Mental Health Tech, Mentally Healthy Startups [Entire Talk]
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Maria Barrera, a Stanford-educated engineer, is the founder and CEO of Clayful, a platform dedicated to providing essential mental health support for the TikTok generation. Today, Barrera’s company creates accessible resources for K-12 students and has already made a profound impact on thousands of students nationwide. In this conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Ravi Belani, Barrera shares her journey to founding a mental health startup and how she incorporates strategies for mental wellbeing in her life and on her team.
This talk includes references to trauma and suicide. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is a hotline for individuals in crisis or for those looking to help someone else. To speak with a trained listener, call 988. Visit 988lifeline.org for crisis chat services or for more information. The Crisis Text Line is a texting service for emotional crisis support. To text with a trained helper, text SAVE to 741741. It is free, available 24/7, and confidential.
Video clips from: Mental Health Tech, Mentally Healthy Startups [Entire Talk]
- 5:34When you become obsessed with a problem, you can start finding solutions.
- 48:18Startups can address important mental health problems, but maintaining mental health in startup culture is challenging.
- 2:34Find the organizations and people that can help you gain the skills to start your own company.
- 1:50Current AI tools have limits in the therapeutic space, but offer other opportunities.
- 1:43To manage the rollercoaster of being a founder, find the things that inspire you.
- 4:13Build a team that cares about the mission — and in building a company that can make the mission come true.
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