Tim DraperFounder and Managing Partne, Draper Associate · I back the ideas that look crazy first

Globally, hearing loss is a risk factor for conditions like heart stroke and dementia. 👂

2 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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Tim Draper describes a preventative health service designed to reduce risks of heart stroke, brain stroke, diabetes, dementia, and Alzheimer's. The initiative exceeded expectations and became self-sustaining, addressing hearing loss as a global risk factor for serious conditions.

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nobody started working on reaching out to the people who need service. We thought this will be not only a service but also become into an expandable business model globally. It will prevent onset of a lot of things like heart stroke, brain stroke, diabetes, dementia, Alzheimer's, and that's made me go in a direction and try to solve a problem myself. Numbers have outlived my expectation. They have outperformed my expectations, and I think Together we have created a model which has now become self-sustained on its own. So if I look back, I'm so relieved.