S2 Ep-30 - Gabe Tzeghai, Ph.D. joins us to talk staying healthy through your struggles as a side hustler
07/25/21 • 53 min
Gabe Tzeghai, Ph.D. is co-founder and CEO of Summit Innovation Labs, the maker of OptiCel. He is also an elected member of the prestigious United States National Academy, Bio Medical Engineering Division, for improving global health through inventions, development and commercialization of critical health care products. His leadership experiences in scientific research and business development include over 18 years as Health Care Global Executive at the Procter & Gamble in the US and in international assignments.
Since his days in graduate school at Columbia University and City University of New York, Dr. Tzeghai wondered why we wait and try to manage symptoms of serious disease like cardiovascular disease (CVD) after the disease sets in the body and not endeavor to prevent it or at least delay the onset of the disease. He was in part motivated by his own family and friends’ history with CVD, which was the number one cause of death then and still even now. The question was what must be true for the scientific and medical community to move from disease management to true health care, prevention? The answer to this question was to come in multiple parts. First, one needed to define the mechanisms that on set disease at the cellular level, where disease, healing and prevention all start. Second, to develop technologies that holistically and efficiently address all the mechanism that trigger the disease while also at the same time activating our natural abelites to fight diseases; abelites that get undermined by an onset of a disease.
Over the years he watched and contributed to the progress of medical sciences and health technologies and formulated a vison of what could be. By integrating his years of learning from various sources, he has been able to scientifically define the real causes of the onset of the CVD at a cellular level.
Over the past 7 years prevention became a well-defined mission for Dr. Tzeghai and was fortunately joined by equally motivated prominent cell and nutrition scientists, entrepreneurs and business leaders to organize and formulate a solution on the prevention mission. The team, through open innovation, non-traditional but scientific research and development effort formulated and clinically validated OptiCel as the first-generation product targeted at preventing and early treating onset of diseases. Now, with safety and clinical performance in hand the team is ready to offer this next frontier in medicine to the public.
“It has now become common sense that only prevention can get us to better quality of life, productively and affordable health care. My team and I are committed to putting science in the services of humanity partnering with any and all that support the mission and start the transition of medicine for current management of disease to true prevention.”
–Gabe E. Tzeghai, Ph.D. CEO
Gabe's credentials are impressive:
US National Academy
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Former R&D Executive at P&G
Graduate Degrees: Columbia University and City University of NY
He really wants to help the side hustler and is on a mission to do so. He knows starting a business requires long hours and compromises to sleep, diet and overall well-being. He hopes the product he's formulated can help balance some of those and prevent or postpone the onset of many common diseases in our society.
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Gabe Tzeghai, Ph.D. is co-founder and CEO of Summit Innovation Labs, the maker of OptiCel. He is also an elected member of the prestigious United States National Academy, Bio Medical Engineering Division, for improving global health through inventions, development and commercialization of critical health care products. His leadership experiences in scientific research and business development include over 18 years as Health Care Global Executive at the Procter & Gamble in the US and in international assignments.
Since his days in graduate school at Columbia University and City University of New York, Dr. Tzeghai wondered why we wait and try to manage symptoms of serious disease like cardiovascular disease (CVD) after the disease sets in the body and not endeavor to prevent it or at least delay the onset of the disease. He was in part motivated by his own family and friends’ history with CVD, which was the number one cause of death then and still even now. The question was what must be true for the scientific and medical community to move from disease management to true health care, prevention? The answer to this question was to come in multiple parts. First, one needed to define the mechanisms that on set disease at the cellular level, where disease, healing and prevention all start. Second, to develop technologies that holistically and efficiently address all the mechanism that trigger the disease while also at the same time activating our natural abelites to fight diseases; abelites that get undermined by an onset of a disease.
Over the years he watched and contributed to the progress of medical sciences and health technologies and formulated a vison of what could be. By integrating his years of learning from various sources, he has been able to scientifically define the real causes of the onset of the CVD at a cellular level.
Over the past 7 years prevention became a well-defined mission for Dr. Tzeghai and was fortunately joined by equally motivated prominent cell and nutrition scientists, entrepreneurs and business leaders to organize and formulate a solution on the prevention mission. The team, through open innovation, non-traditional but scientific research and development effort formulated and clinically validated OptiCel as the first-generation product targeted at preventing and early treating onset of diseases. Now, with safety and clinical performance in hand the team is ready to offer this next frontier in medicine to the public.
“It has now become common sense that only prevention can get us to better quality of life, productively and affordable health care. My team and I are committed to putting science in the services of humanity partnering with any and all that support the mission and start the transition of medicine for current management of disease to true prevention.”
–Gabe E. Tzeghai, Ph.D. CEO
Gabe's credentials are impressive:
US National Academy
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Former R&D Executive at P&G
Graduate Degrees: Columbia University and City University of NY
He really wants to help the side hustler and is on a mission to do so. He knows starting a business requires long hours and compromises to sleep, diet and overall well-being. He hopes the product he's formulated can help balance some of those and prevent or postpone the onset of many common diseases in our society.
To learn more please visit
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S2 Ep-29 - Luke Van Der Veer discusses his process selling profitable leads to local businesses through Rank & Rent SEO
This week on the podcast we are joined by Luke Van Der Veer to discuss how he was able to turn his talent for online search into a lead selling business.
Luke breaks down his process of teaching 9-5'ers how to kill their jobs by generating leads for local businesses using Rank & Rent SEO.
If you're not familiar, the process is pretty simple:
- Identify a profitable niche
- Build a simple website
- Rank the website at the top of Google so it produces leads
- Send the leads to a local business in return for a "rental fee"
The same skillset can also be used by any business to generate its own leads.
Luke was once a regular 9-5 guy making $40k/yr. living in New York. Luke finally decided he had enough working for someone else and ditched his comfy Human Resources job in pursuit of career freedom. His goal now is to help other 9-5’ers escape the corporate world and take back their time. You can start learning his technique by watching his free webinar at digitalrealestatecoaching.com. He also has a great Facebook group you can join.
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S2 - Ep31 - Dominic Rossi and Kent Gray discuss how to be a real estate agent and leveraging that into a side hustle
Dominic’s Bio:
Dominic did his undergraduate studies at the University of Louisville and got his J.D. at Northern Kentucky University. Right out of law school, he was introduced to Ken Perry and the mentorship began. Dominic came aboard as Ken Perry Realty’s General Counsel – a position he held until Perry Real Estate College (PREC) was launched.
Dominic brings an all-world perspective to (PREC), literally. In between commanding the legal demands of a multimillion dollar real estate enterprise, Dominic moved to Spain with his wife, Elizabeth. Although Dominic’s love for travel and curiosity of other cultures took him overseas, he eventually returned home to spearhead PREC’s national expansion as its Chief Executive Officer. If you are inclined to get to work by 7AM, Dominic will be there waiting with a cup of coffee and an action plan.
While Dominic’s background in the legal world makes him a formidable force, his business acumen and devotion to others’ success embodies PREC’s mission: to help students achieve their own goals. Dominic has been a fixture in the real estate world for the better part of the decade. His has helped facilitate deals ranging from a multimillion dollar commercial shopping center delinquent note sale to planning a new subdivision development. While other companies pride themselves on their “secret sauce,” PREC’s special ingredient is apparent by the courses that Dominic personally builds. Dominic’s knack for perfection, even down to minute formatting, paves the way for each PREC student’s path to sustained success.
Kent’s Bio:
Kent was minding his business in classes at Northern Kentucky University when his professor mentioned that a businessman was hiring someone to work part-time at his real estate school. That businessman turned out to be Ken Perry and he hired Kent on the spot. A mere 10 years later, Kent is now the Chief Operating Officer, as well as an instructor for a myriad of the real estate courses. Kent prides himself on creating and fostering a learning environment that sets every student up for licensure. Kent takes a pragmatic approach to teaching and running the operations of the school by creating personal relationships with each student.
If you call Perry Real Estate College, Kent is likely the person on the other side of that phone. He is well-versed in each state’s path to licensure and his expansive knowledge is on full display in each call he has with his students. He is responsible for the administration of the school, student development, course certification, learning management system development, and any other task fuels a robust operation.
Kent is a versatile team member: he is a certified real estate instructor in Kentucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina; holds a Bachelor of Finance from Northern Kentucky University; and—due to his non-stop phone calls from students—is always in need of a phone charger.
You probably will not catch him with a blazer on anytime soon, but he is the part of the foundation of this company and without a doubt a seasoned professional in the real estate industry. One overarching theme to PREC’s positive reviews is undeniable, Kent plays a pivotal and intricate role in each students’ education.
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