Swatee Surve's guest appearances

Swatee Surve

Life Skills That Matter | Create Work That Works For You

Outcomes Rocket

Women Solopreneur Stories Podcast

Dare to Disrupt

Matthew Zachary

Gene Hammett

Travis Sherry

Chris Guillebeau

Sarah Mikutel

Fabian Dittrich

Mike Vardy

Thomas Frank

Omar Zenhom

Chris Bailey

David Klein

Scott Young

Pete Mockaitis

David Burkus

Laura Roeder

OwlTail

In 2013, Swatee launched Litesprite, a health tech startup developing award-winning digital therapeutic purpose-driven games for chronic conditions. Litesprite has the mission of destigmatizing mental health issues and removing barriers to the tools people need. She received her MSME in Control Systems and Biomechanics from Penn State.

In 2013, Swatee launched Litesprite, a health tech startup developing award-winning digital therapeutic purpose-driven games for chronic conditions. Litesprite has the mission of destigmatizing mental health issues and removing barriers to the tools people need. She received her MSME in Control Systems and Biomechanics from Penn State.

Gaming your Health with Litesprite Founder Swatee Surve

Improving health outcomes for a variety of chronic health conditions through games, machine learning, and big data

Reimbursement in Digital Medicine Explained with Swatee Surve, Founder and CEO at Litesprite

How you ever tried doing a skill mashup? You make a list of all your skills, both professional and personal, and then pair them up in different ways to align them with different opportunities you might not have considered before. As Swatee Surve shares her story, she’ll illustrate what a skill mashup is all about! She’s the of founder of Litesprite, a firm that combines games, machine learning, and big data to improve health outcomes for a variety of chronic health conditions, which also happen to be a mashup of Swatee’s skills! Even while working for mega brands like Kodak, Nike, Microsoft and TMobile, she has always positioned herself at the forefront of innovative opportunities. This is one of those episodes where there are a ton of lessons crammed in, so listen carefully!  Here are a few highlights:  How her natural attraction to innovation open up opportunities for her she couldn’t have imagined. What makes her unemployable. How to know when to turn one of your ideas into a business. And if you are an experienced professional who thinks your time has passed to launch a startup, Swatee has some good news for you!  Life Skills That Matter In This Episode  Self-directed learning. Align your skills with your goals. Embrace discomfort.  How Swatee Works and Thinks  Wake up time:  Anywhere from 6:00 – 7:30am. Core work activities + habits:  1) Sales from origination to getting contracts closed.  2) Developing the product through research and finding results.  3) Deploying the product to the customers. Ideal work environment:  Informal, comfortable work settings.  Places with a buzz that foster collaboration, but not too loud. 90-day goal:  Secure, formalize, and close some conversations to convert into customers; complete some key product improvements and features.  Inspirational Quotes “As an entrepreneur, you’re on your own.  You’re an iconoclast.  You just have to be used to not being supported.” “If people are struggling or frustrated, well then you really have to find something that you’re willing to make the time and space for.” Coaching Advice Don’t have an idea for a business? Swatee suggests being patient and reflecting on whether you may have some internal blocks preventing you from pursuing certain thoughts and ideas. Conversely, if you have too many ideas, she recommends: 1) Look for common themes in your ideas to see if there are roots to pursue. 2)  Examine where you can drive unique value as the founder since you will be the focal point of your business in its early development. Resources + Bonus Materials Biomedical Engineering Digital Health Eastman Kodak Nike Microsoft Research Chicago Booth Business School David Parker Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Connect With Swatee Website Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Thanks for listening! Enjoy this episode?   Subscribe Review Feedback  The post Skill Mashup! How It Created Opportunities For Swatee Surve (151) appeared first on Life Skills That Matter.

<a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Swatee-Surve.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>How you ever tried doing a skill mashup? You make a list of all your skills, both professional and personal, and then pair them up in different ways to align them with different opportunities you might not have considered before. As <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/swatee/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Swatee Surve</a> shares her story, she’ll illustrate what a skill mashup is all about! She’s the of founder of <a href="http://www.litesprite.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Litesprite</a>, a firm that combines games, machine learning, and big data to improve health outcomes for a variety of chronic health conditions, which also happen to be a mashup of Swatee’s skills! Even while working for mega brands like Kodak, Nike, Microsoft and TMobile, she has always positioned herself at the forefront of innovative opportunities. This is one of those episodes where there are a ton of lessons crammed in, so listen carefully!  Here are a few highlights: <ol> <li>How her natural attraction to innovation open up opportunities for her she couldn’t have imagined.</li> <li>What makes her unemployable.</li> <li>How to know when to turn one of your ideas into a business.</li> <li>And if you are an experienced professional who thinks your time has passed to launch a startup, Swatee has some good news for you!</li> </ol> <h3>Life Skills That Matter In This Episode</h3> <ul> <li>Self-directed learning.</li> <li>Align your skills with your goals.</li> <li>Embrace discomfort.</li> </ul> <h3>How Swatee Works and Thinks</h3> <ul> <li>Wake up time:  Anywhere from 6:00 – 7:30am.</li> <li>Core work activities + habits:  1) Sales from origination to getting contracts closed.  2) Developing the product through research and finding results.  3) Deploying the product to the customers.</li> <li>Ideal work environment:  Informal, comfortable work settings.  Places with a buzz that foster collaboration, but not too loud.</li> <li>90-day goal:  Secure, formalize, and close some conversations to convert into customers; complete some key product improvements and features.</li> </ul> <h3>Inspirational Quotes</h3> “As an entrepreneur, you’re on your own.  You’re an iconoclast.  You just have to be used to not being supported.” “If people are struggling or frustrated, well then you really have to find something that you’re willing to make the time and space for.” <h3>Coaching Advice</h3> Don’t have an idea for a business? Swatee suggests being patient and reflecting on whether you may have some internal blocks preventing you from pursuing certain thoughts and ideas. Conversely, if you have too many ideas, she recommends: 1) Look for common themes in your ideas to see if there are roots to pursue. 2)  Examine where you can drive unique value as the founder since you will be the focal point of your business in its early development. <h3>Resources + Bonus Materials</h3> <a href="https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/biomedical-engineers.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Biomedical Engineering</a> <a href="https://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/digitalhealth/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Digital Health</a> <a href="https://www.kodak.com/corp/company/default.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Eastman Kodak</a> <a href="https://www.nike.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Nike</a> <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Research</a> <a href="https://www.chicagobooth.edu/programs" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Chicago Booth Business School</a> <a href="http://www.dkparker.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Parker</a> <a href="https://www.rwjf.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Wood Johnson Foundation</a> <h3>Connect With Swatee</h3> <a href="http://litesprite.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Litesprite/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/litesprite/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Litespritegames" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <h1>Thanks for listening! Enjoy this episode?</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/life-skills-that-matter-find/id1180432038" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Review</a></li> <li><a href=" https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/contact-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Feedback</a></li> </ul> The post <a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast/skill-mashup-swatee-surve/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Skill Mashup! How It Created Opportunities For Swatee Surve (151)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Life Skills That Matter</a>.

Skill Mashup! How It Created Opportunities For Swatee Surve (151)