Jun 1, 2026 · 27 min · 13 segments
What happens when a childhood struggle turns into a business idea that lands on Shark Tank and becomes one of Time Magazine’s Best Inventions? In this episode of BizNinja Entrepreneur Radio, I sit…
Olivia AbramsGuest
Tyler JorgensonHost
You know, I think that the best entrepreneurs, the ones that are really adding value to the world, were ones that were inspired by their own issues.
Um, and I was always really inspired as a kid by companies that also had a give back or mission-driven component like Warby Parker or Bombas or TOMS Shoes and, you know, read a lot about those as a child.
Um, everyone in my family has been diagnosed with Lyme disease at some point or another.
Um, and I spent a lot of time in Upstate New York in the Hudson Valley as a kid, and my parents recently retired there, so they live there full time now.
I also always grew up with big dogs, so I've had Rottweilers and now, uh, my parents have Mastiffs.
And in Upstate New York and a lot of areas of this country, it's basically impossible to avoid getting ticks on your dog.
Um, and so we were really inspired to find a solution where we could find and remove the ticks from ourselves and our dogs before we let them back into the house, and that's kind of what inspired this journey.
journey.I, I, I've never heard somebody say that everybody in my family-- Now, you are an only child, so that's not a giant family, but-
Is, is it, is-- I know that ticks are prevalent, but is Lyme disease that common?
You know, I think that the best entrepreneurs, the ones that are really adding value to the world, were ones that were inspired by their own issues.
Um, and I was always really inspired as a kid by companies that also had a give back or mission-driven component like Warby Parker or Bombas or TOMS Shoes and, you know, read a lot about those as a child.
Um, everyone in my family has been diagnosed with Lyme disease at some point or another.
Um, and I spent a lot of time in Upstate New York in the Hudson Valley as a kid, and my parents recently retired there, so they live there full time now.
I also always grew up with big dogs, so I've had Rottweilers and now, uh, my parents have Mastiffs.
And in Upstate New York and a lot of areas of this country, it's basically impossible to avoid getting ticks on your dog.
Um, and so we were really inspired to find a solution where we could find and remove the ticks from ourselves and our dogs before we let them back into the house, and that's kind of what inspired this journey.
journey.I, I, I've never heard somebody say that everybody in my family-- Now, you are an only child, so that's not a giant family, but-
Is, is it, is-- I know that ticks are prevalent, but is Lyme disease that common?
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.
