How Olive pivoted 27 times on its way to a 4 billion valuation
Olive is a homegrown Columbus, Ohio unicorn; hear from the CEO and lead investor how the company was founded and grew into an industry leader. Sean Lane co-founded Olive in 2012, and signed on Chris Olsen from Drive Capital as the company’s first investors. Now, nearly ten years later, Olive raised $856.3 million on its […] …
Olive is a homegrown Columbus, Ohio unicorn; hear from the CEO and lead investor how the company was founded and grew into an industry leader.
Sean Lane co-founded Olive in 2012, and signed on Chris Olsen from Drive Capital as the company’s first investors. Now, nearly ten years later, Olive raised $856.3 million on its way to being a driving force in using artificial intelligence in the health care industry. But the company’s path to success wasn’t a straight line. As CEO Sean Lane explains on this special TechCrunch Live event, the company pivoted 27 times before finding its current product market fit.
Lane explains the strategy behind changing a company’s direction and the emotional toil it takes on everyone involved — from employees to executive to the investors.
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