032: Mickey Beyer-Clausen, Co-Founder and CEO of Timeshifter: The BEST app to beat Jet Lag! [And how to use Timeshifting even in a pandemic]

Have you ever had major jet lag when you traveled somewhere a *bit* too far from home? Mickey Beyer-Clausen is a Danish-born, New York-based serial entrepreneur. In the ’90s, he was one of the first to launch successful Internet businesses and today he's building genre-defining companies around innovations with the potential to improve the human or planetary condition. Currently, Beyer-Clausen is the Co-founder and CEO of Timeshifter — the world’s first platform for circadian shifting with a mission to solve large, previously unsolved problems caused by our circadian clock. In this episode of Sleep Is A Skill, Mickey talks about his story and why he felt it was necessary to create Timeshifter. Compensate for all the time we lost in 2020 with this episode!

Mickey Beyer-Clausen is a Danish-born, New York-based serial entrepreneur. In the ’90s, he was one of the first to launch successful Internet businesses and today he's building genre-defining companies around innovations with the potential to improve the human or planetary condition. Currently, Beyer-Clausen is the Co-founder and CEO of Timeshifter — the world’s first platform for circadian shifting with a mission to solve large, previously unsolved problems caused by our circadian clock. Before Timeshifter, Beyer-Clausen co-founded and served as CEO at Mental Workout who pioneered a new category of apps, including the first mindfulness and sleep apps. He is also the co-founder of Trunk Archive, a full service image licensing agency representing the world’s most engaging and sought after photographers, two leading domain name services, Speednames and Ascio Technologies, as well as Internet Payment Scandinavia, one of Europe's first online payment gateways.

⌛ Mickey’s story and why he felt it was necessary to create Timeshifter

⌛ What the app does for you

⌛ Focus on the connection between mental performance and flexibility

⌛ Dr. Steven Lockley, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School: Introduction to circadian science

⌛ Implementation of science to help astronauts travel to Germany, Russia, and Japan

⌛ How to apply neuroscience to peak performance (before rocket launches, baseball, and more)

⌛ What NASA has to do with stabilization of your circadian rhythm

⌛ How to shift the clock reliably...in as quick as a minute

⌛ What the correct way to use melatonin is

⌛ Myth or fact: LED illumination in planes can help fix your mental clock