Founder Friday with Mari Robert from Inflamed

28 Aug 2025 / Ep. 41 / 45:58

In this Founder Friday episode, we’re talking to Mari Robert, founder of Inflamed.

Founder Friday is about works still in progress. Learning from success stories is important, but learning from founders still in the thick of getting to market is just as useful – and sometimes much more realistic.

In this chat, we talk about the very personal experience that led Mari to the creation of Inflamed, the challenges of generalising a solution to a problem you’ve experienced to make it a commercially viable product, and all of Mari’s learnings from the Inflamed journey to date.

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