S03E05 - In the shoes of a Startup Founder with Lucy Howie In Your Shoes

In this episode of In Your Shoes podcast, I feature Lucy Howie, who is a co-founder of Quan, a startup that provides an end-to-end platform to improve wellbeing and team performance. Lucy is a serial entrepreneur with diverse experience and was recently part of the YCombinator W22 batch. She shared inspiring stories behind her new startup and learning in the Silicon Valley. This is an amazing behind the scenes account of what goes in to run a successful startup and preparing it to scale. 

You can reach Lucy on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucyhowie/ 

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This is the Season 3 of the In Your Shoes podcast. The podcast aims to get into the shoes of a person like you and me, and learn about their career stories and experiences. Through this conversation, we will uncover insights and pearls of wisdom which will hopefully inspire you and expand your thinking. 

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Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

0:41 About Lucy

1:07 Quan and its origins

3:39 Wellbeing and Health

5:22 Journey towards YC

11:16 Takeaways from YC

16:28 Lucy's journey before Quan

22:00 Dealing with ambiguity

26:15 Self care and well being

29:47 Well being at work

33:24 Mental health as taboo subject

36:03 Hard parts of your journey

41:00 Identifying customer needs

43:43 Message to leaders

45:36 Desired end state of wellbeing