How To Use Data To Work Effectively Without Burning Out | Dave Hughes, Founder of Halya

Описание: Your calendar says you are free at 9 AM. Your body says you are exhausted. Ignoring that gap is exactly why high-performers burn out.

🎙️ In the latest episode, I spoke with Dave Hughes, a PhD Physicist turned Founder of Halya.

Dave is the rare academic who survived the "Valley of Death". He turned his research at the University of Glasgow into Novosound, a hardware empire that raised $15 million.

He didn't just write papers. He built a company that turned bulky ultrasound machines into flexible stickers. This allowed oil refineries to detect pipe corrosion remotely. It saved engineers from climbing 13-story towers in sub-zero snowstorms just to check them manually.

He scaled to 45 employees and seven-figure revenues. But, hardware has a speed limit because you have to ship physical atoms. Software does not.

So for his next venture, he launched Halya. He realized 100 million people ignore their Apple Watch data. His new startup connects your biology to your calendar to answer the ultimate productivity question: "Should I take this high-stakes negotiation at 9 AM, or will my stress levels cause me to blow the deal?"

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💡 Highlights:
→ ⌚ Your Apple Watch collects 2GB of data a year but lacks context. Halya merges this with your calendar to reveal that a specific colleague always spikes your stress or your 6 AM gym session is ruining your afternoon focus.
→ 🔒 Health data is sensitive, so all processing happens locally on your phone. It never touches the cloud and never sends a report to your boss.
→ 🔮 It acts as a "Pre-Game" strategist. It warns you before a meeting if your recovery is low. It advises you to reschedule or switch to a casual coffee chat so you don't walk into a disaster unprepared.
→ 🍏 Hardware requires years to manufacture atoms. He pivoted to software to leverage the millions of sensors people already wear. This instantly solves the scalability nightmare.
→ 💰 Most PhDs fail by focusing on "perfect science". He succeeded at Novosound by proving he could manufacture 10,000 sensors reliably, not just one lab prototype.
→ 🧠 Trust your gut not because it's magic, but because it's data. When you obsess over a problem 24/7, your instinct is just your brain recognizing patterns faster than you can explain.
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