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Ivan Vatchkov, founder and CEO of Kalibra, discusses turning health data into action. Topics include organizing health data into a health operating system, personal motivations for improving health, scaling the healthcare system, common health misconceptions, and maintaining lean muscle mass.

In this Podcast, we connected with Jordan Kobert, co-founder and CEO, and Christian Vande Velde - world-renowned Olympic athlete, and co-founder of The Breakaway, the motivational coaching app for digital fitness. They have a fascinating story, starting from the Tour de France, to Y-Combinator, and raising funds from some of the best VCs in the world. Some quotes and highlights: 00:00 — Introduction 00:24 — ‘Y-Combinator: It’s the equivalent of a training camp with the best sports scientists, the best team doctors, the best analysis teams, the best coaches’ 03:52 — The story of Breakaway ‘The Breakaway started with me getting a Peloton’ 12:44 — The initial product ‘We sync cycling data from platforms that you have, we rate you and rank you across benchmarks based on your age, gender, and weight. It's about you versus you, you versus people like you. And then we give you insight and analysis and motivation to improve. 15:08 — How the sensors got in the market ‘Pretty much everyone had power meters by the end of 2013’ 16:13 — Learning to use sensors through intuition, at the beginning of wearables 26:43 — Types of data that Breakaway analyses 38:43 — Sleep optimisation 50:59 — Building a brand and building a team

For this podcast, we connected with Anthony Diaz, founder and CEO of Health Hero.  Health Hero is the platform that enables people’s lifestyles to cover their basic needs, providing utility tokens as they make healthy decisions.   Some quotes + highlights:  00:00 — Introduction  01:32 -- How the idea started  06:00 -- 'Just make sure it's super rewarding, super recognizing'  06:24 --What Health hero is about: 'So come to Microsoft teams, Slack, Salesforce. If you, use those applications, you should be able to just type in employee wellness and then just download us from  13:34 -- On Value add: 'What our customers and our partners tell us what we do best is number one, accessibility and simplicity'  24:38 -- On Growth: 'When you're doing a product, make sure everything can amplify everything'  31:20 -- On hiring: 'Who is the person on earth that you were meant to be'  32:00 -- 'Most startups are running on dopamine. They're not running on conviction'    The Site ► http://gohealthhero.com More Podcasts ►https://blog.tryterra.co/podcast/home Twitter ► https://twitter.com/terraapi Linkedin ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/terraapi  #gohealthhero #terra #terraapi #terrapodcast

For this podcast, we connected with Cyndi Williams, founder and CEO of Quin — the platform designed to support people with diabetes and their 24x7 self-management needs. Quin builds complex rich models of personal behaviour, physiology and psychology to make tailored recommendations for its users. Terra is an API that makes it easy for apps to connect to wearables Some quotes + highlights: 00:00 — ’a digital therapeutic focused on self-management of diabetes. So we’re a hundred percent focused on the 24 by seven needs of an individual’ 03:10 — The story of the launch of Quin 05:29 — The first MVP, and the start of iterations 20:00 — Targeting the diabetics market 22:00 -’What keeps people working with us, is the insights on their insulin’ 23:15 — ‘Self management of diabetes is incredibly difficult

Co-founders of Ultrahuman, a world leader in metabolic health, share their journey and upcoming hardware sensor. They discuss growth numbers of Runrr, competitive advantage, acquisition to Zomato, thoughts on HRV, glucose and insulin, and a new recovery algorithm. They are bringing a sensor to the market that measures multiple biomarkers, including blue light exposure.

Territory Foods is one of the most successful health meal delivery services in the US. They prepare and deliver your meals to your door, on a weekly basis, and they have raised $42m in the process    One of the most interesting applications of Terra, comes from Territory. They aggregate your wearable data, such as your activity, training and sleep, and they fully customise and deliver the correct meals to reach your goals.   Thus, we had the opportunity to discuss with Ellis, who's the CEO of Territory, about her journey to Territory Foods, her thoughts on nutrition, wearables, and company culture.   The Site ► https://www.territoryfoods.com (only accessible from the US)  More Podcasts ►https://blog.tryterra.co Twitter ► https://twitter.com/terraapi Linkedin ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/terraapi

Kieran is one of the most successful football players, having started his career from Arsenal, playing as a Left back.   He then joined West Bromwhich Albion, and now is playing in the US, at Inter Miami   We got to discuss with him about his early days, how he started playing football, his relationship with Arsene Wenger, his thoughts on team culture, and investments in startups and blockchains. The Site ► https://tryterra.co More Podcasts ►https://blog.tryterra.co Twitter ► https://twitter.com/terraapi Linkedin ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/terraapi

David is the head of Samsung NEXT and EVP at Samsung   David started as an early employee at Google, then lead SV Angel with Ron Conway, was in the Forbes Midas List, and is now leading Samsung's NEXT fund.   We got to discuss with him about his early days, SV Angel, Samsung NEXT, Wearables and Data, investing in startups, company culture and Terra  - the API that makes it easy for apps to connect to wearables. The Site ► https://tryterra.co More Podcasts ►https://blog.tryterra.co Twitter ► https://twitter.com/terraapi Linkedin ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/terraapi

Matteo Franceschetti, CEO of Eight Sleep, discusses the advantages of building a company in Miami, the growth of the entrepreneurship community there, and the future of sleep technology. They also touch on nutrition and sleep for athletes, branding strategies, and the challenges of pitching hardware startups to investors.

Lance has been a legendary figure in professional cycling, having won numerous awards, and amongst them 7 consecutive Tour de France titles - but also controversial due to using performance enhancing drugs. He is also an active investor in Startups in the fitness and health space, with his fund NEXT Ventures. Today we discussed with him amongst others, about his early days, training optimisation, thoughts on wearables, apps in the space of fitness, and Terra - the API that makes it easy for apps to connect to wearables. The Site ► ⁠http://tryterra.co⁠ More Podcasts ►⁠https://blog.tryterra.co/podcast/home⁠ Twitter ► ⁠https://twitter.com/terraapi⁠ Linkedin ► ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/terraapi⁠