Episode 1213

Oura CEO Harpreet Rai on improving sleep, hardware, & more PLUS “Instagram for kids” debacle | E1213

May 13, 20211:18:54Watch on YouTube

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00:00 Start

00:53 News Topic - Instagram for Kids

08:43 Jason's take on FB motives

09:53 UserTesting - Try for free today at https://usertesting.com/twist

11:35 Oura Ring CEO Harpreet Rai's background

23:15 Linkedin - Post your first job for free https://linkeidn.com/twist

25:09 How Oura validates its sleep & readiness scores

30:53 How Heart Rate Variability (HRV) sensors can anticipate heart attacks

38:32 OurCrowd - Join OurCrowd for free at https://ourcrowd.com/twist

40:04 Oura's 3 business models for hardware

44:31 How Oura measures stats like breathing rate

50:49 Helping the NBA with their COVID tracking

54:49 Oura for enterprise & their ethical framework for employee health

1:00:59 Google & Apple as both competitors and collaborators

1:10:30 Advice for Hardware founders

1:14:00 SPAC and M&A interest for Oura

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