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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Turning Tragedy Into a Mission to Save Lives

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Eugenie Addison, CEO of Sensei.Me, whose mission was born from personal loss and years of scientific research into airborne diseases. Driven by a family history of chronic respiratory illnesses, Eugenie turned her postdoctoral research into an innovative solution for healthier indoor air. We talk about her journey from building her first startup in college to creating a nanotechnology-powered device that can detect and mitigate harmful pathogens in under five minutes. Her story shows how purpose, resilience, and strategic thinking can turn tragedy into a mission to save lives and transform global health.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Entrepreneurs the Playbook. I'm David Meltzer, and we have a very special guest.

0:06.1

She is a winner in everything that she does. I am so impressed with this entrepreneur.

0:12.3

She is going to be a future superstar and, in my opinion, a billionaire. Eugenie Addison

0:19.0

is here with me, the CEO of Sensense.me. Thank you for joining me on the

0:25.8

playbook. Oh, you're a warm welcome. Thank you so much for such a warm welcome. So grateful.

0:33.6

I am so grateful to have you. You know, I concentrate a lot of my non-negotiable time on things that actually God tells us is necessary. He says, you know, if you don't sleep, you're going to die. He says, if you don't eat, you're going to die. If you don't drink, you're going to die. If you don't move, you're going to die. And the last one, which is the most

0:55.2

important because it gives you the shortest amount of time. He says, if you don't breathe, you are

1:00.7

going to die. And I had started years ago focusing and prioritizing those behaviors and practices

1:07.9

so that I could live a healthy, wealthy, happy life.

1:13.3

And it's become more and more challenging because of the dis-ease that is floating around

1:19.8

in the air.

1:20.7

And everybody in the whole world experienced that with COVID.

1:24.5

But there's always been dis-ease in the air. And you yourself had a personal

1:30.9

experience with your father and your aunt, with things floating in the air that created actually a

1:40.9

loss for you. I was hoping you could share the story what inspired you to clean the air.

1:47.9

Oh, yeah. So as you mentioned, my dad passed away from chronic bronchitis. Right when I was going,

1:59.1

so you never got to see me go to college.

2:02.4

And even my aunt, she died from bronchitis to.

2:06.7

And three months ago, my uncle passed away from pneumonia.

2:11.2

So I come from a family that suffer from airborne diseases.

2:16.3

I have cousins that are asthmatic, you know, so it's more driven

2:22.4

based on trying to make a difference, trying to find a solution for my family ailments. So that

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