was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. And there's nothing I could have done. At this point, he was given three months to live.

And unfortunately, that's all he got. And it occurred to me that there was nothing. There was no symptom. There's nothing we could have done. Why in this age? We can't find a way to detect early stage cancers. Why is it that we had to wait until he was at stage four and there was nothing that we could have done? I started to think back and looked at his life. He had high blood pressure.

And unfortunately, that's all he got. And it occurred to me that there was nothing. There was no symptom. There's nothing we could have done. Why in this age? We can't find a way to detect early stage cancers. Why is it that we had to wait until he was at stage four and there was nothing that we could have done? I started to think back and looked at his life. He had high blood pressure.

He had diabetes. He had all these chronic diseases. And we just accept it. That's how it is. He's getting older. Obviously, he's going to have high blood pressure. Of course, he's going to have heart disease. Of course, he's going to have diabetes. Of course, he's going to gain weight. This is all we accepted. And we say, wait a sec. Why does it have to be this way?

He had diabetes. He had all these chronic diseases. And we just accept it. That's how it is. He's getting older. Obviously, he's going to have high blood pressure. Of course, he's going to have heart disease. Of course, he's going to have diabetes. Of course, he's going to gain weight. This is all we accepted. And we say, wait a sec. Why does it have to be this way?

Because humans have not changed in the last 100 years as a species, yet younger and younger people are getting more and more chronic diseases. There has to be something we actually have changed. So this is how I started. I said, what if? And every moonshot idea, every project I do, I always start, what if? What if we can actually understand what changes in the human body

Because humans have not changed in the last 100 years as a species, yet younger and younger people are getting more and more chronic diseases. There has to be something we actually have changed. So this is how I started. I said, what if? And every moonshot idea, every project I do, I always start, what if? What if we can actually understand what changes in the human body

at the onset of these chronic diseases, whether it is cancer or diabetes or heart disease or Alzheimer's. If we can do that, if we understand what is changing in the human body, then we will be able to potentially prevent the disease from happening, diagnose them early, and God forbid, outright reverse them. If we can do that,

at the onset of these chronic diseases, whether it is cancer or diabetes or heart disease or Alzheimer's. If we can do that, if we understand what is changing in the human body, then we will be able to potentially prevent the disease from happening, diagnose them early, and God forbid, outright reverse them. If we can do that,

Then I asked myself, if I could actually be successful in solving this problem, would it help a billion people live a better life? And the answer was 8 billion. Every one of us is going to suffer from it. So I said, good. So why this is checkmark? Because we know that this is a big problem that we could attack. And then I asked myself, why now?

Then I asked myself, if I could actually be successful in solving this problem, would it help a billion people live a better life? And the answer was 8 billion. Every one of us is going to suffer from it. So I said, good. So why this is checkmark? Because we know that this is a big problem that we could attack. And then I asked myself, why now?