On Wall Street, barely sleeping was a badge of honor. It inspired me to quit and launch a health startup.

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  • Josh Hou, 22, left his job as an investment banking analyst at Evercore to co-found Ren.
  • Ren is an app that helps users determine how specific interventions, like supplements, are affecting their health by running experiments on the body.
  • Hou: "A decade from now, I assume I'd regret staying in banking more than missing out on the roughly $50,000 bonus I might have made.
  • Hopefully, that money won't be a huge deal to me by that point" "I've been into fitness since I was a little kid.
  • People say you can't outwork a bad diet, but I sure as hell tried between marathons, Ironmans, and gym sessions," Hou says.
Josh Hou, on the right, with his Ren cofounders Ryan Hou (left) and Eli Qian (middle).

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