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Claire Wu

Claire Wu

Claire is the founder and CEO of Breathe Into Peace, a company that champions the natural anxiety relief approach through products like the Breathing Necklace and the Peace Journal. She is a registered therapist and worked as a professional in mental health for 14 years, and has a Master’s in Sports Science, a Bachelor’s in Physiotherapy, and a minor in Psychology. She’s also an Accredited Mindset Coach, Psychosomatic Therapist, and Pilates teacher, and Mental Health First Aider. Breathe Into Peace proudly supports charities including Gidget Foundation Australia and Reach Out.

Latest from Claire Wu

Do you remember that Beyonce Superbowl Halftime Show where she killed it so hard that she literally broke the power in the New Orleans Superdome, leaving tens of thousands of football fans in the dark for the 17 minutes following her kick-ass performance. That is the closest thing I have to compare Mike Cannon-Brookes’ panel presentation at Slattery IT’s Rewind/FastForward event this past Wednesday. Mike is the Beyonce of tech events.

The question I get asked the most, other than “Are you dancing?” is “How can I get a job in startup?” Many people ask me how I got started; they want my “foot-in-the-door” origin story. Unfortunately, there is no fairy tale, boy-meets-girl, tie-it-up-with-a-bow story behind it.