In episode #19 I sit down with Omer Keilaf, CEO of Innoviz on of the hottest companies in the autonomous vehicle sector. Omer finally realized his dream of being a CEO after spending years helping 3 different startups succeed to the point where he co-founded Innoviz in 2016. Omer took an idea and in 3 weeks raised $9M and the rest is history. He brought in 20 employees and started to build the product out, over that time tInnoviz has grown to over 200 people with $182M raised to date. In this podcast you will also learn the following: - How long did it take Omer to raise capital? - What is Lidar? - When did Omer realize Innoviz was going to be HUGE? - Why was CES '17 a pivotal point for Innoviz? (17:00) - How did a startup land a partnership w/ BMW - What did he want to be at 15? - Productivity- what hack does he suggest for others? (41:00)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices