Adina Mangubat co-founded her company at age 22. Spiral Genetics, a leader in the genomics analysis industry, makes software to compare large populations of whole human genomes. They closed a multi-million-dollar funding round in 2013 and were acquired in 2017. Earlier this year, Spiral Genetics left their parent company and re-launched by partnering with Microsoft to analyze the genomes of people with heart disease. Adina breaks down what genomes are, how she got into this space, the several pivots they made early on and the process of un-acquiring her company. She also shares how she’s interested in who her employees are as human beings, dealing with the criticism of being a young CEO earlier on, leading with transparency, and her idea of ‘Surprise Date Day,’ which you will want to incorporate into your own relationship!

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