Description
In this podcast, we interview Fabian Bolin, cancer survivor and CEO & Co-Founder of "War on Cancer" - a social media app for everyone affected by cancer. Fabian will explain us his journey, about the social network platform he developed and how the data of their users is used for health survey purposes.
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Fabian Bolin
Fabian Bolin is the CEO and Co-founder of War On Cancer, the social network app for everyone affected by cancer.
Events in Fabian's own life are what led him to embark on what he now feels is his purpose in life: helping everyone affected by cancer. Following business studies at Stockholm School of Economics in 2011 Fabian went on to pursue a career at an American investment bank in London. After two years of working as a bonds trader Fabian resigned to follow his passion to work in the film industry. Two years into his new career in July 2015 he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and he is currently in remission following 900 days of chemotherapy.
After being diagnosed Fabian began documenting his cancer battle on a blog which quickly gained global attention. His first post shared almost 13000 times on Facebook has led to over 100,000 messages of support to date. By recognizing the power and potential of sharing stories and combining it with a strong urge to find a solution to the mental health problem for everyone affected the idea of the War On Cancer App was born.