The Healthier Podcast
Latest episode · 39:51
Andrew SteeleFounder & CEO, StrideDNA, blood and gut testing membership
Andrew Steele is an Olympic medallist who built Stride, a preventative health membership with almost 16,000 paying customers. A conversation about finding out why people really buy, going direct to consumer before selling to businesses, and what keeps people renewing an £800-a-year membership.
Founder interviews · Episode 12
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Founder interviews · 12
Andrew Steele · Stride (DNA, blood and gut testing membership)
Andrew Steele is an Olympic medallist who built Stride, a preventative health membership with almost 16,000 paying customers. A conversation about finding out why people really buy, going direct to consumer before selling to businesses, and what keeps people renewing an £800-a-year membership.
39:51
Founder interviews · 11
Nicola Telford · Tabu Ventures (Angel syndicate and investor community)
Nicola Telford runs Tabu Ventures, an angel community backing health businesses most investors find too awkward to look at. A conversation about why culture accepts these markets before capital does, what breakthrough founders have in common, and what to know before taking anyone's money.
41:26
Founder interviews · 10
Iain de Havilland · NADclinic Group (NAD+ clinics and partner services)
Iain de Havilland explains NADclinic’s growth through B2B infrastructure, local partners and service. A conversation about the choices behind international expansion, adapting existing technology and solving distribution problems.
34:47
Founder interviews · 09
Evgenia Koroleva · ONE LDN (Strength training gyms and classes)
Evgenia Koroleva, founder of ONE LDN, explains how a gym can turn community into repeat business: flexible memberships, a clearly chosen customer, brand partnerships and new revenue from existing space. Practical ideas for founders building health and fitness businesses.
36:22
Founder interviews · 08
Stefan van der Fluit · FLOWBIO (Sweat sensors for hydration)
FLOWBIO founder Stefan van der Fluit on six years of building a sweat sensor, moving into retail and competing with bigger wearable brands.
40:28
Founder interviews · 07
Max Cotton · Vor (AI exercise programming)
Vor founder Max Cotton on selling to gyms, building an exercise engine without LLMs, and bringing PureGym founder Peter Roberts onto his board.
50:13
HealthStacks AI · 06
Hamish Grierson · Thriva (At-home blood testing)
Thriva co-founder Hamish Grierson demonstrates the company’s blood-testing service, wearable dashboard and AI health assistant.
26:39
HealthStacks AI · 05
Alex Honchar · Neurons Lab (AI consultancy and engineering)
Alex Honchar connects Garmin, Oura, Withings and Yazio to Claude to explore links between his diet, sleep and training, then saves the analysis as a reusable skill.
26:29
HealthStacks AI · 04
Mike Hudack · Sling Money (International money transfers)
Mike Hudack shows the health platform he built with Claude Code, combining DNA results, blood tests, wearable data and workout logs.
21:36
HealthStacks AI · 03
James McAulay · Endurance athlete and triathlete
James McAulay connects his training apps and blood tests to Claude Desktop, then demonstrates how he uses it to review workouts and plan training.
28:00
HealthStacks AI · 02
James Grant · Healthier (Health and AI podcast)
James Grant shows the custom GPT he built to review supplements against his blood tests and health goals, including why it suggested he stop taking glycine.
29:11
HealthStacks AI · 01
Will Read · Healthier (Health and AI podcast)
Will Read uses Consensus.app and ChatGPT to check health claims, review supplements against his blood tests and compare prices.
20:23
Healthier Notes
The frameworks and playbooks behind the fastest growing companies in health, fitness and wellbeing.
