How Calm’s Founders Turned Rejection Into A $2 Billion Business

Michael Acton Smith and Alex Tew founded Calm, an app that offers mental health resources like guided meditations, sleep stories and mindful movement exercises. Today, the app has a valuation of $2 billion and has been downloaded 150 million times.

Produced by: Mickey Todiwala
Managing Producer: Beatriz Bajuelos
Camera: Jacob Harrell
Editor: Marisa Forziati
Animator: Uma Sharma
Reporter: Renee Onque
Additional Footage: Calm, Getty Images

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How We Built A $2 Billion Mindfulness Company