Heather Hasson

Sure. Yeah, that was, well, yeah, I started seeing it in December and then it hit really hard in March of 2020. Where were you? I was in, where was I? I think I was in Vietnam actually at the time.

Sure. Yeah, that was, well, yeah, I started seeing it in December and then it hit really hard in March of 2020. Where were you? I was in, where was I? I think I was in Vietnam actually at the time.

No, I was with our manufacturers. Oh, yeah. Okay. And I'm like, okay, something is going to happen here really quickly. Because we're in healthcare and we see everything, right? And we're in communication with healthcare professionals globally. So we know we have our finger on the pulse. I'm like, okay, this is going to get serious really quickly.

No, I was with our manufacturers. Oh, yeah. Okay. And I'm like, okay, something is going to happen here really quickly. Because we're in healthcare and we see everything, right? And we're in communication with healthcare professionals globally. So we know we have our finger on the pulse. I'm like, okay, this is going to get serious really quickly.

Yeah, I think we were a little bit ahead of the normal commercial world since we are so in tune with healthcare. But we didn't realize the magnitude of what was going to happen. Nobody did. Right. So it was honestly our partnering with our manufacturers. It was... partnering with anybody who we knew to get our masks to healthcare professionals.

Yeah, I think we were a little bit ahead of the normal commercial world since we are so in tune with healthcare. But we didn't realize the magnitude of what was going to happen. Nobody did. Right. So it was honestly our partnering with our manufacturers. It was... partnering with anybody who we knew to get our masks to healthcare professionals.

I mean, we had calls saying, I'm using a mask eight times and I'm putting it in the oven to sterilize it and my institution's not helping us out. Oh my gosh. They couldn't help them out. And it was our duty as a company to protect and to provide gear for healthcare professionals, right? They're on the front lines. Right. And so we just...

I mean, we had calls saying, I'm using a mask eight times and I'm putting it in the oven to sterilize it and my institution's not helping us out. Oh my gosh. They couldn't help them out. And it was our duty as a company to protect and to provide gear for healthcare professionals, right? They're on the front lines. Right. And so we just...

did everything we could to get hundreds of thousands of masks to healthcare professionals. We just gave them out for free. We made oxypulses. So that was a huge thing too. The pulse oximeters? Yeah. Oh, interesting. I didn't know you did that. Yeah. That was a really big deal because with the breathing and healthcare professionals were handing them out to patients. So we gave them a ton.

did everything we could to get hundreds of thousands of masks to healthcare professionals. We just gave them out for free. We made oxypulses. So that was a huge thing too. The pulse oximeters? Yeah. Oh, interesting. I didn't know you did that. Yeah. That was a really big deal because with the breathing and healthcare professionals were handing them out to patients. So we gave them a ton.

And then we said, give these out to patients so they would know when to come to the hospital if they needed to come to the hospital again. But yeah, I mean, it was... The entire company was amazing, and we really just were working 24 hours a day for quite some time, for, what, two years, year and a half?

And then we said, give these out to patients so they would know when to come to the hospital if they needed to come to the hospital again. But yeah, I mean, it was... The entire company was amazing, and we really just were working 24 hours a day for quite some time, for, what, two years, year and a half?

It was awesome. It was honestly a lot of work. I think to be able to get to a place of like, okay, we are taking our company public is an incredible milestone. Even though it's, I mean, it is grueling. It is very difficult. And it looks easy, obviously, from the outside, right? Oh, you made tailored scrubs. You had a great brand. Oh, you went public. First female founders go public. Great.

It was awesome. It was honestly a lot of work. I think to be able to get to a place of like, okay, we are taking our company public is an incredible milestone. Even though it's, I mean, it is grueling. It is very difficult. And it looks easy, obviously, from the outside, right? Oh, you made tailored scrubs. You had a great brand. Oh, you went public. First female founders go public. Great.

But there have been like... you know, major hardships along the way. And there still are, right?

But there have been like... you know, major hardships along the way. And there still are, right?

One that was actually that really, really got me was we were in a terrible, terrible lawsuit. Oh, gosh. Yeah. And I think, you know, I was being personally sued as well for everything. My company was being sued and it was like, are you going to lose everything? And you can.

One that was actually that really, really got me was we were in a terrible, terrible lawsuit. Oh, gosh. Yeah. And I think, you know, I was being personally sued as well for everything. My company was being sued and it was like, are you going to lose everything? And you can.

I just think about being a giant killer sometimes. Right. Like David. I don't know. You're just slaying dragons left and right. No, like in the sense of like, yeah, right. Because like the people that were suing us, they were the giants, right? They were the Goliaths. We were the Davids.

I just think about being a giant killer sometimes. Right. Like David. I don't know. You're just slaying dragons left and right. No, like in the sense of like, yeah, right. Because like the people that were suing us, they were the giants, right? They were the Goliaths. We were the Davids.