Engineering Global Resilience

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(00:00:00) Welcome to Invest Like the Best

(00:00:57) Introducing Hemant Taneja and General Catalyst

(00:03:17) Global Resilience and Innovation Post-Pandemic

(00:04:56) Re-Globalization and Manufacturing

(00:06:03) Building Livongo: A 20-Year Overnight Success

(00:12:23) Aligning Incentives in Healthcare

(00:14:40) Re-imagining the Investment Business

(00:19:54) Evolution of General Catalyst

(00:26:04) Succession and Trust in Asset Management

(00:34:00) Founder-Centric Capital Goals

(00:35:32) Balancing Growth and Liquidity

(00:40:39) AI and Onshoring Productivity

(00:46:10) Defense Investments and Ethics

(00:49:11) Geopolitics and Regulation

(00:52:16) Reflections on Leadership and Strategy

(01:00:14) Hemant's Future Plans

(01:01:55) The Kindest Thing Anyone Has Ever Done for Him