Femi Ayanbadejo: Build Your Toolbox - a podcast by TBX Digital Inc.

Femi is a former NFL player, founder of Health Reel, NASA Technology partner, a human performance expert and a certified nutritionist. After graduating from San Diego State University with a BA in Psychology, Femi played 11 amazing years in the NFL, was a member of the Ravens 2000 Super Bowl Championship Team, and was voted NFLPA representative by teammates in Arizona from 2005-2007.  

From 2010 to 2014, before founding HealthReel and right out of retirement, Femi co-founded a fitness facility as a personal trainer, nutrition specialist and speed/agility coach. Femi then entered the MBA program at Johns Hopkins with an emphasis in Digital Health. This is where the idea for HealthReel started. He graduated from Hopkins in 2016 and formed HealthReel in late 2017.  

HealthReel is a digital Self-Health assessment and education platform. HealthReel views customers holistically and understands the interconnected relationship between mental, emotional and physical health outcomes. The proprietary blend of algorithms generates personalized health information in minutes via any smart device from any location the customer desires. The HealthReel report generates over 20 data points covering mental health, physical fitness, healthy weight recommendations, metabolic performance and nutritional guidance. Last but not least HealthReel supplements reporting with video content. This “user journey” experience is designed to deploy one new video a week covering HealthReel’s four levers of Self-Health as well as addressing misinformation about nutrition, exercise, fad diets and many other hot button topics.   

In this episode, we dive into: 

- Femi's journey from the NFL to entrepreneurship, and becoming the first NFL player NASA Tech Partner         

- Why Femi believes you need to always be building your tool box         

- Story behind founding HealthReel during his MBA         

- How Femi deals with naysayers         

- How Femi's early childhood growing up influenced his NFL and business career

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