#51 Elliot Taylor - ThroughLine: Connecting People to Mental Health Crisis Support in 130+ Countries

In this episode of Products With Purpose, Eli spoke with Elliot Taylor CEO and co-founder of ThroughLine

Throughline is a startup on a mission to ease every emotional crisis by providing real-time support on internet platforms. Their first product, findahelpline.com, connects people in crisis to free emotional support from a human in 140 countries.

Elliot is greatly fond of building new things and is perpetually on the hunt for solutions that hit the social impact sweet spot of desirability, impact, and growth.

I love how Elliot talks about adjusting their model as they’ve learned, and the way that they have partnered with huge players like Google to provide help to people in moments when they need it the most.

Some of the highlights from this episode:

• Democratization of Mental Health
• Blind spots and realizations in product development
• Accessible, affordable, and meaningful mental help
• Multi-stakeholder challenges: Bringing up the mental crisis conversation
• Principles of product management

-Relevant Links-

• Elliot's LinkedIn
• ThroughLine
• findahelpline.com

-Episode’s Recommended Read-

• Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good by Eric Ries
• Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman

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