Practicing Resilience in Entrepreneurship with Indu Navar!
From Silicon Valley to Purpose-Driven Impact: How Indu Navar Transforms Adversity into Innovation in Healthcare
Oceanside Current
Author: Sarai Garcia Editor: Irene Qin
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In this week's empowering interview, Indu Navar - Silicon Valley Tech Entrepreneur and Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience at King’s College London - shares her inspiring journey as a healthcare innovator driven by personal loss.
With over 20 years of experience as a CEO, founder, board member, and investor in Silicon Valley software companies, Indu has had many successful endeavors in driving change through technology and compassion. After losing her husband to ALS in 2019, she redirected her expertise to health ventures, founding the Peter Cohen Foundation ( EverythingALS ) to advance technology-driven solutions for neurological diseases. Previously, Indu was a managing director at Woodside Capital Partners, advising on financing and M&A for software companies, and founder and CEO of Serus Corporation. She currently serves on the boards of Global Genes and Answer ALS.
Through her work, Indu exemplifies compassionate capitalism, resilience, and visionary leadership. In this interview with Oceanside Perspective CEO and Founder Helen Wang , she dives into how her experience as an entrepreneur has been shaped by adversity, and how perseverance will be met with success.
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Message In A Bottle
We've learned a lot from Indu's story of personal loss and compassionate leadership. Here's what we took away from her interview!
1. ?? Transforming Personal Loss into Purpose: Indu Navar turned her husband’s ALS diagnosis into a mission, creating initiatives to drive tech solutions for neurological diseases, showing the impact of channeling personal challenges into purposeful ventures.
2. ?? Perseverance and Compassionate Leadership: Indu's journey reflects the importance of resilience, adaptability, and empathy in leadership, especially when navigating hardships and pioneering systemic change.
3. ?? Embracing Technology for Health Innovation: By integrating AI with patient data, Indu's organization, Everything ALS, revolutionizes clinical trials, showcasing how digital biomarkers can accelerate diagnosis and treatment.
4. ?? Negotiation and Adaptability in Entrepreneurship: Indu emphasizes negotiation skills and strategic adaptability, particularly in male-dominated fields, which helped her build meaningful relationships and navigate professional obstacles.
5. ??? Compassionate Capitalism and Community Impact: Indu’s approach to “compassionate capitalism” highlights the value of ethics and community support in business, demonstrating that profitable ventures can also prioritize positive societal impact.
How has overcoming adversity led to new growth in your personal and professional life? Share your insights with us through Message in a Bottle or in the comments section!
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