{"id":10194,"date":"2020-12-30T19:38:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T19:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifebookmemoir.wpengine.com\/2020\/12\/30\/lifebook-forbes-interview\/"},"modified":"2024-02-20T14:27:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T14:27:56","slug":"lifebook-forbes-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/lifebook-forbes-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing 2020 With Forbes Interviewing LifeBook&#8217;s Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>LifeBook is ending 2020 with a bang!<\/h2>\n<p>Is it possible to end 2020 better than LifeBook&#8217;s founder Roy Mo\u00ebd being interviewed by <a href=\"http:\/\/elainepofeldt.com\/\">Elaine Pofeldt<\/a> for Forbes?  The article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/elainepofeldt\/2021\/12\/29\/this-entrepreneur-has-built-a-fast-growing-business-helping-elderly-people-tell-their-stories\/?sh=1523378048ac\/\"><em>This Entrepreneur Has Built A Fast-Growing Business Helping Elderly People Tell Their Stories<\/em><\/a> is centered around how Roy&#8217;s father Jules inspired him to set up LifeBook in 2012. <\/p>\n<p>Jules memoir <a href=\"\/the-very-first-lifebook-jules-moed-life-is-for-sharing\/\"><em>Life is for sharing<\/em><\/a>, although not finalized as originally intended,  ignited the start of the company.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lifebook-editorial-inspiration-jules-1.jpg\" alt=\"LifeBook - The First Project\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Elaine writes:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em> &#8220;When Roy Mo\u00ebd met with his elderly father for lunch years ago, he felt both sad and frustrated when his dad repeated the same stories again and again. Realizing his father, then in his eighties, needed a way to share his history, Mo\u00ebd decided to enlist his assistant, Kathy, to visit his father every week to allow him to reminisce and document his stories.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lifebook-roy-library.jpg\" alt=\"LifeBook - Roy Mo\u00ebd - Founder\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Elaine continues with asking Roy about the impact of Covid-19. Roy says:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em> &#8220;Since COVID-19 arrived, our interviewers have trained their customers to use tablets so they can talk virtually. Twenty-five percent of our customers don\u2019t have email and the average age of our customer is 82.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can read the full Forbes article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/elainepofeldt\/2021\/12\/29\/this-entrepreneur-has-built-a-fast-growing-business-helping-elderly-people-tell-their-stories\/?sh=1523378048ac\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in learning more about LifeBook or starting a project, <a href=\"\/contact-us\/\">please get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible to end 2020 better than LifeBook&#8217;s founder Roy Mo\u00ebd being interviewed by Elaine Pofeldt for Forbes? 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