62. Felix Huettenbach : Simplifying COVID-19 Testing & The Way We Monitor Our Health

Feb 1, 2021

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Felix Huettenbach is the Founder of Sameday Health. Since the launch of the company in September of 2020, the team has scaled to 800+ employees in 13 states.

Topics :

Inspiration for launching Same-Day Testing to help battle Covid-19
In depth explanation of what PCR + Rapid testing is / how it works
Breaking down headlines “1 and 3 LA residents have Covid” & “1 person dies every 6 minutes”
Thoughts on the vaccine / why it was possible to create in less than a year / logistic issues with administering it
Herd Immunity & how it works
When we should expect to feel a sense of “normalcy”
The difference of Pandemic vs Endemic
Same Day Testing launches in Sept 2020 with 1 location, 5 months later now has 800+ employees in 13 different states
Every tube is a story
Making the decision to leave his career at Quantgene to start Same Day Testing
Process of getting the licensing to offer Covid testing
Controlling every part of the testing process : testing, delivery to labs & processing lab results
Undergrad at Technische University (Technology Mgmt) & Graduate school at MIT (Entrepreneurship Mgmt)
Father was a PHD Physicist & Mother is a Software Engineer
The word for 2021 for Felix : Sacrifice
Living at a Chinese Monastery for one year at age 10 to become a monk
Adding more physical activity to his life is a priority
Greatest strength : Effectiveness / Greatest weakness : Too focused
Challenge for the listeners : How could you positively help the world given everything that is happening?

Connect with Felix!

Instagram : @FelixHutti

Want to work for Sameday Health?

Apply : Sameday-Testing.com

Want to open your own testing facility?

Email : recruiting@sameday-testing.com

Instagram : @SameDayTesting

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