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Ryan Lecchi: The Medical Engineer

This week I wanted to look for someone who has innovated the medical community so when I found Type Strong, I knew I needed to write about it. It’s founder Ryan Lecchi was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes his senior year of college in 2019. Ryan was very active in college and kept running into the issue of his CGM sensors getting knocked off while playing. The monitors are very expensive, and Ryan started using some other adhesive patches with some flaws and he thought he could design better ones. This is where he put his Mechanical Engineering knowledge to work. Eventually he was able to come up with a system to make the patches and soon after he released them to the public. Type Strong makes adhesive patches that go over most diabetes devices including the Freestyle Libre, Medtronic Guardian, Dexcom, Omnipod and Insulin Pump Sites. Ryan mentioned he had no idea what to do when it came to the business side of things. What helped him out was that he was very passionate about product design and functionality and on the outside, he seemed to know everything when it came to the business side. He was able to obtain the Covid-19 stimulus payment to start things off as well as support from his universities I2N an Entrepreneurship101 online program.

Early and Current Success:

At first it was slow going in terms of sales, selling only a couple of packs of patches per week. Now Type Strong has a huge online market in Australia and as of recently Type Strong can ship to most other countries. Type Strong is also stocked in other online retailers such as Diabetes NSW & ACT and many pharmacies across Australia. Type Strong was named as a top 4 Finalist in the Small Business category of the 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards NSW ACT in 2022. Type Strong as grown a lot since then and recently have gone into the business of selling pouches to hold insulin pens and needles.

Concluding Thoughts:

Type Strong is a perfect example of seeing a pain/need and innovating off of that which is very inspirational. I hope that this article can show that nothing is always easy, but nothing is impossible.

Dr. Jessica Grossman

Dr. Jessica Grossman is an experienced and visionary healthcare leader with a passion for women’s health equity. She is currently serving as the CEO of IgGenix, a discovery-stage biotech company focused on developing therapeutic antibodies for allergies. She is also a member of the board of directors of Daré Bioscience, Inc.

Prior to joining IgGenix, Dr. Grossman served as the CEO of Medicines360, a non-profit pharmaceutical organization with an FDA-approved 52mg hormonal IUD. She was also the founder and President of Gynesonics, an early-stage medical device company focused on minimally invasive solutions for women’s health.

Dr. Grossman is a passionate advocate for women’s health equity and has been recognized for her leadership in the field. She was named one of PharmaVoice’s 100 Most Inspiring People in Pharma in 2020 and was awarded the Women’s Health Leadership Trust’s “Women Who Rock” award in 2019.

Dr. Grossman’s work is significant because it has the potential to improve the lives of millions of women and girls around the world. Her work on developing new treatments for allergies could help to reduce the suffering of millions of people who suffer from this condition. Her work on developing new contraception options could help to give women more control over their bodies and their lives.

Dr. Grossman is an inspiring leader and a role model for women everywhere. She is using her skills and talents to make a positive impact on the world, and she is sure to continue to make significant contributions to the healthcare industry in the years to come.

Dr. Grossman’s work is significant for a number of reasons. First, she is focused on developing innovative healthcare solutions that address unmet needs. For example, her work at IgGenix on developing new treatments for allergies could help to revolutionize the way that this condition is treated.

Second, Dr. Grossman is committed to women’s health equity. She is aware that women and girls face unique challenges in accessing high-quality healthcare services, and she is working to develop solutions that address these challenges. For example, her work at Medicines360 on developing an affordable hormonal IUD has helped to make this important contraceptive option more accessible to women around the world.

Finally, Dr. Grossman is a role model for female entrepreneurs and leaders in the healthcare industry. She has shown that it is possible to achieve success in a male-dominated field, and she is inspiring other women to follow in her footsteps.

Dr. Jessica Grossman is a visionary leader in the healthcare industry. She is passionate about women’s health equity and is developing innovative solutions to improve the lives of women and girls around the world. She is a role model for female entrepreneurs and leaders, and she is sure to continue to make significant contributions to the healthcare industry in the years to come.

Aaron Goldstein-Fever Smart

Aaron Goldstein has always been smart and entrepreneurial. When he was in Highschool, in Florida, he sold T-shirts for social media influencers and other celebrities. While selling these shirts he still maintained very high grades and was accepted at the University of Pennsylvania. During his time at University of Pennsylvania he achieved many things, however two stand out from the rest. First, he accepted a job offer at The Blackstone Group, in their real estate investment department. Next, he created Fever Smart.

Fever Smart is a wearable thermometer that not only monitors a person’s temperature, but also sends an alert to their (or their guardians) phone. This device was thought of when a friend of Aaron Goldstein had to undergo chemotherapy. The chemotherapy had weakened his immune system and Aaron offered to track his temperature to look for infections. During, one of their morning temperatures checks his friend, Collin Hill, had a very high temperature and had to go to the hospital, despite his low temperature the night before. After his friend safely and fully recovered Mr. Goldstein designed Fever Smart, so he would have known of Collin’s fever sooner.

While developing Fever Smart Aaron was a full-time college student, but still find the time to develop the proprietary technology. He also raised 60,000 dollars for his company thru an IndieGoGo Campaign; IndieGoGo is a crowd funding cite for entrepreneurs. After receiving this money his company took off and Fever Smart is sold in multiple countries to parents, hospitals, and the ill. Fever Smart has also grown tremendously through the Covid-19 Pandemic due to its ability to continuously track a person’s temperature. Lastly, due to Aaron Goldstein’s success he was named the 2014 College Entrepreneur of the Year by Entrepreneur Magazine. Learn more about Fever Smart below.

 

Bikini Body Guide: How Kayla Itsines is Changing the Personal Training Field

Everyone warns about the infamous “freshman fifteen” weight gain that is common among first year college students. It can be hard to maintain the ideal body physique when you’re already so busy and so broke that you can’t afford a personal trainer or strict workout schedule. Kayla Itsines, an Australian personal trainer and now co-founder of the BBG workout program and Sweat app, saw that there were girls all over the world that didn’t have a way to use a beneficial workout program on their own schedule. Frustrated by this realization, she and her now fiance, Tobi Pearce, decided to release a 12-week workout program, in 2014, that can be downloaded in PDF form from anywhere in the world.

After such positive feedback, the pair developed their plan into a fitness app called Sweat, that now has over 20 million users. The program, which involves weekly 28 minute HIIT workouts focusing on each muscle group, cool downs, recovery days, meal plans, grocery lists, and stretching routines, requires little equipment and can be used anywhere. Kayla’s workout program doesn’t just connect you with successful training plans, it has also created a hub of support and encouragement for real women trying to improve their health. Her hashtag, #BBGTransformations, has hundreds of thousands transformation photos of real women who have used the app and seen results, which are also filled with positive comments from other women.

BBG is transforming bodies all over the world, and empowering women to feel confident to workout on their own. Itsines and Pearce offer monthly and yearly memberships to weekly workouts via the Sweat app and their online base. The name BBG, Bikini Body Guide, doesn’t come from desiring a supermodel physique, but from having the confidence to feel good in your own skin. “A bikini body isn’t one type of body — everyone has a bikini body! A bikini body is a state of mind. It focuses on feeling positive about yourself and the amazing things your body can do. I believe a healthy lifestyle can contribute to helping you feel strong and confident within yourself. ”

Kayla and Tobi are empowering women one workout at a time, by bridging the gap between personal trainers and real people.

MB Powercenter

Mike Bartos is a gym owner from Youngstown, Ohio. He is a man I know personally from going to his gym for the past 4 years. Over many years he was trying to figure out how to make an atlas stone that can have variable weight settings. An atlas stone is generally a large sphere that is made of concrete and has one weight. It is used in strongman competitions and training. Instead of having a bunch of concrete spheres laying around, he knew something had to be done. This led to many prototypes and testing to find the perfect stone. He created the Stone of Steel: the worlds first plate loaded atlas stone. This black stone is capable of weighing either 130 pounds up to 450+ pounds. This was a major innovation in the strongman community. He has since added many other products that are very useful. He prides all his products on being American made with American steel. He has been entrepreneurial in his field and has made a major innovation in stone training.

 

 

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