The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Calm App Founder: From $0 To $2 Billion By Making The World Meditate: Michael Acton Smith

Jan 31, 2022

01:36:15

Episode guests

Michael Acton-Smith

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

How Meditation and Mindfulness Can Help You Survive and Enjoy Life

03:41

Developing a Meditation Practice

01:53

The Foundations of Great Communication

02:13

Introduction

4min

You've Got a Talent for Selling Things

3min

I'm the Ft An, the Economist

3min

Am Doing Business on the Internet?

3min

What Was the Highest Moment for You?

4min

The Principles of Story Telling

3min

You're a Ungepiner, Sir?

4min

Is There a Real Urgency to the Challenge?

2min

Hule - A Must Have for Any Huligan

4min

10.

I Was Very Stressed and Extremely Worried About What to Do

2min

11.

Is There a Day When You Had to Wind Down Your Company?

3min

12.

You Don't Need to Be Profitable From Day One

2min

13.

Mo Mashe Wanstis - What Is It About?

2min

14.

The World Changed, Right?

2min

15.

How Did You Cope With the Tough Times?

3min

16.

Do You Know What Meditation Is?

4min

17.

The Transformation of Social Media

2min

18.

The World Isn't the Same as It Used to Be, It's More Important Than Our Minds

3min

19.

How Meditation and Mindfulness Can Help You Survive and Enjoy Life

4min

20.

Is There a Tipping Point?

4min

21.

Sleep Stories - The Next Big Thing

3min

22.

Sleep and Insomnia - What Are the Biggest Misconceptions?

3min

23.

The Eddy Is the Number One Solar Power Diverter

4min

24.

Burnout

3min

25.

Are You Taking Better Care of Yourself?

2min

26.

How Have You Managed Your Relationships Over the Years?

2min

27.

Is There a Point in Relationships?

3min

28.

Developing a Meditation Practice

2min

29.

The Foundations of Great Communication

2min

30.

How to Be Calm in a Relationship, I'll Try and Land It Again

3min

31.

Isn't It Amazing What You've Done?

2min

32.

Psychodelics and the Global Mental Health Crisis

2min

33.

What Is the Pain You Enjoy Having?

3min

Michael Acton-Smith is best known as the co-founder of Calm, the $2 billion meditation, sleep and wellness app, but he is so much more than that. Because Calm is just one of four companies Michael has built. Michael has also built Moshi Monsters, the breakout success web-based children’s game, which after rapid growth suffered a loss in users and for a while Michael wasn’t sure whether the business could survive.

Michael has experienced the highs, but also the challenges, of growing big businesses. These are just two of four companies Michael has built. Michael is a natural entrepreneur who’s been founding businesses his entire adult life. To talk to him and share in his wisdom was a privilege I’m immensely grateful for.

Follow Michael:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/michaelacton

Twitter - https://twitter.com/acton

LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/michaelactonsmith

Calm: https://www.calm.com

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