Impact Hustlers - Entrepreneurs with Social Impact - 55: Fabian Bolin & Sebastian Hermelin of War on Cancer - Sharing patient stories to improve mental health

55: Fabian Bolin & Sebastian Hermelin of War on Cancer - Sharing patient stories to improve mental health

11/26/19 • 34 min

Impact Hustlers - Entrepreneurs with Social Impact

War On Cancer is here to radically improve the mental health of everyone affected by cancer. Fabian Bolin is the CEO and Co-founder of War On Cancer. After being diagnosed in 2015 at 28 years of age, Fabian began documenting his cancer battle on a blog, which made him realise the true power of storytelling. Sharing his story gave him a sense of purpose that he had never felt before. This, together with a strong urge to help others affected became the foundation for War On Cancer.Sebastian Hermelin is the COO and Co-founder of War On Cancer. When Sebastian saw what positive impacts storytelling had on Fabian’s mental health, as well as himself, he conceptualized an idea for a global platform. In May 2016, the founders launched the first version of War On Cancer and within weeks the platform had storytellers from more than 20 countries.Highlights:Diagnosed with acute leukemia and asking for help and sharing a Facebook post that lead to a big changeWar On Cancer as a storytelling platformFeeling belittled and still treated as a personStorytelling as a tool to help others and feeling altruistic happinessCancer phobia and how cancer is being marketedSpeaking to patients as a personBiggest learning and entrepreneur journey from a "project" into a tech and impact companyDisrupting patient mental health, cancer, life sciences and health careTime Stamp:[02:40] From bond trading to film acting[05:40] Priorities after being diagnosed[09:00] Being a best friend to a diagnosed cancer[12:27] Writing and feeling happiest[15:00] War On Cancer App[18:00] Type of stories that patients are sharing[20:40] Cancer treatment patients don't want to talk about chemotherapy[23:00] Impact tracking for cancer patient data[26:00] Creating a social network[30:40] 10 years visionUseful links:War On Cancer (https://waroncancer.com/)Go to ImpactHustlers.com (https://www.impacthustlers.com/)Visit FastForward 2030 (http://fastforward2030.com/) and Real Changers (https://www.realchangers.com/)Impact Hustlers is hosted by Maiko Schaffrath, connect on Linkedin (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/maikoschaffrath/en) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/maikoschaffrath)This podcast is produced by Woon Tan of Podcast Publishing (http://podcastpublishing.help/)

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