That is where Cronometer comes in, our niche is prioritizing accuracy over the appearance of massive amounts of data.
For example, if you put in the time in keeping a food journal, but you then realize that the data you are using is not accurate, you have wasted your time, you are frustrated, and you have lost faith in nutrition trackers. The approach to building accuracy from the ground up is. To begin, which particular problems are you aiming to solve? Let’s now shift to the main part of our discussion about the tech tools that you are helping to create that can make a positive impact on our wellness. Tenacity: Keep at it, persevere, iterate, grind through it. I don’t have a specific story for this one, but I think it’s a fundamental requirement for an entrepreneur. They will collectively out-innovate the pessimists. Optimists push the envelope, take risks, and solve open problems. In the long run, it-will-never-work people lose to we-can-do-this people. Optimism: It’s very hard to be successful without being an optimist. A thing in the world with customers and feedback. Frankly, it was embarrassing - but the key is, it existed. When it launched it was ugly, there were bugs, and very limited functionality. Cronometer was a great example of a minimum viable product. It’s great to strive for excellence, but don’t let that stop you. I’ll stick with the previous question’s theme here:Īdequacy: A bit of a cliché, but if you want to get things done, move mountains, etc. Which three character traits do you think were most instrumental to your success? Can you please share a story or example for each? If you can be an adequate-tenacious-optimist, you can really get somewhere. The unmotivated won’t have the drive to keep going at something. Pessimists won’t try things that have slight chances of failure. Perfectionists won’t even try something if it can’t be done perfectly. If you never even tried, or you only did four or five perfect paddle strokes and then stopped, you get nowhere. If you keep paddling, you end up down the lake eventually. You can get so far ahead just by getting off the couch and doing something consistently. I took notes on what I liked and disliked and I’ve tried to apply those lessons in my own style.Ĭan you please give us your favorite “Life Lesson Quote”? Can you share how that was relevant to you in your life? I owe any of my leadership skills to all my former managers (good & bad). My friend Jason, taught me to program HyperCard stacks in 8th grade and that certainly shifted my trajectory. So many people have provided wisdom and support. I find it hard to pinpoint a single person. Is there a particular person who you are grateful towards who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that? None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. They were right! It has been a growing success, and has helped health professionals grow their practices and better support their clients.
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They used our consumer product and saw huge potential value in a professional app aimed at health providers and their patients. The development of our Professional product, Cronometer Pro, came to fruition after we were approached by a doctor who worked at one of the large Children’s hospitals in the US.
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I immediately took to learning to code and making silly HyperCard stacks and by the time I graduated I had published a number of shareware and freeware games for Mac OS 9.Ĭan you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you began your career?
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We had an old Atari for word processing in the early 90’s, but I didn’t fully take to computers until my dad brought home an old Mac Plus for a work machine. I was a nerdy, socially awkward kid and gravitated towards science from a young age. By the time I graduated high school we had lived in six different towns in western Canada, including a 5-year stint above the arctic circle. I grew up in a lower-middle-class family.
Can you tell us a bit about your childhood backstory and how you grew up? Before we dive in, our readers would love to learn a bit more about you.
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