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E117: Calm App Founder: From $0 To $2 Billion By Making The World Meditate: Michael Acton Smith
January 31, 2022
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Michael Acton-Smith is best known as the co-founder of Calm, the $2 billion meditation, sleep and wellness app, but he is so much more than that. Because Calm is just one of four companies Michael has built.
Michael has also built Moshi Monsters, the breakout success web-based children’s game, which after rapid growth suffered a loss in users and for a while Michael wasn’t sure whether the business could survive. Michael has experienced the highs, but also the challenges, of growing big businesses.
These are just two of four companies Michael has built. Michael is a natural entrepreneur who’s been founding businesses his entire adult life. To talk to him and share in his wisdom was a privilege I’m immensely grateful for.
Micheal: https://www.instagram.com/michaelacton/ https://twitter.com/acton?lang=gu linkedin.com/in/michaelactonsmith/?originalSubdomain=uk
Calm:
https://www.calm.com/
Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos
Sponsors: Huel - https://uk.huel.com/ Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl
Michael has also built Moshi Monsters, the breakout success web-based children’s game, which after rapid growth suffered a loss in users and for a while Michael wasn’t sure whether the business could survive. Michael has experienced the highs, but also the challenges, of growing big businesses.
These are just two of four companies Michael has built. Michael is a natural entrepreneur who’s been founding businesses his entire adult life. To talk to him and share in his wisdom was a privilege I’m immensely grateful for.
- Your early years
- Starting my first business - Firebox
- My second business - Perplex City
- My third business - Moshi monsters
- The start of Calm
- Calm helping people sleep
- Misconceptions around sleep
- Tough times for you this year
- What you are doing now to change?
- Your relationships
- The foundations of good communication
- How accurate is the 'hippie' stigma that comes with mindfulness?
- Do you feel the good you've done in the world?
- Psychedelics curing mental health
- Our last guest question
Micheal: https://www.instagram.com/michaelacton/ https://twitter.com/acton?lang=gu linkedin.com/in/michaelactonsmith/?originalSubdomain=uk
Calm:
https://www.calm.com/
Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos
Sponsors: Huel - https://uk.huel.com/ Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl