SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast

Gil Blander - Venture Building for Longevity | InsideTracker | Scientific Foundations in Venture Building

On this episode we are talking with Gil Blinder about his journey from leaving MIT to building towards human longevity.

Gil is the Founder of InsiderTracker a web-based personalized nutrition and exercise product.

The vision behind the company is to build a truly scientific product, every recommendation is based on publicly available research publications and clinical trials results.

Tune in for a deep dive as we cover multiple interesting topics around building ventures for personalized health. 

Ari Tulla - Personalization for Health Products | Life Expectancy Decline | Nutrition Ventures

On this episode we are hosting Ari Tulla who is a serial entrepreneur in the digital health space. 

Together we are talking about his start-up journey that took him from Finland to the Bay Area and the story behind his first venture BetterDoctor.

We are taking a look at the field of nutrion and supplements and why personalization is unlocking the key component of better human health. 

Quin Sandler - Sensor Insoles | Personalized Coaching | Gait Analysis

On this episode we are talking with Quin Sandler about wearables for biomechanichs and the health opportunities for analyzing human movement data. 

Quin has an amazing founder story with his company Plantiga, which he started together with his dad. Together we are diving deeper into the approach his team is taking towards scaling towards mass market.

We talk about what it means to work with professional athletes in the NBA or NFL and the outlook for wearable companies. 

Joshua Bonhotal - From NBA to Start-Up | High Performance | $110 Million for building Future

On this episode of the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast we are hosting Joshua Bonhotal who went from working in ProSports to being part of the world-class founding behind Future, the company providing one-on-one digital training with fitness coaches at home, the gym, or on-the-go. 

Together with Josh we are diving into his incredible journey of starting out his career with the Chicago Bulls and moving on to building out the Sports Performance program at Purdue Univerrsity. We are nerding out on what it means to push constantly for high performance and how to optimize and structure around it. 

We also are diving deep into the early days of building Future and what it meant for Josh to move give up his dream of becoming the GM of a major sports brand over an e-mail to join building a start-up that went on to raise over $100 Million. 

Dima Gazda - Future of Prosthetics | Electronic Implants | Ukranian Tech Talent

On this episode we are talking with the incredible founder of Esper Bionics. 

Esper is is targeting the $10trnl market for future electronic implants by starting of by challenging the protsthetics industry. The company is introducing one of the lightest prosthetic hands in the market, which is supported by the Esper platform for device control and body data collection. 

Dima and the majory of the team at Esper are from Ukraine and have had remarkable luck in being able to relocate the majority of their staff before the start of the war in Ukraine where R&D had been operating. Esper is headquartered in New York and has already got some serious attention as one of their product demo videos hit 15 million views on youtube alone. 

 

 

 

 

Joe William Foster - Founder of Reebok

This episode is a special one for the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast as it represents the high quality of guests we have managed to get onto the show for the past two and a half years. 

We have been fortunate enough to host world class scientists, investors, managers and entrepreneurs from across the globe. 

Hosting the founder of a global brand such as Reebok and being able to getting insight into his thinking and learning from his journey is a privilege we are not taking for granted and are humbled by. 

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Roy Cohen - Predicting Depression | Digital Biomarkers for Mental Health | Passive Data Collection

On this episode we are hosting Roy Cohen who is the CEO and Co-Founder of Behavidence. 

Roy and his team are building up a mental health diagnostics platform and recently raised $4.3m. 

Together with Roy we are talking about his journey from marketing to Neuroscience and the story behind Behavidence as the team has been working for an entire year without a salary and has been founded completely remotely during the pandemic. 

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Florian Hübner - From 0 to 400 employees | Sleep and High Performance | Long-term Focus as a Founder

Florian Hübner is the Co-Founder of Uberall, a platform supporting local customer experience.

Together with his long-time friend and co-founder they have been building the company from 0 to over 400 people globally since 2012. 

 

(00:00) - From starting a PhD to Entrepreneurship 

(08:39) - The early days of building Uberall

(15:12) - Realizing success of your start-up 

(20:10) - How to keep up a high level of intensity for a decade

(30:11) - The future of local businesses  

(34:23) - Metaverse vs. Physical world

(42:29) - Curiosity: Open-source software for coffee maschines and pizza dough chemistry 

(50:08) - The case for IPOs

(55:10) - Sleep and high performance 

Marco Altini - Heart Rate Variability (HRV) | Working with Athletes | Bootstrapping a Digital Health Venture

On this episode we are talking with Marco Altini who is an expert in the topic heart rate variability, founder of HRV4Training and an advisor at Oura. 

Marco has a PhD in Data Science and has been building up his company for the past decade, which is a science-based mobile platform that provides Heart Rate Variability (HRV) based insights to help you quantify stress, better balance training and lifestyle, and improve performance.

Together with Marco we dive into the opportunities and challenges of health data and wearables and share our thoughts on the current developments. Marco is working with professional athletes and sports clubs globally and gives us an inside into the scientific work behind improving athletic capabilities. 

Tim Fitzpatrick - Kidney Health | On Deck | Funding in Digital Health

On this episode of the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast we are talking with the CEO and Co-Founder of Ikona Health. The team at Ikona has built a platform that supports kidney patients on their care journey.

Together with Tim we are diving into the journey of building the company as Ikona has been bootstrapped and finding their niche for a couple of years. We are also diving into the different aspects that make up kidney care within the US healthcare system and the technological transformation waiting ahead for all aspects of the care journey.