SFN Dad To Dad 402 - David Apple of San Francisco, CA, Founder & CEO Of Shark Tooth Bio & Father Of Two Including One With CMT1A
Update: 2025-10-31
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Our guest this week is David Apple of San Francisco, CA, a serial entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Shark Tooth Bio, and father of two, including a son with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease.
David and his wife, Cristina, have married for seven years and are the proud parents of two young children: Zoe (3) and Ari (5) who was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, AKA CMT1A, a rare mono genetic disease that impairs the signal from the brain to the muscles causing weakness, loss of sensation, pain, and atrophy.
David reflects on growing up in France and Israel. In March 2024 and after Ari's diagnosis, with his background as an engineer and success in the business world, David shifted his primary focus to creating and building Shark Tooth Bio, a for profit organization whose mission is: developing treatments for CMT1A and unlocking solutions for other neuropathies. To-date Shark Tooth Bio has raised $650K and has been able to assemble and first class board and contract with some of the world's top scientists.
We also learn about David's involvement with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA).
It's an uplifting story about commitment to family and service to others all on this episode of the SFN Dad to Dad Podcast.
Show Links -
Phone – (415) 910-8647
Email – apple@sharktooth.bio
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/appledavid/
Website – https://www.sharktooth.bio/
Website - https://cmtausa.org/
Special Fathers Network -
SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 800+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."
SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.
Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDFCvQimWNEb158ll6Q4cA/videos
Please support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/donate/
Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/
SFN Mastermind Group - https://21stcenturydads.org/sfn-mastermind-group/
Special thanks to SFN Mentor Father, SFN Mastermind Group dad and 21CD board member Shane Madden for creating the SFN jingle on the front and back end of the podcast..
David and his wife, Cristina, have married for seven years and are the proud parents of two young children: Zoe (3) and Ari (5) who was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, AKA CMT1A, a rare mono genetic disease that impairs the signal from the brain to the muscles causing weakness, loss of sensation, pain, and atrophy.
David reflects on growing up in France and Israel. In March 2024 and after Ari's diagnosis, with his background as an engineer and success in the business world, David shifted his primary focus to creating and building Shark Tooth Bio, a for profit organization whose mission is: developing treatments for CMT1A and unlocking solutions for other neuropathies. To-date Shark Tooth Bio has raised $650K and has been able to assemble and first class board and contract with some of the world's top scientists.
We also learn about David's involvement with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA).
It's an uplifting story about commitment to family and service to others all on this episode of the SFN Dad to Dad Podcast.
Show Links -
Phone – (415) 910-8647
Email – apple@sharktooth.bio
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/appledavid/
Website – https://www.sharktooth.bio/
Website - https://cmtausa.org/
Special Fathers Network -
SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 800+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."
SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.
Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDFCvQimWNEb158ll6Q4cA/videos
Please support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/donate/
Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/
SFN Mastermind Group - https://21stcenturydads.org/sfn-mastermind-group/
Special thanks to SFN Mentor Father, SFN Mastermind Group dad and 21CD board member Shane Madden for creating the SFN jingle on the front and back end of the podcast..
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