Sami Inkinen

And the very dire picture that you so eloquently painted, Mark, about the massive numbers of type 2 diabetes and obesity and metabolic disease. Effectively,

And the very dire picture that you so eloquently painted, Mark, about the massive numbers of type 2 diabetes and obesity and metabolic disease. Effectively,

And the very dire picture that you so eloquently painted, Mark, about the massive numbers of type 2 diabetes and obesity and metabolic disease. Effectively,

you know 10 to 20 percent of people minority in america adults are what you might call metabolically healthy so almost everyone is is metabolically unhealthy so so the diet picture that you painted that's kind of how i saw the world as well if you had come to me about a decade ago And if you had come to me and say, hey, let's go and solve diabetes and obesity, this is solvable.

you know 10 to 20 percent of people minority in america adults are what you might call metabolically healthy so almost everyone is is metabolically unhealthy so so the diet picture that you painted that's kind of how i saw the world as well if you had come to me about a decade ago And if you had come to me and say, hey, let's go and solve diabetes and obesity, this is solvable.

you know 10 to 20 percent of people minority in america adults are what you might call metabolically healthy so almost everyone is is metabolically unhealthy so so the diet picture that you painted that's kind of how i saw the world as well if you had come to me about a decade ago And if you had come to me and say, hey, let's go and solve diabetes and obesity, this is solvable.

Again, about 10 years ago, I would have rolled my eyes and laughed you out of the room.

Again, about 10 years ago, I would have rolled my eyes and laughed you out of the room.

Again, about 10 years ago, I would have rolled my eyes and laughed you out of the room.

I literally would have rolled my eyes and laughed you out of the room. And the reason is I was a pretty high-performing endurance athlete. And while I was building my previous company, which was a tech company called Trulia, I did a lot of triathlons and even got to a point where I won the world championships in triathlon in my age group. And I always thought, well, I'm a healthy guy.

I literally would have rolled my eyes and laughed you out of the room. And the reason is I was a pretty high-performing endurance athlete. And while I was building my previous company, which was a tech company called Trulia, I did a lot of triathlons and even got to a point where I won the world championships in triathlon in my age group. And I always thought, well, I'm a healthy guy.

I literally would have rolled my eyes and laughed you out of the room. And the reason is I was a pretty high-performing endurance athlete. And while I was building my previous company, which was a tech company called Trulia, I did a lot of triathlons and even got to a point where I won the world championships in triathlon in my age group. And I always thought, well, I'm a healthy guy.

I don't have to worry about the things that people in the middle of America have to worry about. And let's face it, blame yourself. You eat too much. You can control what you eat. And if you eat too much, probably develop type 2 diabetes and obesity. So how do you solve that? You bottle willpower. Like, I can't help with that. So this was my thinking. And I'm embarrassed.

I don't have to worry about the things that people in the middle of America have to worry about. And let's face it, blame yourself. You eat too much. You can control what you eat. And if you eat too much, probably develop type 2 diabetes and obesity. So how do you solve that? You bottle willpower. Like, I can't help with that. So this was my thinking. And I'm embarrassed.

I don't have to worry about the things that people in the middle of America have to worry about. And let's face it, blame yourself. You eat too much. You can control what you eat. And if you eat too much, probably develop type 2 diabetes and obesity. So how do you solve that? You bottle willpower. Like, I can't help with that. So this was my thinking. And I'm embarrassed.

I'm honestly, truly embarrassed to say this. This was my thinking.

I'm honestly, truly embarrassed to say this. This was my thinking.

I'm honestly, truly embarrassed to say this. This was my thinking.

Exactly. So, so finally, like, you know, how did I become a co-founder and now CEO of Virta Health here now almost a decade later? Well, it turns out despite my, you know, winning and running triathlons and staying lean, I discovered that I was on my way to type two diabetes myself, and I already had pre-diabetes. And so this was around 2011. And I honestly, I was pissed.

Exactly. So, so finally, like, you know, how did I become a co-founder and now CEO of Virta Health here now almost a decade later? Well, it turns out despite my, you know, winning and running triathlons and staying lean, I discovered that I was on my way to type two diabetes myself, and I already had pre-diabetes. And so this was around 2011. And I honestly, I was pissed.