From Paralysis to $100 Million: The Unrelenting Grit Behind Neuro Gum When Ryan Chen was 19, he went off a jump at a friend's birthday party in Big Bear, California, over-rotated, landed on his…
Ryan Chen — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
Ryan Chen has appeared on 5 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including Starter Story. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What Ryan said
“One of my best friends said, 'Hey man, you're still the same guy, but now you're just in the chair chilling.' And I think that perspective also is like, oh, I'm still the same person. I just get from point A to point B in a wheelchair. And sometimes I'm faster because wheels are pretty fast.”
— Ryan Chen
“At the end of the day, it's like, who do you want to go into battle with? And I want to go into battle with my best friend because I trust him.”
— Ryan Chen on co-founder dynamics
Episode appearances
5 In 2019, a group of investors convinced Ryan Chen and his co-founder Kent Yoshimura to appear on Shark Tank. Chen did not want to do it. He saw the show as a distraction. But the exposure proved…
At 19, Ryan Chen shattered his spine in a snowboarding accident and was paralyzed instantly. He spent the next two years in depression, wondering if his life was worth living. A decade and a half…
Ryan Chen was 19 when he overrotated on a jump, landed on his back, and shattered his spine. He spent six months in the hospital and years in depression, cycling through thoughts of being a…
The Underdog: From Life-Changing Accident to $100M/Year The Accident That Changed Everything When Ryan Chen was 19 years old, he went off a jump at a friend's birthday party in Big Bear,…
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