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New Year's is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.

As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.

So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.

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So a lot of you may know how much I miss seeing all of you at the live in-person shows that we do around the country during normal times.

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Hey, everyone, and welcome to how I built this resilience edition from NPR. I'm Guy Raaz.

Each week on Thursday, we invite entrepreneurs and other business leaders to come onto the show to talk about how they've been building resilience into their businesses this past year.

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This week, my conversation with Mark Gainey and Michael Horvath, co-founders of the Social Media app, Strava. Strava is a social fitness platform for athletes at every level, and it's got more than 76 million users in nearly every country worldwide.

If you've ever tried the app, you know that it's a way for users to track activities like running and yoga and cycling all while connecting and sharing with other people in a huge virtual community.

Strava's focus on community engagement was inspired in part by how Mark and Michael first met as teammates on their college rowing team.

For those who don't know about you or Strava, the two of you started a software company before Strava. How did the two of you meet? Mark, let's start with you.

Yeah, we have to go back to the last century guy. We're a couple of dinosaurs here. We met Warren College. Michael is the senior of the two here. I'll point that out. He was a class of 1988.

I was a class of 90 at Harvard. We met on the crew team. We met in the boat house, which is pretty critical on two fronts. One was just the opportunity to develop that friendship.

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