Garry Tan - SIER Distinguished Lectureship: A Candid Fireside Chat on the Entrepreneurial Journey
Garry Tan, president and CEO of Y Combinator and Stanford alumnus, joined SIER’s distinguished lectureship for a candid fireside on the entrepreneurial journey, tracing his path from engineer and founder to investor and YC leader. Framed around SIER’s Discover–Explore–Embody curriculum, Tan emphasized resilience as a learnable capacity to adapt, recover, and grow from stress, and shared patterns he’s seen across hundreds of founders about focus, iteration, and durable identity. The conversation highlighted practical tactics—culture and system design, founder well-being, and mindset shifts—that help founders endure setbacks without burning out. Stanford leaders positioned the talk within a broader initiative to study and teach resilience, including an upcoming app to measure and build founder well-being.
Intellectual Property Issues Between Vaxgen and the New Social Venture
The video examines the intellectual‑property landscape surrounding a new social‑venture partnership between Vaxgen and its licensing partner Janentech. The core agreement grants a not‑for‑profit foundation royalty‑free rights to develop and distribute a vaccine in low‑income regions, while reserving commercial rights...