Keeping our investors updated is one of our highest priorities.  The trust the investors have shown in Pops is sacred to us, and I am regularly meeting, emailing, and talking with our investors to answer any questions they have.   Below is the latest newsletter we sent out to investors.  Please know that we will show that same respect to all StartEngine investors!  
Enjoy!  Lonny  

Tim spent the past 34 years living near Stillwater, Minnesota and practicing Family Medicine there.  He had a large panel of patients including one of Pops’ co-founders.  During a routine patient visit several years ago, one of the co-founders informed Tim of his career change and the beginning of Pops.  Tim was impressed with the presentation of the Pops Rebel meter and asked some medical questions.  As Tim got closer to the team, Tim was further impressed by the AI/Mina feature and soon joined the Pops team as an advisory board member.

  “Primary care has always been my passion.  In addition to treating a wide variety of medical problems, teaching wellness and healthy living are very rewarding. Showing individuals how to manage diabetes is a large part of primary care.  Pops fits that process well. I have cared for many people with diabetes over several decades and always felt there must be a better way (especially a more user-friendly way) to get the data needed by both the patient and the doctor to improve diabetes management.  We needed a better mouse trap if you will, one that patients would use more consistently and more often.  I immediately felt Pops provided the solution. The Rebel meter is small, fast, easy, and discreet.  The Mina/AI feature provides as much analysis and guidance as an individual desires.  This leads to better management and reduction of A1C."

Tim recently left his practice a year earlier than planned to take the role of CMO at Pops.  “I am excited to devote more time to Pops. It feels like a natural transition from caring for many individuals to helping a large population with diabetes through Pops."

imaware (at-home blood testing service) is one of the ecosystem partners Pops has an agreement with to provide people with diabetes a simpler way to get their A1c and cholesterol tested right at home.    Today, the companies started a joint social media awareness program by offering the following:

Pops and imaware have joined forces to bring you life-impacting health data in the form of imaware’s Baseline Heart Health test and Pops’ Rebel glucose meter (+ one month’s access to the Pops Self-Care Platform). Our goal is to bring heart health testing and management home, putting simple technology in your hands so you can #OwnYourLife.Five (5) lucky winners will be gifted the prize pack, head over to Instagram to enter: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc8Fbo5LJWV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

You can hear from our CEO, Lonny Stormo, to get more insights into Pops' business plan and the digital health market.   He also answers great questions from potential investors in this 45 minute webinar.   Watch it now on Youtube at:

https://youtu.be/UmlV6P7sRf8

May 5, 2022 Minneapolis, MN:   Pops announced today that it launched its new 1-month trial subscription on Amazon.  This continues the shift of Pops' direct-to-consumer channel to subscription payment.  "Pops has always sold the self-care platform in our B2B2C channel as a subscription service", said Lonny Stormo, CEO of Pops.   "When we first started selling on Amazon last year, selling a subscription was not possible.  Now we have innovated our software to enable selling a 1-month trial on Amazon followed by Mina prompting users to subscribe through Pops."

"We know consumers love to shop on trusted sites like Amazon and Best Buy, so this new customer acquisition strategy is a great way to on-ramp new users through a trusted source and have people follow up with a subscription once they get to know Pops", said Customer Success Director, Stephanie Toomey.

Pops, the Own Your Life® company, has commercialized an AI Self-care platform for chronic condition management, starting in the diabetes space.

DON'T FORGET:  Join our CEO, Lonny Stormo, tomorrow, May 5 at 3:00 CST, for Pops' first StartEngine webinar to learn more insights into Pops, plans for the future, and to answer all of your questions.  Register before the meeting occurs at this link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n6wHbLd-SMS_jd2HRYEkTQ

You've seen him in our StartEngine video and on our page, so now get to know our co-founder and CEO, Lonny Stormo.  Lonny's LinkedIn tagline says "a leader in democratizing healthcare", and that is the mission that created the pull to leave Medtronic to co-found Pops.  "We have seen 'democratization through technology' happen in many other industries.  I used go to my bank, and now I bank virtually.  I used to go to a travel agent, and now I book travel myself.  This happens over and over because it makes all the sense in the world to the consumer, and technology makes it possible.  Now the same is happening in healthcare, and I wanted to accelerate that change."

Lonny built this philosophy during his 30 years at Medtronic, the world's largest medical device company, and 20+ years managing his own diabetes.   Lonny, growing up on a farm in South Dakota and earning his BS in Electrical Engineering, soon found himself immersed in healthcare at Medtronic.   Lonny says "I remember early in my career when my mentality shifted from being an employee to the company being my responsibility, and it changed the way I worked."   That feeling continued as Lonny progressed in the ranks of Medtronic to lead a billion dollar business unit and win Medtronic's most coveted prize the The Wallin Leadership Award.   

"I have humble beginnings and was blessed to find myself at Medtronic with all the opportunities it gave me", said Lonny.  One of the best things Medtronic provided Lonny was the variety of experiences that prepared him for being a CEO of an early stage company.  Lonny has been able to adeptly wear the many hats an early stage CEO has to wear each day from development to sales.  Now Lonny is busy 24/7 scaling Pops and creating strategic relationships with corporations who will benefit from the early vision that created Pops.  

Our CEO, Lonny Stormo, will be doing a live webinar for investors on May 6th at 3:00 CST.  Please register in advance for this webinar to receive al ink for the meeting.  Register by clicking on this link below.   Join me now before our early investor incentives end!
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n6wHbLd-SMS_jd2HRYEkTQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.  See you Friday!!