This is the unspoken truth of home care... Many people are paying premium rates for professional support, yet the quality doesn’t match the cost. Care workers are underpaid, turnover is high, and families are left trying to bridge the gap. Caregiving ends up becoming a second job that millions of Americans are quietly carrying on their shoulders. Everyone loses, especially the families who already feel stretched thin and guilty for not being able to do more. Want a clearer picture of how this system really works behind the scenes? Go to our channel to watch the newest episode of The Life of Flow with Dr. Neal Shah.

This week, Neal K. Shah joins the show to talk about the years-long caregiving journey that reshaped his life, his career, and ultimately the creation of CareYaya Health Technologies. He shares how managing a billion-dollar hedge fund became incompatible with the reality of his grandfather’s dementia care and his wife’s life-threatening illness, and how those experiences exposed the true weight carried by family caregivers. 🎧 This episode traces Neal Shah’s shift from hedge fund leader to full-time caregiver and founder of CareYaya. He shares what the home-care system really looks like for families and how a tech-enabled student workforce is changing access to reliable support. 04:52 Early hedge fund career and the shift triggered by family illness 07:50 The cost, quality gaps, and hidden burdens families face 10:49 Recognizing the scale of unmet needs for aging and chronic illness 18:54 The idea that became CareYaya: a structured way to connect families with healthcare-bound students 21:35 Building the MVP with local universities and early explosive demand 25:04 How finding the right technical co-founder shaped the company’s trajectory 28:36 How new ideas emerged, including AI tools for claims management 32:20 Why younger engineers outperform in an AI-first world 40:35 Could Medicare eventually reimburse companion-level care? 41:20 How this could scale into a multibillion-dollar platform 44:49 The political torque keeping insurance reform stagnant 💡 Who Should Listen Healthcare innovators, MedTech founders, clinicians who support aging or chronically ill populations, caregivers, and anyone building technology to solve real structural problems in the healthcare system. About Neal Neal K. Shah is the CEO of CareYaya Health Technologies, a social enterprise and research lab advancing health equity for aging populations, and recognized by LinkedIn as one of America’s Top 50 Startups in 2024. He also serves as Chairman of Counterforce Health, an AI platform for navigating health insurance claim denials, and Principal Investigator on multiple federal innovation grants. Shah is also the author of “Insured to Death: How Health Insurance Screws Over Americans - And How We Take It Back”, a #1 bestseller in Health Policy. Shah holds degrees in economics and philosophy from University of Pennsylvania. Prior to CareYaya, Shah managed a $250 million hedge fund. His pivot to healthcare came after deeply personal experiences as a caregiver, which inspired a mission-driven focus on transforming care delivery through tech. Today, Shah is building CareYaya into a national leader in care innovation. Shah’s work has been supported by the NIH, Johns Hopkins AITC, AARP, and Harvard Innovation Labs. He also regularly contributes to CNBC, US News & World Report, Barron’s, STAT, Neurology Live, and Medical Economics. Connect with Neal 💼 LinkedIn: Neal K. Shah 📲 Instagram: @nealkshah 🎶 TikTok: @nealkshah 📘Substack: nealkshah.substack.com 💼 LinkedIn: Counterforce Health 📲 Instagram: @counterforcehealth 🎶 TikTok: @counterforcehealth About CareYaya Health Technologies CareYaya is a mission-driven social enterprise supported by dozens of interns and volunteers nationwide. This provides affordable care for thousands of families, introduces tens of thousands of energetic individuals into the care workforce, and impacts millions by investing in the healthcare professionals of tomorrow. Together, they’re changing elder care by connecting families with compassionate, motivated college students from top universities. Learn more about CareYaya 🌐 Website: careyaya.org 💼 LinkedIn: @Careyaya 📲 Instagram: @wearecareyaya 🎶 TikTok: @wearecareyaya Follow Life of Flow 📲 Instagram: @LifeofFlowPodcast 👍 Facebook: Life of Flow Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: Life of Flow Podcast 🐦 X: @VascularPodcast If this episode gave you a new take on caregiving or the gaps in home care, share it with someone who’d value it. And if you’re enjoying Life of Flow, a quick review helps others find conversations like this!

En este episodio de Life of Flow Podcast, conversamos con el Dr. Pedro G. R. Teixeira, M.D., cirujano vascular y de trauma en UT Health Austin y Ascension Seton. Juntos exploramos su recorrido desde Belo Horizonte hasta liderar una división académica en Austin, y cómo esa trayectoria marcó su visión sobre formación, adaptabilidad, trabajo en equipo y liderazgo quirúrgico. ❗️Este episodio, grabado originalmente en inglés y ahora doblado al español, captura una conversación honesta sobre liderazgo médico, trabajo interdisciplinario y el futuro de la atención basada en valor. English Version of the Episode 👉youtube.com/watch?v=x5Jl0FEmnqQ 01:05 Nacer y formarse en Belo Horizonte: primeros pasos en trauma 04:00 Llegar a EE. UU. como adjunto y descubrir un sistema quirúrgico completamente distinto 07:10 Repetir la residencia desde cero: humildad, ego y aprendizaje 10:15 Barreras culturales: acrónimos, lenguaje quirúrgico y reinvención diaria 13:40 El valor real del cirujano más allá del título y la jerarquía 18:00 Descubrir la cirugía vascular y la emoción de volver a ser principiante 21:05 Por qué mantiene guardias de trauma: compromiso social y responsabilidad 24:00 El cirujano vascular como soporte esencial en casos complejos 33:05 El proceso inesperado de convertirse en jefe de división 37:00 Su visión para transformar la atención vascular en Austin y construir una cultura colaborativa 💡¿Quién debería escuchar este episodio? Médicos en formación, cirujanos vasculares y de trauma, líderes clínicos, profesionales internacionales interesados en entrenar en EE. UU. y cualquier persona que trabaje en estructuras académicas o equipos quirúrgicos de alto rendimiento. Sobre Dr. Pedro G. R. Teixeira, MD Pedro G. R. Teixeira, MD, es un cirujano vascular certificado que ejerce en el Institute for Cardiovascular Health, una colaboración entre Ascension y UT Health Austin. Está especializado en el manejo integral de enfermedades arteriales y venosas, y colabora con múltiples especialidades quirúrgicas en procedimientos complejos que requieren exposición y reconstrucción vascular. Es profesor en el Departamento de Cirugía Cardiovascular y Torácica de Dell Medical School en la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Se formó inicialmente en Brasil y completó residencia en cirugía general, una beca en cirugía vascular y otra en cuidados críticos quirúrgicos en la Universidad del Sur de California. Su investigación se centra en el cruce entre trauma y cirugía vascular, con más de 150 publicaciones revisadas por pares, y ha contribuido de manera decisiva a la educación quirúrgica y al desarrollo de principios modernos de control de hemorragias y técnicas mínimamente invasivas. Es coeditor de Vascular Injury: Endovascular and Open Surgical Management, presidente de la Texas Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery y miembro activo de múltiples organizaciones quirúrgicas nacionales e internacionales. 🌐 UT Health Austin: Pedro G. R. Teixeira, MD Sigue a Life of Flow 📲 Instagram: @LifeofFlowPodcast 👍 Facebook: Life of Flow Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: Life of Flow Podcast 🐦 X: @VascularPodcast ¿Conoces a alguien que debería escuchar esta conversación? 🎧 Envíale este episodio y ayúdanos a que más personas accedan a estas historias y aprendizajes.

In this episode, we sit down with Shane Gleason, Chief Commercial Officer at InspireMD, to talk about what it means to bring a new carotid stent to market at a time when treatment options are evolving. Shane shares how his two decades in the vascular space shaped the way he evaluates timing, team, and technology, and why those factors mattered when he decided to join InspireMD. He also walks through the details of their flexible open-celled nitinol stent with a finely woven PET mesh, explaining what it does, how it behaves, and why physicians have responded so strongly to it. The conversation moves from device design to clinical trials, commercial planning, and the changing landscape following CMS’s expanded coverage for carotid stenting. 🎧 This episode goes inside the work behind developing and launching a new carotid stent, and how the right timing, the right team, and a device designed for lasting protection can shift practice. 04:50 Why carotid procedures still make him sweat after hundreds of cases 06:14 What lasting protection means and why post-procedure events matter 07:01 Dual antiplatelet therapy and how the PET mesh behaves in the vessel 07:33 Showing the stent on camera and explaining the woven PET mesh 08:36 TCAR, transfemoral approaches, and what current trials are studying 11:12 How Shane’s team is approaching commercialization in the U.S. 12:22 Why the procedure attracts experienced reps and how they support cases 14:17 Why physicians say they’ve “been waiting for this for 20 years” 16:02 What it means to be the only company singularly focused on carotid disease 💡 Who Should Listen This episode is for vascular surgeons, neurointerventionalists, industry professionals supporting carotid interventions, and anyone following the current shift in carotid disease treatment and device innovation. About Shane Mr. Gleason has over 20 years of experience in the medical device industry leading clinical and commercial operations in both public and privately held companies. Prior to joining InspireMD, he served as Vice President of Sales, Vascular Interventions at Surmodics, a medical device company focused on addressing unmet clinical needs in intravascular medicine. Prior to Surmodics, Mr. Gleason served in a variety of leadership roles in the interventional medical device space, to include Senior Director, US Transcatheter Heart Valves Marketing for Edwards Lifesciences, a developer of artificial heart valve technologies; Chief Commercial Officer of Nuvaira, a privately held developer of therapies that preserve patient lung health; and Vice President of Sales roles with both Cordis, a Cardinal Health company, and TriVascular Technologies, now part of Endologix. He began his medical device career with a variety of progressive leadership roles at Abbott Vascular, where he launched the second FDA approved carotid stent system. Mr. Gleason received his B.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and his M.B.A. from the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business. Connect with Shane 💼 LinkedIn: Shane Gleason 🌐 InspireMD: inspiremd.com/team/shane-gleason/ About InspireMD InspireMD is a global carotid-focused company dedicated to helping prevent stroke, save lives, and give physicians and patients the confidence to choose carotid stenting without compromise. Based in Miami, the company is leading an international effort to advance carotid artery intervention through thoughtful engineering and a commitment to innovation. Their mission centers on one idea: stroke prevention is the blueprint, not an afterthought. With a focus on smarter design and strong clinical data, InspireMD aims to protect against carotid plaque prolapse and support physicians with a solution built for safety and clarity. CGuard® Prime, the company’s flagship product, is a next-generation carotid stent featuring a dual-layer design with a finely woven MicroNet™ mesh. It is the only FDA-approved mesh-covered carotid stent and was designed to offer a new layer of defense against the risk of plaque prolapse and embolization. In pivotal studies, CGuard Prime demonstrated the lowest independently adjudicated 30-day and 1-year major adverse event rates reported to date. Learn more about InspireMD 🌐 Website: inspiremd.com/ Follow Life of Flow 📲 Instagram: @LifeofFlowPodcast 👍 Facebook: Life of Flow Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: Life of Flow Podcast 🐦 X: @VascularPodcast If this episode gave you a new perspective on carotid disease treatment, device innovation, or the future of carotid stenting, share it with a colleague who would value the conversation. And if you’ve been enjoying Life of Flow, leaving a short review helps more listeners find stories like this one.

En este episodio de Life of Flow Podcast, conversamos con el Dr. Dimitrios Miserlis, M.D., profesor asistente de cirugía vascular en UT Dell y cirujano vascular en Ascension Seton, Austin. El Dr. Miserlis comparte su mirada sobre cómo la inteligencia artificial está transformando la práctica médica, desde los diagnósticos por imagen hasta la robótica quirúrgica. A lo largo de la charla, reflexiona junto a Lucas Ferrer y Miguel Montero-Baker sobre el equilibrio entre ciencia, filosofía y propósito humano en la evolución tecnológica. ❗️Este episodio, grabado originalmente en inglés y ahora doblado al español, captura una conversación honesta sobre liderazgo médico, trabajo interdisciplinario y el futuro de la atención basada en valor. English Version of the Episode 👉youtube.com/watch?v=FiJY_AtEEYg 02:00 Orígenes en Grecia y el camino hacia la medicina en EE. UU. 05:00 Primeros pasos en investigación y llegada a Texas 07:00 Cómo el entorno y las personas impulsan la innovación 10:00 De qué hablamos realmente cuando hablamos de inteligencia artificial 12:00 El test de Turing y los pilares de la IA moderna 15:00 Aplicaciones médicas: de la radiología a los sistemas diagnósticos 18:00 Los límites de la IA: imaginación, intuición y creatividad 22:00 Robótica blanda y medicina inclusiva 26:00 Riesgos, control y el desafío de comprender los algoritmos 31:00 Comunicación entre científicos y propósito en la innovación médica 💡¿Quién debería escuchar este episodio? Profesionales de la salud, investigadores y emprendedores del ámbito médico-tecnológico interesados en entender cómo la inteligencia artificial y la robótica están redefiniendo la práctica clínica y los desafíos éticos que esto plantea. Sobre Dr. Miserlis, MD Dimitrios Miserlis, MD, es un cirujano vascular con certificación de especialidad en Ascension Seton (Austin y Bastrop, Texas). Está especializado en flebología y en la evaluación y el tratamiento integral de las enfermedades venosas. Como experto en el sistema vascular, está altamente capacitado para tratar todo tipo de patologías de los vasos sanguíneos. Cada consulta con el Dr. Miserlis comienza con una conversación: dedica el tiempo necesario para responder todas las preguntas, grandes o pequeñas. 🌐 Ascension: healthcare.ascension.org/find-care/provider/1720375348/dimitrios-miserlis Sigue a Life of Flow 📲 Instagram: @LifeofFlowPodcast 👍 Facebook: Life of Flow Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: Life of Flow Podcast 🐦 X: @VascularPodcast ¿Conoces a alguien que debería escuchar esta conversación? 🎧 Envíale este episodio y ayúdanos a que más personas accedan a estas historias y aprendizajes.

In this episode of the Life of Flow Podcast, we talk with Mathias Ihlenfeld, an Austin-based entrepreneur, coach, and founder of Woom Bikes USA. Mathias shares how he went from landing in the U.S. with a tennis racket and a dream to building one of the country’s leading children’s bike brands. He reflects on what it takes to start over, listen to change when it calls, and channel energy into building something that lasts. 🎧 This episode dives into the work behind reinvention. How clarity, conviction, and persistence can turn a single idea into a purpose-driven business that grows with heart. 02:00 From Frankfurt to Louisiana: finding home in a new country 04:55 How moving between U.S. states felt like crossing countries 08:30 The power of reinvention and why resilience matters 11:20 From corporate consulting to founding Woom 14:35 The subtle (and not-so-subtle) signs it’s time to change course 16:50 The “hero’s journey” and how it shows up in real life 22:05 From selling 13 bikes to leading a multimillion-dollar company 23:40 Creating a brand that connects with families everywhere 25:10 Energy, focus, and passion: what drives sustainable growth 28:38 Balancing two careers, family, and the long view of success 💡 Who Should Listen For founders, builders, and anyone standing at a crossroads. This episode speaks to those who want to grow with purpose and are ready to rebuild their next chapter with intention. About Mathias Mathias Ihlenfeld is an award-winning entrepreneur, the Austin, TX Cohort Leader and Coach for the Birthing of Giants Regional Cohort, a selective fellowship program for growth-focused founders and CEOs building high-impact companies. He is also the creator of The R.E.C.L.A.I.M. Code (Elite Personal Optimization Framework for divorced high performers). His proprietary 6-stage framework helps divorced founders rebuild identity, attract aligned love, and ignite purpose-driven business performance. As the founder of Woom Bikes USA, Mathias built one of North America’s fastest-growing direct-to-consumer kids’ bike companies, earning multiple Inc. 5000 honors, including a 742% three-year growth rate in 2020, and recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. In 2021, he played a pivotal role in merging the U.S. and European operations, leading the combined $100M global business as CEO in 2022 and 2023. His leadership has been recognized with honors such as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist and the Vistage Impact Leadership Award. Through his coaching practice, he works with founders, executives, and high-achieving men navigating personal reinvention, guiding them through identity rebuilding, emotional mastery, business growth, and relationship alignment. Today, Mathias mentors with SKU, invests in purpose-driven brands, and writes on his Substack, sharing hard-earned lessons, strategic insight, and stories from his journey building global brands and leading life transformations. Connect with Mathias 📲 Instagram: @sundaygog 💼 LinkedIn: Mathias Ihlenfeld 🌐 MentorPass: mentorpass.co/mathiasihlenfeld Follow Life of Flow 📲 Instagram: @LifeofFlowPodcast 👍 Facebook: Life of Flow Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: Life of Flow Podcast 🐦 X: @VascularPodcast If this episode shifted your view on entrepreneurship, leadership, or starting over, share it with someone who would value the conversation. And if you’ve been enjoying Life of Flow, leaving a short review helps more listeners find stories like this one.

En este episodio de Life of Flow Podcast, conversamos con David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, profesor distinguido de Cirugía y Neurocirugía en la Universidad del Sur de California (USC) y cofundador de la Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA). A través de anécdotas personales y reflexiones profundas, el Dr. Armstrong comparte cómo una herida aparentemente pequeña cambió el rumbo de su carrera y lo llevó a dedicar su vida a la preservación de extremidades y a lo que él llama “tratar la ausencia de síntomas”. Exploramos la evolución de los programas modernos de salvamento de extremidades, la creación de equipos multidisciplinarios y el impacto de la colaboración entre podología y cirugía vascular en todo el mundo. ❗️Este episodio, grabado originalmente en inglés y ahora doblado al español, captura una conversación honesta sobre liderazgo médico, trabajo interdisciplinario y el futuro de la atención basada en valor. English Version of the Episode 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=gK5Aqw4_5Qw 04:07 Infancia, familia y la vocación por devolver lo recibido 05:31 El “don del dolor” y su encuentro con una paciente con lepra y diabetes 09:00 Cómo un momento marcó el inicio de su trayectoria en la preservación de extremidades 10:00 El salto de Detroit a San Antonio y el comienzo de una nueva etapa 11:14 Mentores, aprendizaje y los primeros años de investigación clínica 13:07 La decisión de seguir su propio camino y las lecciones familiares 14:11 La creación de los primeros programas integrados en Texas y Arizona 17:06 El nacimiento de una alianza entre podología y cirugía vascular 19:37 Qué define a un programa moderno de preservación de extremidades 24:17 Centros de excelencia y atención basada en valor: el futuro del cuidado vascular 27:55 El “hotline” de cuatro pasos: una guía práctica para equipos multidisciplinarios 💡¿Quién debería escuchar este episodio? Profesionales de la salud interesados en la atención integral del pie diabético, cirujanos vasculares, podólogos, líderes de programas hospitalarios y médicos que buscan implementar modelos colaborativos para reducir amputaciones y mejorar resultados clínicos. Sobre Dr. Armstrong Dr. David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD ha publicado más de 720 artículos científicos revisados por pares y más de 120 libros o capítulos de libro. Es Director del Center to Stream Healthcare in Place (C2SHiP), un centro financiado por la National Science Foundation (NSF) que busca integrar tecnología, dispositivos médicos y wearables para maximizar los días activos y libres de hospitalización. Reconocido mundialmente como pionero en la prevención de amputaciones, el Dr. Armstrong es fundador y presidente de la American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS) y cofundador de la International Diabetic Foot Conference (DF-Con), el simposio más grande del mundo dedicado al pie diabético. 📲 Instagram: @d.g.armstrong Sigue a Life of Flow 📲 Instagram: @LifeofFlowPodcast 👍 Facebook: Life of Flow Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: Life of Flow Podcast 🐦 X: @VascularPodcast ¿Conoces a alguien que debería escuchar esta conversación? 🎧 Envíale este episodio y ayúdanos a que más personas accedan a estas historias y aprendizajes.

Dr. Chris LeSar, MD, FACS, RVT is a Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon who built one of the most efficient, patient-centered vascular practices in the U.S. In this week's episode of the Life of Flow Podcast, he shares how he left academic medicine to create the Vascular Institute of Chattanooga, a model focused on rapid access, team efficiency, and amputation prevention. From growing pains and business structure to device innovation and trans-tibial access, Dr. LeSar gives an unfiltered look at how surgical independence can redefine patient care and outcomes. 🎧 This episode is a masterclass in surgical innovation, how curiosity and conviction drive better care, faster access, and real change in the vascular field. 03:41 Early life, academic background, and what led him from physics to medicine 05:40 Why he left academic medicine to build his own outpatient vascular practice 07:18 Scaling challenges and the importance of front-desk efficiency and referral coordination 10:59 Balancing growth, referrals, and relationship management in private practice 12:33 Device procurement freedom: choosing tools that actually work 13:47 Introducing the Revolution device and how it simplifies workflow 19:15 Technical insights on tibial access and embolization management 24:23 Why 80% of his PAD work now starts with tibial access 27:16 The “aha moment”: seeing the Veryan Revolution device’s active aspiration in action 💡 Who Should Listen Vascular and endovascular surgeons, interventional specialists, and MedTech professionals interested in private practice innovation, efficiency, and real-world device application. About Chris LeSar, MD, FACS, RVT Dr. Chris LeSar is a Vascular/Endovascular Surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery (ABS) and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). Dr. LeSar is an experienced vascular surgeon working in the Chattanooga region for the last 19 years, specializing in vascular and minimally invasive endovascular techniques in both the inpatient and outpatient office setting. In 2015, Dr. LeSar founded the Vascular Institute of Chattanooga, a Regional Amputation Prevention Center, and brings his intricate knowledge of advanced techniques for the treatment of carotid, mesenteric, renal, venous, and peripheral vascular disease to the center. He has a special interest in caring for patients with critical limb ischemia and the prevention of unnecessary amputations. He received his medical degree and completed his general surgery residency at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and his vascular fellowship training at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Lincoln Memorial University, a member of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), and a founding member of the Outpatient Endovascular Interventional Society (OEIS). Connect with Dr. LeSar 💼 LinkedIn: Chris LeSar, MD., FACS About Veryan Veryan was founded in 2005 as the result of a technology spin out from Imperial College, London, based on the pioneering work by Professor Colin Caro (Emeritus Professor of Physiological Mechanics, Dept. of Bioengineering Imperial College) on the link between vessel geometry, blood flow mechanics and vascular disease. Veryan used its understanding of swirling flow and its expertise in research and development to design, develop, and patent the highly innovative three-dimensional (3D), nitinol (nickel-titanium alloy) BioMimics 3D Vascular Stent System. Learn more about Veryan 🌐 Website: veryanmed.com 💼 LinkedIn: Veryan Medical 🐦 X: @VeryanMed1 Follow Life of Flow 📲 Instagram: @LifeofFlowPodcast 👍 Facebook: Life of Flow Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: Life of Flow Podcast 🐦 X: @VascularPodcast If this episode gave you a new perspective on the future of surgery, innovation, and how passion fuels progress in medicine, share it with a colleague who would appreciate the conversation. And if you’ve been enjoying Life of Flow, leaving a quick review helps more specialists and innovators discover these discussions.

En esta segunda parte seguimos explorando uno de los temas más desafiantes en la cirugía vascular: la arterialización tibial y las decisiones técnicas dentro del quirófano. Retomamos la conversación donde la dejamos en el episodio anterior y compartimos, paso a paso, cómo abordamos el procedimiento: desde la elección del acceso y la preparación del paciente, hasta las maniobras intraoperatorias, el manejo de las válvulas y la colocación de stents. También hablamos de lo que no siempre se cuenta: los errores que enseñan, los detalles técnicos que cambian el resultado y la importancia de entender cuándo intervenir y cuándo conservar. ❗️Este episodio, grabado originalmente en inglés y ahora doblado al español, refleja una charla real entre colegas sobre técnica, criterio y aprendizaje constante dentro de la cirugía endovascular. English Version of the Episode 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=wQjHxJBcj0E 01:17 Retomamos desde la Parte 1 y definimos el foco técnico de esta sesión 02:03 Cómo preparamos el caso y elegimos el acceso venoso y arterial 03:21 Acceso plantar lateral y consideraciones anatómicas clave 05:15 Bloqueos, temperatura y trucos de preparación preoperatoria 06:22 La técnica “Bust” paso a paso para cruzar arteria–vena 08:08 El error que nos recordó por qué la orientación importa 11:09 Alternativas con catéter trilobulado y re-entry devices 14:25 Qué hacer cuando una válvula retenida compromete el flujo 17:26 Stents, postdilatación y cómo preservar la vena 19:03 Cómo manejamos el flujo ideal para evitar robos y fallas tempranas 💡¿Quién debería escuchar este episodio? Cirujanos vasculares, intervencionistas y profesionales que busquen profundizar en los aspectos técnicos y en la toma de decisiones detrás de la arterialización tibial y el manejo de flujo venoso en extremidades críticas. Sigue a Life of Flow 📲 Instagram: @LifeofFlowPodcast 👍 Facebook: Life of Flow Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: Life of Flow Podcast 🐦 X: @VascularPodcast ¿Conoces a alguien que debería escuchar esta conversación? Envíale este episodio y ayúdanos a que más personas accedan a estas historias y aprendizajes.

From earning $3.50 an hour in Argentina to managing 80+ Airbnb listings across the U.S., this week, we sit down with Federico Zimerman. His story is one of persistence, curiosity, and sharp business instinct. Federico breaks down what it takes to run a profitable short-term rental business, why design, pricing, and guest experience matter more than location, and how mastering revenue management turned his side hustle into a thriving operation. 🎧 This episode offers a grounded look at the business behind Airbnbs, and the mindset shift required to build real independence through smart systems, not luck. 03:49 Federico’s early life and how Argentina’s economic instability shaped his drive 06:48 Working for American Airlines and discovering the power of global exposure 09:41 Traveling the world on a local salary, first class flights and hostel nights 12:26 The books that pushed him toward entrepreneurship 13:50 Losing his father during COVID and finding new purpose through Airbnb 14:46 Managing 500 listings remotely and learning revenue management 20:21 Moving to the U.S. and scaling short-term rental operations 24:00 Lucas’s first Airbnb experience and the myth of “passive income” 28:47 The real demands of running Airbnbs, cleaners, guests, and maintenance 30:46 Federico’s advice on scaling with consistency and professional standards 💡 Who Should Listen Entrepreneurs, Airbnb hosts, and investors looking to grow sustainable short-term rental businesses through systems, pricing strategy, and service. About Federico Born and raised in Argentina, worked in the airline industry for 10 years and started working as a Virtual Assistant from Argentina managing Airbnbs. Got a greencard, move to America (texas first, then NY) and grew a company with 84 active listings, another company doing revenue management, started my RE portfolio and own an Inn with a Bar and Restaurant in Upstate NY. Connect with Federico 💼 LinkedIn: Federico Zimerman Follow Life of Flow 📲 Instagram: @LifeofFlowPodcast 👍 Facebook: Life of Flow Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: Life of Flow Podcast 🐦 X: @VascularPodcast If this episode gave you a new perspective on entrepreneurship, systems, and the mindset behind sustainable growth, share it with someone who’d appreciate the conversation. And if you’ve been enjoying Life of Flow, leaving a quick review helps more innovators discover these discussions.