Marc Herson (Hersie)

Mar 15

Inspirational women fighting to #endthestigma

With the war in Ukraine, we are witness to new heroes like Marina Ovsyannikova who burst onto a live Russian newscast to denounce the war and risked everything to fight for what is right. So too, during Women History Month, I wondered who were female pioneers in mental health, who…

End The Stigma

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Brave women who took the first step towards #endingthestigma

Aug 5, 2021

Is It Too Early to Invest in Psychedelic Stocks?

This Nasdaq article believes it is. The author says legalization of psychedelics “could take a long time”, that “there are no guarantees of products coming to market”, and that these companies are “burning cash, with no revenue”. But in contrast, investment banks are into psychedelics. For instance, there are at…

Psychedelics

5 min read

Jul 1, 2021

Why is Talkspace down 45%?

Talkspace recently IPO’d by way of SPAC onto NASDAQ. I’ve long been intrigued by Talkspace, and wondering why the price is down so significantly since it was SPAC’d. The share is currently trading at around $5.77, for a market cap of $880 million. If I had purchased shares in the…

Talkspace

17 min read

Aug 11, 2020

Talkspace vs. New York Times

On Sunday I posted an article from the New York Times, which lambasted Talkspace, the mental health company. Talkspace responded with support from investors including Joe Medved, an early investor in Talkspace. Joe replied to my LinkedIn post and the NYT article: There’s nothing nefarious about this company, and it’s…

Talkspace

16 min read

Aug 2, 2020

Leaders of great companies meditate. Why?

When Steve Jobs died at age 56 of pancreatic cancer, researchers say his brain would have resembled that of a 27 year old due to 30 years of meditation. Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of Salesforce, Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater (the world’s largest hedge-fund), Jeff Weiner, Chairman and ex-CEO…

Meditation

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Leaders of great companies meditate. Why?

Mar 25, 2020

My (Incomplete) Check-List for Founders/Leaders During Lock-Down

My (incomplete) check list for founders/leaders during lock-down. 1. Lead 🛴 · This is an opportunity to grow as a leader. What type of leader are you? · Imagine yourself in 3 months looking back. What type of leader do you want and need to be? 2. YOU need support…

Performace

2 min read

Check-List for Founders/Leaders During Lock-Down