Mind Maps with Anna Ho

Destination #36: Medha, an incoming Harvard Medical School Master's Student, talks about everything from why she chose the pre-med path, mental health awareness, and the difference between dopamine and serotonin! Medha is one of my best friends from college, and I love how candid this episode was, hope you enjoy as much as I did and learn a thing or two!

Destination #35: Michael Copley, co-founder of Barsala and The Edible Project, talks about everything from his early days living the scrappy start-up life in Santa Monica of college to what advice he would give himself looking back. He takes a deep dive into the challenges and pivotal lessons he’s learned from his founding experiences and even some fun twists such as the theme song to his life. Tune in to hear these exciting stories and more!

Destination #34: Mike McFall, Biggby Co-Founder and Co-CEO and a professor of mine at the University of Michigan, talks about everything from the lessons he has learned starting a successful franchise from the bottom up to what he would tell his 22-year-old self. Mike gives invaluable wisdom in this episode and you will leave feeling incredibly inspired, and ready to take on your life in a new way. Tune in to hear all this and more!

Destination #33: Brian Hayden, founder of HeatSpring and a professor of mine at the University of Michigan, shares his journey from shaping the future of energy education to finding the perfect co-founder fit. He dives into the lessons he’s learned building HeatSpring, the challenges he’s overcome, and even a fun twist: who he’d choose to sit next to on a plane and why. Tune in to hear these inspiring stories and more!

Destination #32: Nathan Shatz, Co-Founder of Milieu, a skintech startup, shares his journey of co-founding a skin health company while still in college. From the advantages of starting as a student to the advice he'd leave on a fortune cookie for his 16-year-old self, tune in for an insightful conversation!

Destination #31: Kishan Sripada, founder of Formi and co-founder of Orange Slice (YC S25), talks about everything from how he built his successful startup in 2 years while being a student to how he wants to keep improving himself for the coming year and what he would do in a great zombie apocalypse, tune in to hear this and more!

Destination #30: Chris Duncan, Co-Founder & CEO of Creator Camp LLC and content creator, talks about cold emailing his heroes to now becoming friends with them, meeting the Creative Director of Forbes by sneaking into their NYC headquarters, and where he would go if a millionaire decided to fund his all expenses paid one week trip to anywhere!

Check out all of Chris's work here: https://withkoji.com/@crduncan

Destination #29: Simon Kim, a full-time content creator and CEO of Keep It Wholesome, talks about his creative process when producing a video, his clothing business Keep It Wholesome and Creator Camp, along with fun things like the most daring thing he has done!

Check out Simon's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@wholesomesimon

Destination #27 Kriti Sarav, founder of WhyFI Matter$, talks about how to get into finance, improving herself for the coming year, and BLACKPINK!