Episode 78: Quin Sandler - Helping people move better, Founder and CEO of Plantiga

Today’s guest is Quin Sandler. Quin is a designer, product builder, investor, entrepreneur and musician. He’s founded four start-ups in the last 12 years: Keystone Learning, a mobile tutoring company; Principle Design Group, a branding and identity company; FestThis, a media and live events production company; and is currently leading the charge at Plantiga, a human analytics company with one simple goal: to build the most comprehensive, intelligent system that monitors, analyzes and predicts human movement for recovery, health and fitness. Plantiga provides members insights on their movement health through a combination of sensor insoles – which track how you walk, run, jump, and change direction – and 1 on 1 coaching with certified movement specialists to help you better understand what to do with the data you’re getting from the insoles. In this interview, we get into Quin’s career pivot from musician to entrepreneur, the companies he founded prior to Plantiga, and all things Plantiga and movement health.

Timestamps

00:02:22 Growing up in Vancouver, Canada

00:04:45 Wanting to become a professional musician

00:06:31 Is he a natural/born entrepreneur?

00:07:28 Pivoting to entrepreneurship and leaving college

00:10:24 The tutoring company he founded

00:12:46 The other companies he founded prior to Plantiga

00:15:29 Key takeaways from his prior ventures

00:16:39 Founding Plantiga

00:18:05 The name Plantiga

00:19:05 Plantiga overview

00:20:04 Plantiga use cases

00:22:05 The Plantiga insoles

00:24:06 The movement health crisis

00:27:13 The Plantiga user experience

00:30:53 Target markets and customer base

00:32:48 The sedentary lifestyle

00:35:23 Why movement is the best lens into human health

00:38:37 Plantiga business model

00:39:59 How the pandemic affected the business

00:42:50 Raising money for the company

00:44:55 Ultimate vision for Plantiga

00:48:30 Other niches within human performance he finds really interesting

00:51:13 Being a space enthusiast

00:54:00 What he wants to accomplish 5 years from now

00:55:25 His daily routine

00:56:38 His driving force

00:58:32 Parting words of wisdom for the aspiring entrepreneur