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Cameron van den Dungen
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Cameron van den Dungen discusses his transition from racing supercars and Formula One commentary to owning and running bedroom and mattress businesses.
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when you're also developing technology which again a lot of people that will be watching this are in the middle of doing um there's a lot of engineering that goes into Motor Racing shock horror it's cars trying to make them go fast
sometimes and particularly in Motorsport the background is the car is not very fast when it's in the workshop you need to put it out on a track at some stage and I've said that to my my researchers time and time again
I used to feel that when I went to go out in the car I needed to pump myself up I needed to get myself excited and get myself into a knot I thought into the Zone ready to convey and compete
I went from listening to AC DC to psych myself up into a into a race to listening to people like Bob Marley and Frank Sinatra just trying to calm myself down into the zone
I I had to set boundaries with him very clear ones ago this is my section of the business this is your section of because we realize whenever we we clashed it was those crossover points
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What is Cameron van den Dungen's background before entering the business world?
Cameron raced supercars and competed in motorsports until he retired at age 27. He also works as a Formula One commentator in Australia and Singapore and appeared in the Netflix documentary Drive to Survive.
How did motor racing influence Cameron's approach to business and research?
Racing taught him not to fear asking for deals or sponsors and instilled a mentality of constantly testing, measuring, and putting prototypes out into the real world rather than keeping them hidden in a lab until they are perfect.
What is Sleeptite and what does it focus on?
Sleeptite is Cameron's passion project and a separate business from 40 Winks, focusing on aged care and developing technology for connected bedrooms, specifically data extraction off mattress protectors.
How does Cameron monitor his own sleep and manage stress?
He primarily focuses on the duration of time he spends in bed, monitoring it using an Apple watch and an Oura ring, averaging about eight hours and 28 minutes of time in bed to keep his stress levels lower.
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