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

Solving the global mental health crisis. It's a first order problem. One in three of us will experience depression or anxiety. And I realize that this could be one of the biggest opportunities and businesses in the world. He's the billionaire founder. Of the mindful meditation and sleep app. Everyone thought we were crazy. The bridge between the seed money we raised and getting to a series A took years and years. And then that was where the point was like, we're taking off. It's happening. Never have we been assailed with more noise and stimulation from social media to billboards to TV. It's coming at us constantly. One of the most valuable skills in the twenty first century is to be able to decide where

And how and when we put our attention. The human brain is the most complex thing in the known universe, and yet it doesn't come with an instruction manual. Uh Michael Acton Smith. He's the billionaire founder.

Of the mindful meditation and sleep app. Calm. For the last 10 years, Michael has been one of the great UK entrepreneurial success stories. But the really staggering thing. About Michael's story.

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