How To Sustain High Performance - Sami Inkinen of Virta Health

From Problem Solvers by Entrepreneur Media

June 1, 2026 · 27 min

About this episode

Sami Inkinen discusses his journey from triathlete to healthcare entrepreneur and the concept of sustainable high performance.

Sami Inkinen is a three-time founder and world-class triathlete. A triathlete! And yet he went to the doctor and discovered he was pre-diabetic. The news triggered a series of changes including a pivot away from his real estate startup Trulia toward his healthcare company Virta Health, where he's now on a mission to reverse metabolic disease in one billion people. And along the way, he developed something he calls sustainable high performance. It’s the idea that if you're building something that takes decades, you'd better figure out how to last that long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Sami Inkinen

Topics covered

high performance
healthcare
entrepreneurship
metabolic disease
triathlete
founder journey

Keywords

Sami Inkinen
Virta Health
sustainable high performance
metabolic disease
entrepreneurship
Trulia
triathlete

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Organizations: Virta Health, Trulia, Entrepreneur Media