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Building an app off the side of your desk

Clarisa Guerra
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Building an app off the side of your desk

We chat with Matt Stein, an environmental engineer from Stanford and founder of Wheeli, about balancing time and attention when building a digital product while having a full-time, high-level executive job.

It was 2017 when Matt Stein, an environmental engineer from Stanford, started and sold a company in the span of just 24 months. It was a whirlwind, Matt had three young kids, and he had a difficult time juggling his non work priorities. It was then when Matt realized he needed some direction, so he hired a coach to help guide him.

His coach told him to explore a method called the wheel of life. “List all your categories,” she said, “family work, friends... Soon, you'll realize how this process can help you find your desired personal balance”. Matt customize the method combining other tools into an app sheet. And this was the seed of what has become a great app called Wheeli.

We chat with Matt Stein about balancing time and attention when building a digital product while having a full-time, high-level executive job. We cover:

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