Sami Inkinen of Virta Health – Reversing Type 2 Diabetes, Rowing 2,750 Miles, and Lessons from Improving Metabolic Health in 100,000+ People (#866)
Sami Inkinen (@samiinkinen) is a Finnish-born, Stanford-educated entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO/president of Trulia and Virta Health. Virta is on a mission to transform metabolic disease in billions of people using technology, AI, and nutrition. Previously, Sami was involved in Microsoft, Nokia, McKinsey & Company, after starting his career at a nuclear power plant in Finland. Sami holds an MS in engineering from Helsinki University of Technology and an MBA from Stanford University.
A world-class endurance athlete, Sami is a three-time team world champion and 8-hour, 24-minute Ironman finisher, having completed the Hawaii Ironman World Championship seven times.
Sami also founded the Fat Chance Row to raise awareness about the dangers of sugar and its link to diabetes, rowing 2,750 kilometers from California to Hawaii with his wife—completely unsupported—while breaking a world record in the process.
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SAMI INKINEN NOTES IN THE CONVERSATIONS
“The structure allows for flexibility and automation.”
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“Attitude follows movement and movement.”
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“It’s actually much easier to let the world control your life than to run your life.”
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“The big secret is to reject 99 percent of the things most people consider ‘normal’ so you care about it [about] it’s over.”
– Sami Inkinen
“Human experience is 100% subjective and if you can’t be touched outside of that, it’s just computers and algorithms. And if you really listen to subjective experience, often the biggest decisions in life are based on that.”
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“The love language of American capitalism is dollars. So if you can help someone else make money, you’re going to be very, very successful.”
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