Yash & Company Podcast

"Rare is not rare" - Swapna Kakani Swapna Kakani (@swapnaspeaks) is a professional keynote speaker and advocate in the area of healthcare delivery and the patient experience. Her inspirational life story, of being born with Short Bowel Syndrome, requiring IV nutrition through a central venous catheter for 29 years and counting, nutrition through a feeding tube for 20 years, and enduring 65 surgeries including a small intestine transplant. Her story shows audiences her individual resilience and self-determination in the face of constant difficulties, as well as the impact of her healthcare advocacy across disciplines. Swapna through her platform, Swapna Speaks, has given several presentations across the U.S. through medical conferences, hospitals, medical schools/residencies, graduation ceremonies, and corporate events, including giving a TEDx talk, performing live for The Moth, and speaking for Fortune 500 companies and Pharmaceutical companies. Swapna, in addition does healthcare advocacy work both at the fe

“We need to be thinking about how to not make our money our commander. In fact, (we need to) command our money and use it to keep changing the world.” - Daniel Huizinga  Daniel or Danny Huizinga (@huizingadaniel) is a management consultant at Accenture, focusing on data-driven strategy for nonprofit, education, and state and local government clients in the Washington, DC area. He also co-leads Accenture's Wealth Creation community, a team of 30 employees dedicated to improving financial literacy for thousands of employees around the country. He personally speaks to over 1,000 employees a year on the importance of retirement saving and investing. In his free time, he is a business and policy columnist (starting from writing op-eds during his time at Baylor), and has interviewed close to 50 startup founders and business leaders around the country - publishing over 200 articles. Daniel also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Komolion Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to economic development and community improve

In this intro, Yash shares his story, what this podcast is all about, and why it got started.  * * * Show Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasanka-chalasani-29b638111/

"Without putting yourself out there, you’ll never go far." - Travis Whitfill Travis Whitfill (@twhitfill) is a Partner at Bios Partners. He received scientific training at leading academic institutions including M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Duke University, and Yale University. He serves on the board of several companies, including Azitra Inc., Incysus Therapeutics, and 410 Medical Inc., and is an Entrepreneur in Residence at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He also holds a faculty research appointment at the Yale School of Medicine and is on the executive board of an international research organization in pediatrics, the INSPIRE Network. Lastly, he serves as the Senior Analyst at Bios Research, which provides research services to institutional investors. Mr. Whitfill’s strong background in entrepreneurship and business was recently acknowledged when he was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in 2018. Mr. Whitfill is the cofounder of several startup companies, has led numerous grant-funded projects, holds several