From a Professional Poker Player to helping athletes incorporate science-based mental skills with Karina Karagaeva

She’s a mindset coach for top poker players throughout the world. She has been a meditation teacher for 7+ years, is an advisor to several tech startups, and has experience in corporate training having worked at companies such as IBM, Apple, Siemens, and AIG. Now, Karina Karagaeva’s startup, Mindset Design, is a platform that aims to help athletes incorporate science-based mental skills training into their routine.If you like to compete and are looking for tips to improve your mental game, this is the episode for you.No. of employees: 3Projected revenue for 2022: 15,000 EuroTopics we get into:Why did you study to be a professional poker player?From a mindfulness perspective, what strategies and techniques did you enact while playing?What does the buyers journey look like for a Mindset Design potential client?Can players access the platform on their own time?How would you assess whether or not this platform is having a positive impact?You are licensed as a neuro-agility practitioner. What is this?How has your mindset and life different than what it was like ten years ago?What would you recommend to athletes or anyone who likes to compete?What is one of the things a tennis player, poker player, or anyone who discovers your platform, really likes about it?Is the platform available outside of Europe?Instead of a fear of failure, you have a fear of ________?<br/>Do you wish to connect with our special guest?Visit Name website: https://mindset.design/Tune in to every conversation about exciting European Startups and Innovators on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon! Leave a rating and review so we can keep making amazing interviews!Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for Innovators Can Laugh in your favorite podcast player.Connect with Eric:Visit his website: https://innovatorscanlaugh.comFor the Innovators Can Laugh newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at Tune in to every conversation about exciting European Startups and Innovators on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon! Leave a rating and review so we can keep making amazing interviews!<br/><br/>Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for Innovators Can Laugh in your favorite podcast player.<br/><br/>Connect with Eric:<br/>Visit his website: https://innovatorscanlaugh.com<br/><br/><br/>For the Innovators Can Laugh newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com<br/><br/>Past Guests:<br/>----<br/>Past guests on Innovators Can Laugh include Yannik Veys, Ovi Negrean, Arnaud Belinga, Csaba Zajdó, Dagobert Renouf, Andrei Zinkevich, Viktorija Cijunskyte, Lukas Kaminskis, Pija Indriunaite, Monika Paule, PhD, Vytautas Zabulis, Leon van der Laan, Ieva Vaitkevičiūtė.<br/>-----<br/>Additional episodes you might enjoy:<br/>#55 Yannik Veys - From creating the Uber for service professionals to growing Hypefury<br/>#53 Tzvete Doncheva - Overcoming barriers to get into a VC with Tzvete Doncheva<br/>#50 V...