Sebastian Caliri | Making The Man | Maximus Podcast
In this podcast episode, Dr. Cam Sepah interviews the entrepreneur and investor Sebastian Caliri. Sebastian completed a year of the MD program at Stanford University and holds a BS and MS, magna cum laude, in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry from Yale University. Sebastian invests in both consumer and enterprise space at 8VC with a focus on healthcare. Timecodes 00:00 Intro 02:50 Why did you decide to invest in Maximus? 05:00 What was your upbringing like? 08:30 What is an elite boarding school like? 11:10 What subjects were you interested in growing up? 13:00 What was it like studying science at Yale? 15:30 Is it necessary to focus just on academics? 20:30 Why did you decide to go to medical school? 22:30 What is Thiel Fellowship? 27:00 What made you decide to drop out of medical school? 32:30 Why did you decide to work with Palantir? 36:00 What was it like working in the startup community? 41:00 Why is it ok to try and figure things out on your own? 43:00 Why it's important to work with people you respect and look up to. 48:00 Knowing what you know now, would you still have taken the same path?