Name: So you want to be an innovator?
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Hi, my name is Nevada Sanchez.

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I am co-founder of Butterfly Network.

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We are the company that first put
an ultrasound system on a chip so

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that we could make an inexpensive,
powerful, portable medical imaging

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device,  that's going to transform
the role of imaging in healthcare.

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My journey as an in innovator
started when I was a child.

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I would say.

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I've always had an insatiable
curiosity and a love of learning

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and exploring new things.

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And naturally when you, when you're
constantly learning and looking for

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new things to,  to explore you, you
also want to use that new learning,

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that new knowledge to build something
that intense need to always learn,

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always be curious about new things.

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Really set me up.

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On a path to become an innovator.

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So my path through innovation
was certainly a path through,  an

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invention,  innovation through invention.

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But that, that is not the
only path through innovation.

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Innovation is really about,  creating
something new or discovering something

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new or putting things together in a way.

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That hasn't been done before, at
least within a certain context.

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So, so when you look at something
and say, wow, that's innovative, it's

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because it's something that you haven't
seen before, you didn't expect it.

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It could be as simple as, as
taking an existing product

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and marketing in an a new way.

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Look, look at,  liquid Death is
selling water, but in a way that

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no one has ever sold water before.

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That's, that's innovative.

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And so invention is, is my favorite path
through innovation, but it's certainly

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not the only path for innovation.

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Innovation can come from
anywhere and,  from anyone.

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So I do believe that there anyone
can do it, but it's worth talking

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about what are the traits of
people who actually do,  innovate.

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And,  I think that open-mindedness
this curiosity and ex  yearning for new

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ideas I is an important trait to have.

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But also I think the,  the courage to
really not be afraid to do something

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new, to do something new, different,
and to not be deterred by failure.

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If you recognize that innovation is
a process of iteration and discovery.

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Then suddenly failures
really just become learning.

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I tried an iteration, it didn't work.

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I learned something.

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You do have to have the willingness
to speak up and share your ideas and

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to have the wherewithal to, to be
persistent in, in getting them through.

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Even, even if you get.

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Turn down the first time, or, or if
you feel like you're not getting heard,

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you have to have that persistence and
you have to have that drive to speak up

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For anyone that wants to become
an innovator,  I think it's, it's

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really important to stay curious.

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Never stop learning.

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We recognize that innovation
is an iterative process.

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Treat failure not as,  lack of
success, but as,  a, a learnings

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on the path towards success.

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Don't be afraid to do things differently.

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Don't be afraid to,  step
outside your comfort zone and

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expose yourself to new ideas.

We are the company that first put
an ultrasound system on a chip so

that we could make an inexpensive,
powerful, portable medical imaging

device,  that's going to transform
the role of imaging in healthcare.

My journey as an in innovator
started when I was a child.

I've always had an insatiable
curiosity and a love of learning

And naturally when you, when you're
constantly learning and looking for

new things to,  to explore you, you
also want to use that new learning,

that new knowledge to build something
that intense need to always learn,

So my path through innovation
was certainly a path through,  an

invention,  innovation through invention.

But that, that is not the
only path through innovation.

Innovation is really about,  creating
something new or discovering something

That hasn't been done before, at
least within a certain context.

So, so when you look at something
and say, wow, that's innovative, it's

because it's something that you haven't
seen before, you didn't expect it.

It could be as simple as, as
taking an existing product

Look, look at,  liquid Death is
selling water, but in a way that

And so invention is, is my favorite path
through innovation, but it's certainly

Innovation can come from
anywhere and,  from anyone.

So I do believe that there anyone
can do it, but it's worth talking

about what are the traits of
people who actually do,  innovate.

And,  I think that open-mindedness
this curiosity and ex  yearning for new

But also I think the,  the courage to
really not be afraid to do something

new, to do something new, different,
and to not be deterred by failure.

If you recognize that innovation is
a process of iteration and discovery.

Then suddenly failures
really just become learning.

You do have to have the willingness
to speak up and share your ideas and

to have the wherewithal to, to be
persistent in, in getting them through.

Turn down the first time, or, or if
you feel like you're not getting heard,

you have to have that persistence and
you have to have that drive to speak up

For anyone that wants to become
an innovator,  I think it's, it's

We recognize that innovation
is an iterative process.

Treat failure not as,  lack of
success, but as,  a, a learnings

Don't be afraid to do things differently.

Don't be afraid to,  step
outside your comfort zone and

Expert Insight

The world of innovation brings a certain kind of allure. It's where cutting-edge transformative solutions take shape and exciting discoveries come to life. Yet for aspiring innovators, the pathway to enter this field is still quite ambiguous.
Nevada Sanchez, Co-Founder and VP of Core Technology Engineering at Butterfly Network helps illuminate the path by sharing his personal journey into innovation.

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