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Dec 2020
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Calm co-CEO on the rise of mental wellne...

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The market for mental wellness products is booming, as the pandemic has gotten on just about everyone's last nerve. Dan digs in with Michael Acton Smith, co-founder and co-CEO of meditation app Calm, about how mental wellness differs from mental health, the B2B of mental wellness and those election night ads on CNN. 
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