Chris Putsch is the CEO and Co-Founder of Upspace, an app dedicated to boosting the health, happiness, and love of the human race by making healthy a lifestyle.
In this episode, Chris shares his incredible journey from leaving a job in corporate benefits to founding a health and wellness app. We explore his motivations behind this shift and his vision for sparking a cultural movement toward reclaiming human health.
Chris shares his personal experience with Type 1 diabetes and what it has taught him and health and well-being, discusses balancing business endeavors with family life, and offers valuable insights on effective leadership.
Key Points:
- Leaving his full-time job in corporate benefits to build Upspace
- How the idea for Upspace came about during the pandemic
- Taking a risk and betting on himself while still caring for his wife and kids
- Having faith that through hard work and commitment, things will work out
- Getting diagnosed with type-1 diabetes at age 17
- Adopting a diet for health and longevity with diabetes
- The role that exercise plays in regulating blood sugar levels
- Balancing building a business with raising a family
- Overcoming the adversity that comes with entrepreneurship
- What to look for in people when hiring a team
- How to become a better leader
- Creating a cultural movement to boost the health, happiness, and love of the human race
- How the Upspace app is helping bring people together and take back their health
- Fighting against the evil forces that don’t have our best interest in mind
- Chris’s definition of Pure Ambition
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