Jensen Huang leads Nvidia, an AI chipmaker founded in 1993, and has guided it through major highs and lows. He said that knowing the full level of pain, pressure, embarrassment, humiliation, and setbacks would have changed his decision to start the company. He emphasized that founders often focus on outcomes and benefits while overlooking psychological strain and the emotional cost of building a business. He said he survived the company’s darkest moments by “forgetting yesterday,” training himself not to dwell on failures and to keep looking ahead. He also noted that he values Nvidia’s contributions and benefits, even though those feelings do not answer whether the suffering was worth repeating.
"“Suppose I knew everything then that I now know - how hard it is and all of the pain and suffering and all the embarrassment and humiliation and all the setbacks,” Huang said, wondering if he would choose to go through it all again. “The answer, absolutely not.”"
"Huang said founders often overlook the psychological strain of building a company and the struggles along the way, focusing instead on the end result. “If your question is knowing how Nvidia turned out, knowing the contribution we've made to the world, knowing the consequence of the company today, how it impacts so many different industries, all of the benefits that we have accrued as a result of our success, do I love those things? The answer is yes,” Huang said. “But that wasn't the question.”"
"Huang said he survived the company's darkest moments by “forgetting yesterday,” training himself not to dwell on failures and to keep looking ahead."
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