From Escape to Impact: How a game designer turns gaming into tools for cancer research - Robert Atkins | E009

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Robert Atkins is the CEO and Co-Founder of BALANCED Media | Technology. His company is purpose driven to globally improve health, empower industry innovation, and assist problem solving through cross-disciplinary collaboration using gaming and computer science.

He and his team build innovative products which enlighten, motivate and inspire a new generation of cause-driven individuals spanning the globe, all while empowering industry and medical researchers with revolutionary new methods of crowd-sourcing scientific data to accelerate research into finding cures for diseases and solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.

Connect with Robert Atkins on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertmatkins/

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Episode 9 timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:50 Guest Introduction Robert Atkins

01:05 Gaming and Medical Research

03:10 How did you merge Gaming and Medical Research?

06:30 Metrics of the Game

09:19 Best Piece of Advice you have received.

11:05 CG Infinity

11:45 How do you make people believe in your vision?

13:05 How did you handle low points in your business?

15:45 Tips on pitching ideas

17:50 What is the most rewarding thing in your business?

18:55 Jimmy's Make-A-Wish Story

22:50 What kind of legacy you want to leave behind?

24:35 Tech CXO Excellence Program

26:15 Outro