While Barbour was a collegiate athlete, Pantazopoulos had asthma and gave up on her sports dreams after playing on her fifth grade basketball team. Growing up, the cousins were on opposite ends of the exercise spectrum, but they both struggled to balance physical activity and diet. They have also signed companies, teams and schools such as the University of San Diego, their alma mater, which was instrumental in launching their entrepreneurial careers. The company already has “tens of thousands of users,” Pantazopoulos said. Today, Vizer is growing and thriving in its mission. And just in case you were paying attention, you might recognize this name from when he was a contestant The Bachelorette and Bachelors in paradisethe latter of which introduced him to his now fiancé, Hannah Godwin. Eventually, he quit his steady job (with health benefits) at Morgan Stanley in San Francisco to devote his energy to Vizer. When she returned to California, she persuaded her cousin, Dylan Barbour, to start the company with her. She wants to make sure everyone has a chance to access good nutrition and achieve their health goals. “I think a big catalyst was understanding If you weren’t eating enough and not fueling your body properly, it was impossible to develop other healthy habits,” explained Pantazopoulos, who lives and works in her Crown Point condo. Hunger was an injustice that inspired her to do something about it. She experienced for the first time how devastating food insecurity can be during a port stop in Senegal. Pantazopoulos came up with the idea while she was part of a social entrepreneurship incubator program at Semester at Sea.
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Vizer also allows people to earn rewards like free juice shots or protein bars.
Other partners are Vita Coco, Dream Pops and Hydrant. One of Vizer’s partners, Jiant, launched a limited edition kombucha flavor nationwide called Planet Pomegranate and donated the profits to food banks. In honor of National Hunger Awareness Month last month, Vizer partnered with brands to raise awareness of the food insecurity affecting people everywhere, including the homeless, families, veterans, seniors and college students.
To date, Vizer has donated 3.5 million meals through food banks across the country. If you don’t exercise, someone might not get anything to eat. The premise is that altruistic people could use an extra boost to stay sane and do good. For each day you meet your goal, a meal will be donated to feed the hungry. The health app works like this: You train how you want – whether it’s walking 10,000 steps, going to a gym or playing pickleball in a recreational league. The name Vizer is a nod to “Incentivize,” a phrase coined by co-founder Samantha Pantazopoulos. That’s the brilliant business model of Vizer, a social justice wellness app that launched in San Diego. What if you had to meet that daily goal so you could donate a meal to feed those in need? When you’ve exercised, one less person doesn’t have to starve. You’ve all heard about the magic number that can turn you into a model of pure health, right? It’s good for us, but what if that knowledge isn’t enough to motivate you?
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