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Vic Gundotra

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first: 2016-12-05
most recent: 2016-12-05
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“And I'm going to take my EKG later. I do use it every day. It's really interesting. I think it's having had a stroke, I really do think it's important to keep on top of that. And I'm eager to see what it actually helps me with else besides the one thing, which will be interesting. But I might get your blood pressure cuff too and see if that works.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Besides a live core. Very good. Boy, that's a tough question because you are really on top of these companies. It's hard to see that you'd miss one. I don't think I have a really good answer to the question.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“The telecoms have woken up. They suddenly realize their asset that they need to have is software. Maybe too late. Maybe too late to build those access. It may be too late. We'll see what Verizon can do, but the Facebooks of the world, the Googles of the world, these are the ones with software platforms. Right. And that's what's changing the world.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Product Innovation Where is It? Where has it been for the past three or four years? I come back to show me how fast the product's innovating. And if your company has product constipation, nothing comes out for years”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“My kids, that's their primary news source. They spend more time on Snapchat than all other forms of media combined. So that's a pretty good indicator.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“As long as they keep on improving, you're going to be fine. And then there's a question of is it a zero sum game? Will you have a competitor like Lyft? And if Lyft is strong enough, then how do you maintain margins? So the future of Uber is a little less clear to me.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It's a great email client, so they are coming back by being pragmatic. And once again, huge credits to Satya. Don't ever count Zucker I've had a big position in Facebook since I left Google. I've probably my largest personal position. Was Facebook at 28? Well, I believe in social and Zuckerberg has executed on product improvements. Remember when we thought it was crazy about Instagram? And look at how Yeah, he's done an amazing job. Go back to leadership, execution, product focus, Zuckerberg has it Wow, that's a tough one. Because if you say the innovation is the great software experience, then yes, they just recently, I think last week improved their app.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Same thing. Spend 10 minutes with Satya. Look at how much he's changed the company in such a short period of time. And that kind of bringing people together is going to give Microsoft a shot. They still have their challenges. But a year ago, Microsoft was irrelevant in my life Today, I've got Microsoft Word on my iPad. I use Microsoft Outlook as my primary email client.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Leadership is often the best indicator of whether a company is going to be competitive. And I would say look at Sundar and you make your judgment. I'm very positive”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think they're facing their challenges. I think Steve's been gone for a long time now, and I say who is going to step up and lead innovation? Innovation is not removing ports. Real innovation”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, I think there's issues of what Silicon Valley can do to innovate, and then there's issues of public policy. And I think the area of encryption, security, strengthening the Internet, dealing with hackers, is moving at a rate that's too fast for public policy. And so I have very little confidence that public policy will deal with this. Our fundamental infrastructure, the protocols used for the internet, they themselves are not secure. And we have to rethink how we harden these systems. I think Apple is doing a great job here with some of the differential privacy innovation that they're driving. But it will be innovation from companies like Apple, Google, others that will lead us to a more secure, better encrypted model. And I think Silicon Valley is taking the lead here. I mean, the iPhone is very, very difficult to crack”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It's a huge number But if I have to prioritize, I prioritize teaching computer science at a younger age, climate change is two things that personally I'm going to pour my heart into.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Immigration is well immigration, I think, is such a hot buzzword. I'm not sure how much we're going to make. Change for does the average American understand that the visas that we grant highly skilled people is what Silicon Valley. And by the way, that's self-serving. Doing that so we can get the talent to help our companies.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And I think it's crazy that we're not doing that. That's one issue that's very, very near dear to my heart. Number two is climate change. We cannot have a Republican Senate in a house, and President Trump moved backwards on climate change. This is an insane thing that we could do to damage our grandchildren, not our lives. And so those are two areas that I deeply care about, and I think we have to continue fighting.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“One interest I have is I still cannot understand why computer science is not taught in our elementary schools. We teach reading, writing, math. I happen to believe that it's fairly obvious that computer science, not just programming, I mean, application design, architecture, the cloud. that this should be taught from sixth grade onward. And I think it's a natural imperative that young men and women, young girls and boys are taught this as important as math and science.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“No, I think President-elect Trump has to make 4,000 appointments in the next 90 days. We'll see who he selects him and where it goes. I have no choice other than to be hopeful.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Maybe Silicon Valley won't work with certain people And I think President Trump will figure out who is the appropriate representative for Silicon Valley. I mean, certainly Peter Thiel, for example. Understands the culture here. He might be a great place to start.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I'm okay with normalization. I'm not okay with normalizing evil. You know, if you demonize groups of people, if you demonize Hispanics, if you demonize gays and lesbians, That's immoral. That's not what I'm referring to”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I'm optimistic. I heard President electron on television this morning. And during the campaign, he swore he was going to repeal Obamacare. And this morning on television, he said, Well, there were provisions like letting kids who stay with their parents to be on. Healthcare to allow pre existing conditions. He said those were great attributes we need to keep. And so I already see him moderating his position. And I think as a country, we're going to have to moderate our beliefs. And try to find a way to come”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, you know, I saw one list of Ten things Trump was going to do when he became president. And on that list, and I may inaccurately state it, I'm paraphrasing. But it was basically for every one new regulation passed? Archive to other regulations. And boy, that would help a small company like us. The amount of red tape, the amount of process we have to follow 20% of a live core, 20% of our habitat regulat It's incredible And so, do I hope President Trump”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Good for him. Look at what he accomplished. He did the impossible. Somebody told you you're going to open up a car plan, Silicon Valley. You're going to build cars Would have giggled I would have said you're crazy. Do you know what labor costs in Silicon Valley? And yet somebody with enough vision and robotics, I toured the factory, took my breath away The robots were walking past me, were moving around me. It's incredible And so our core asset is we dream big here. And so when you say bring manufacturing back, let's dream hunt how to make that happen.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“You're right. That's the thing. If we get killed, then that's a whole nother issue. But I think the time is ripe for leadership and for people to stand up. We can't follow the same. Model that Mitch McConnell did. What are we going to be obstructionists now?”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Was obstructionism at its core But we can fall into the same trap. I mean, we demonize large groups of people as being stupid, uneducated, ignorant. That doesn't help the country. We need a period of healing. We need a period where we try as hard as it is to understand the opposing view, begin a dialogue without name calling, and see if we can come together. We have to come together.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And he just, I saw him. I saw him withdraw. That's our fault. We have to be able to dispassionately listen as much as possible and say, why is this person who I believe to be intelligent? Why is some significant percent of the country believe this way, support this person? Why? What am I missing? And the second thing I would say is we've got to stop using derogatory names for each other. And when President Obama got elected, and I think it was Mitch McConnell who said our first job is to make sure he doesn't get elected to a second term. I was appalled”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Listening means you don't demonize someone in your office who says they're a Trump supporter. I mean, those people got so afraid they stopped talking. And then thus the polls were wrong. They expressed their opinion when they felt safe in the voting booth. That's our fault. That's our fault for making them feel so uncomfortable they were not able to speak at barbecues about what they believed. I have a friend. He's a very prominent friend, started speaking up for Trump, and the entire party shut him down.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And secondly. Well, there's a difference between opposing views and non factual views. I think it's the issue. And then if you don't, Trump yesterday did three tweets that were actually inaccurate. And everyone's like, well, it depends on your point of view. I'm like, no, no, no. It's inaccurate. It was about the nearer. Just they were inaccurate. But you had people arguing, well, that's your point of view. I'm like, no, no, they're actually inaccurate. So it's almost impossible.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So, I certainly believe in great journalism. But my meta point is we have to be more open to opposing views if we're going to have a dialogue. And secondly,”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I'll tell you what I think we should do. The first thing we have to do is be open to other viewpoints. I mean, I was shocked during the election how many of my friends would refuse to follow any of the sites that were conservative, like Drudge Report, one of the most traffic sites in the world. And yet my liberal friends would not read it. Well, how can you understand the other side just like some of my conservative friends wouldn't read the New York Times? You gotta have an open mind”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And I think we in Silicon Valley have to be self-aware that the optimism, hope, enthusiasm, and excitement that we have in the valley every day with the people that we work with is not indicative of what most Americans are.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“My relatives that don't live in the valley, the experience is completely opposite. The stock market has gone up, they really haven't participated. They either work for companies that are in decline or have shipped jobs overseas. They see the world very differently. And the Trump message resonated with them.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I do believe Silicon Valley has a responsibility to think about people beyond the valley. And I think this election is very, very indicative of the pain. For example, I've got family members that live in Florida. They don't have the experience I do. In the valley, I throw a barbecue and my neighbors come over, one neighbor is in venture capital, another neighbor works at Microsoft, another one works at Apple, another one works at Tesla. They have experienced eight years of the stock market going up. They work at companies where there's optimism and hope and they're changing the future.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think you're right, Gera. There is some aspects of some of the work that's going on that the future is unknown. I like to think positively. I like to think that yes, artificial intelligence may remove certain jobs, that the machines can do better, but that I will free up those people to pursue things that have more value. I believe that's happened over the last 100 years.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Because the opportunity to make your dreams actually happen be surrounded by people who believe the impossible is possible and maybe even probable. It exists here.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I like to think of a live corps as one of those companies as well and are much smaller scale, but that sense of optimism, that sense of we can change the world, exists in this valley in a way unlike any other. And the right talent pool lives here. Yes, Silicon Valley has its problems. Yes, there's sometimes arrogance and frankly the trust. Trump election also helped unveil a tremendous bubble of blindness to the problems that many Americans face, that people in Silicon Valley literally could not see. But despite these problems, overall, there's no place I'd rather be at this point in human history than in this valley.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“We put my cards on the table. When I see Silicon Valley, I do see some challenges, some of the inequality is scary and disturbing. But I also see incredible force for good. You would my father used to tell me when I was a kid that he was worried that manufacturing jobs were going to leave this country. And you told me, hey, Vic, when you're older, The best car company in the world is going to be in some of the most expensive real estate in the middle of Silicon Valley. It's going to shake things up. I'm not sure I would have believed you. They're building Teslas in Silicon Valley. The manufacturing has come right back. And so there's probably 10 other examples I could give you of Silicon Valley companies who are legitimately changing the world. We're trying to. Right.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“The services will come. I think people will pay monthly. For less than the cost of an office visit. To have the machines be your first line of defense.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, people are willing to trade off very sensitive information if they get value from it. For example, I have a credit card. They've never betrayed my trust. Yet, if you look at my credit card data, you'll know everything about my life. You'll know where I am, what I buy, who I buy it for, where do I ship it to. But I'm not worried about that because they've done a good job of being stewards of that information and they provide me great value. I don't have to carry cash around. And I think the same is true here. If software is alerting you to a health condition before it becomes severe and saves your life, says you have possible atrial fibrillation, get to a doctor, and because of that, you avoided a stroke. I think you're going to say that I'm willing to do this every day.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“You're coming down with the cold. And so we pick up health signals in the voice very naturally with our kids or our loved ones. Even a doctor today will do the eye test. He'll look at you. Listen to you talk, and that informs his decisions. Why can't software do that? Every time we do an EKG, we also record your voice. Are there signals in the voice that indicate stress? Are there signals in the voice that represent a change from a baseline? Can software pick that up and alert you? We think it can. And we're in the process of collecting that data.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Look, when someone you love comes home, barely have to say a few words and you can say, honey, you're sick. You had a bad day.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And you need the data, you need the platform, you need to have others be able to participate. And one thing I do know how to do. Had some success in my life is platforms, ecosystems.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I'm very excited. You know, most people believe their doubts and doubt their beliefs. And when it comes to healthcare, you can see why people don't believe it'll ever change. I'm not like that. I think we as a company have a chance to revolutionize the software platform used in medicine, and we're going to give it our best shot.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, you know, I think our money making or our real business is going to be in changing the relationship between the patient and the doctor. Today you have great software to talk to your friends. You don't write your own software. Use Facebook. Or use Instagram or whatever. Yet today, when a mom talks to a pediatrician, she's often pointed to a hideous portal that she has to remember a different password for. Your relationship with your doctor has not been changed through software. And we're about We're about to do that with a live core. Our next generation products are really aimed at the modification of behavior, of the physician to the patient, and we think there's tremendous opportunity there to go build beautiful software that's loved by physicians and consumers.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“There's good and bad. There's people like Kosla and the Mayo Clinic that have invested in us. And frankly, there's some very high-profile names that have said no. Because they've been scared. And I understand that Not everyone's going to say yes.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So, are you getting more investments and you got investment from the Mayo Clinic? How are Silicon Valley VCs looking at this? You credit a record. You've got a reputation. Presumably, you could raise money easily”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think we've talked about the negative impact that it's had, particularly in the VC community and people's eroding people's confidence in some of these new startups. But the flip side is... It's also eliminated some charlatans. You know, if you were a startup thinking you're going to do something in the medical space, now even investors know to ask you, show me your 510K. Show me what the FDA has said. And so it's also had a positive experience in that it's like a fire that's eaten up all the brush. And the only digital companies that are going to be left standing are the real ones.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Is that a That's a tough question In the thermospheres, but I do think sometimes Silicon Valley has a philosophy that move fast and break things. You can't do that when it comes to people's health care. You tell someone their heart rhythm is normal. And they die of a heart attack, that's on you. And so, the clinical evidence, you have to have to be able to get the FDA to say, you can tell this person they got normal sinus rhythm is appropriately huge And you got to go through that process”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It's an unmitigated disaster It not only affects investment. Venture capitalists are going to think twice before they invest. This was a very high profile blowup. But frankly it erodes confidence by consumers. If you're a consumer and there's a Silicon Valley startup doing something interesting in healthcare, how do you know it's not another Theranos? And so it makes me angry. Makes me frustrated. Yes, working with the FDA is challenging. Yes, it takes an extra nine months to a year to get something done. But those agencies are put in their place to protect consumers. And in health care, you got to follow the rules. You've got to do these things. And skipping over these steps.”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It's a programming language used 30 years ago. And yet, this is software that they're deploying today And so part of that is the abundance of caution. Yes”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I could tell you, in fact, without using the name, if I told you the name, you'd say this is the number one or number two. Hospital in the world And we went through a tour of how they did cardiology. I'm not going to give you the details, but it was shocking to see how old the software was. I mean, some of the software used to do billing and management was written in months. Some of your listeners will remember much. I don't”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I can think of Dr. Carlsberg, Dr. Takata. I can think of many doctors at Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Cedar Sinai, that are actually at the forefront of understanding how to use these tools. As I think it will happen”
2016-12-05 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT