Steve Martocci
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I mean, titanium dioxide is not, it's banned in Europe, you know, like it causes DNA damage and they don't need to be in your, in your supplements. So that's another thing we just rolled out was not just the manufacturing standards, but now we're going down to the product level and actually going in, we have like a
I mean, titanium dioxide is not, it's banned in Europe, you know, like it causes DNA damage and they don't need to be in your, in your supplements. So that's another thing we just rolled out was not just the manufacturing standards, but now we're going down to the product level and actually going in, we have like a
Forget how many, it's a couple thousand of these excipients that get added and ranking them out by, you know, how cautious you should be about.
Forget how many, it's a couple thousand of these excipients that get added and ranking them out by, you know, how cautious you should be about.
Forget how many, it's a couple thousand of these excipients that get added and ranking them out by, you know, how cautious you should be about.
You want the nutrients. And I think it's going to be interesting. We're starting to send out, you know, different supplements for our own independent testing to do what you were saying. Just kind of like verify that even if they're highly rated, are they, is it actually in there what they say it is, right? So the precision of the nutrients that they're claiming are in there.
You want the nutrients. And I think it's going to be interesting. We're starting to send out, you know, different supplements for our own independent testing to do what you were saying. Just kind of like verify that even if they're highly rated, are they, is it actually in there what they say it is, right? So the precision of the nutrients that they're claiming are in there.
You want the nutrients. And I think it's going to be interesting. We're starting to send out, you know, different supplements for our own independent testing to do what you were saying. Just kind of like verify that even if they're highly rated, are they, is it actually in there what they say it is, right? So the precision of the nutrients that they're claiming are in there.
It's a complicated market. And I think that what we've done though, by just making a simple score, like making it out of 10 is like, it makes it really easy for people to understand. The simple like red, yellow, green, like you can go deep and you can go look at each of the 29 points. Like this is a nine, this is a two. That has been helpful for people to just like simply take a glance.
It's a complicated market. And I think that what we've done though, by just making a simple score, like making it out of 10 is like, it makes it really easy for people to understand. The simple like red, yellow, green, like you can go deep and you can go look at each of the 29 points. Like this is a nine, this is a two. That has been helpful for people to just like simply take a glance.
It's a complicated market. And I think that what we've done though, by just making a simple score, like making it out of 10 is like, it makes it really easy for people to understand. The simple like red, yellow, green, like you can go deep and you can go look at each of the 29 points. Like this is a nine, this is a two. That has been helpful for people to just like simply take a glance.
Cause some, the user base we have, you know, one thing I like doing in general when designing software is it's gotta be easy enough for grandma to use. but powerful enough for the most hardcore user in the space to go deep on. I did that with Splice, making sure that 40% of top 40 music using it to create music, they're like the hardcore guys and the brand new music creators.
Cause some, the user base we have, you know, one thing I like doing in general when designing software is it's gotta be easy enough for grandma to use. but powerful enough for the most hardcore user in the space to go deep on. I did that with Splice, making sure that 40% of top 40 music using it to create music, they're like the hardcore guys and the brand new music creators.
Cause some, the user base we have, you know, one thing I like doing in general when designing software is it's gotta be easy enough for grandma to use. but powerful enough for the most hardcore user in the space to go deep on. I did that with Splice, making sure that 40% of top 40 music using it to create music, they're like the hardcore guys and the brand new music creators.
So we're doing this in supplements. There's a way to dive way deep into what those 29 points are in each one of the excipients and all that, or you can simply look at the score at the top and be like, okay, that feels good. Because some people just, we got to meet the consumers where they are. Because nobody's really doing that.
So we're doing this in supplements. There's a way to dive way deep into what those 29 points are in each one of the excipients and all that, or you can simply look at the score at the top and be like, okay, that feels good. Because some people just, we got to meet the consumers where they are. Because nobody's really doing that.
So we're doing this in supplements. There's a way to dive way deep into what those 29 points are in each one of the excipients and all that, or you can simply look at the score at the top and be like, okay, that feels good. Because some people just, we got to meet the consumers where they are. Because nobody's really doing that.
Yeah. And like, I think the big thing too, is like, we're not out here to, we just want to kind of arc the industry in the right direction, right? Like some of our trust scores, if you find a negative one, we're not all doing the big gotcha, you know, story on it. We're having conversations. A lot of the brands have reached out to us first that the top end brands are like, thank you. Right.
Yeah. And like, I think the big thing too, is like, we're not out here to, we just want to kind of arc the industry in the right direction, right? Like some of our trust scores, if you find a negative one, we're not all doing the big gotcha, you know, story on it. We're having conversations. A lot of the brands have reached out to us first that the top end brands are like, thank you. Right.
Yeah. And like, I think the big thing too, is like, we're not out here to, we just want to kind of arc the industry in the right direction, right? Like some of our trust scores, if you find a negative one, we're not all doing the big gotcha, you know, story on it. We're having conversations. A lot of the brands have reached out to us first that the top end brands are like, thank you. Right.