Nicola Filzmoser, Happyr Health

HOW TO: CONVERT PERSONAL CHALLENGE INTO A STARTUP

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The main reason (behind starting Happyr Health) is my own story with migraines. I struggled a lot.
— Nicola Filzmoser

#CUTalks by CUTEC has just launched a new mini-series: Female Founders in the Spotlight. This series has the aim of increasing visibility of female founders of early-stage startups. To launch the series, Shreya Singhal and Thomas Bohné have been talking to Nicola Filzmoser, co-founder of Happyr Health, a mobile game based on cognitive behavioral therapy, to help children cope with recurring migraines. We met Nicola at the EnterpriseWOMEN program at the Judge Business School. Nicola is pursuing a Master of Entrepreneurship at Cambridge while working on Happyr full-time. She shares about her personal experience dealing with migraines when she was young and the lack of proper solutions made available to her.

Happyr Health have launched a crowdfunding round, initial target of £10k which has been increased to £14k after rapidly reaching their initial target. Click here to donate or find out more info: https://natwestbackherbusiness.co.uk/happyrhealth/  

This episode was sponsored by DesignSpark: design tools and resources for engineers to help make their ideas happen. The podcast was produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.

Jump to the following topics:

  1. Overview of Nicola’s background - 1:13

  2. Translating Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to Mobile Game - 1:40

  3. Market Response and Early Findings - 4:00

  4. Nicola’s Personal Experience with Migraine as a Child - 6:00

  5. Future of Digital Healthcare - 9:40

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