Name: How to Start a Business that Solves a Personal Problem
Start: 2025-10-20T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-20T15:00:00-04:00
Location: SUNY Polytechnic Institute

How to Start a Business that Solves a Personal Problem

HabitAware is a TIME Magazine “Best Invention” and has secured large external funding from both the NSF and NIMH.
About this Event

Presenter: Aneela Idnani, Co-Founder & President of HabitAware.com and Founder & Director of BFRBChangemakers.org

Affiliation/Organization: HabitAware & BFRBChangemakers.org

Location: Kunsela Auditorium

Description/Bio:

Aneela Idnani is a lived-experience expert in Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) and co-founder of the tech startup HabitAware, which creates innovative solutions with sensor technology for mental health recovery and behavior change. HabitAware is a TIME Magazine “Best Invention” and has secured large external funding from both the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Mental Health. Idnani is also an author, TEDx and keynote speaker. Idnani knows that when we lead with love, we find peace and purpose.