New Zapiens

Helping people realize their full health potential by giving them tools to better understand their current health status and take action towards a healthier and longer life.

Zapien

The Villas Fehmarn

A design travel destination on the island of Fehmarn. 8 boutique houses to live and breathe by the Baltic Sea. 

🏆  Featured in "Architekten Reisen" - Lodgings for Design Enthusiasts, 2022
🏆  Nominee of the "German Architecture Award 2019"
🏆  Featured in "Take Me To The Lakes" - Weekender Edition, Hamburg 2019

→ Business modelling 
→ Brand strategy → Defining vision, mission, purpose
→ Target audience analysis
→ Exterior & interior design
→ Creative direction for multiple photoshoots
→ Brand & corporate design
→ Website UX/UI
→ Copywriting
→ Tech stack research & setup of property management software & platform channel manager
→ Marketing and growth strategy → Ran multiple tests using channels such as booking platforms, influencer marketing, closed Facebook groups → Led to ~90% organic bookings and WOM (word of mouth) as number one conversion driver
→ Setup social channels & initial content strategy → Led to 6k+ organic followers on Instagram
→ Setup PR strategy & media outreach via barter deals → Led to 25+ high-quality clippings in travel & design magazines, books & online blogs
→ HR & team staffing

Co-Founder

Lundkvist Home & Living

Lundkvist is a premium home and living brand focussing solely on linen products. Our mission is to make your home a cosy and sustainable place by providing high-quality, fair trade and handmade linen goods, that last for decades.

→ Business modelling
→ Manufactories sourcing within Europe
→ Defining brand strategy → Vision, mission, purpose
→ Creative direction for photoshoots
→ Corporate design
→ UX & UI advisory
→ Marketing & growth strategy → Focusing PR, Instagram & influencer marketing
→ Business development through "green" design marketplaces focussing on sustainability and quality

Amber Island

A Collectors' Community Build Around Tokenised Luxury Spirits.

→ Defining vision, mission, purpose
→ Defining core target group
→ Sharpening value proposition & problems to solve through blockchain technology
→ Evaluating company strategic fit & web3 relevance
→ Drafting light paper 
→ Project planning
→ Defining NFT utility and tokenomics
→ Planning initial roadmap 
→ Outlining initial business model & financial forecast
→ Advising on Go-To-Market strategy
→ HR & team staffing

Web3 & NFT Consultant

Uncap Collective

Uncap is a collective of venture builders, strategic consultants and tech experts focussing on the web3 and NFT ecosystem.

→ 8 weeks strategy explorations
→ Strategic opportunity discovery & risk validation
→ Selective advisory on specific web3 key areas
→ Business modelling & venture building evaluation
→ Team building & staffing

Founding Member

Upfit

🏆 Exit → Acquired by Motor Presse (Men's Health, Women's Health, Runner's World...)

Upfit helps people to lose weight healthily. The app with its 50+ customization options provides simple cooking guidance based on individual taste, available cooking time, shopping budget and health preferences. The holistic approach takes away the daily cooking stress and covers the full user journey and biggest problems: 

1. → What to eat? 
Inspiring with 10k+ automatically generated recipes.

2. → How much to eat? 
Automatic calorie counting based on personal goal.

3. → What to shop?
Shopping list creation or direct food delivery through Upfit's food vendors.

4. → How to build healthy eating habits?
Daily repetition and progress tracking for motivation and habit building. 

Upfit is a B2C and B2B brand. 50+ B2B partners use Upfit's white labelling to convert own user traffic and generate revenue. With no effort, white label partners provide additional user value through a fully personalized nutrition solution.

Founder & CEO

Kenhub GmbH

→ Sharpening value proposition
→ Responsible for brand & website relaunch in 2013
→ Ran multiple UX/ UI iterations with heavy A/B testing cycles
→ Business development expanding initial offering by complementary products (e-books, mobile apps...) 
→ Essential part of growing revenue from 20K+ $ ARR in 2013 → 4M $ ARR in 2022

Creative Director

GHARAGE

→ Strategic project exploration for 3 different concepts
• Defining vision, mission, purpose
• Defining core target group
• Sharpening value proposition & problems to solve through blockchain technology
• Evaluating company strategic fit & web3 relevance
• Drafting light paper 

→ Project planning
→ Defining NFT utility and tokenomics
→ Planning initial roadmap 
→ Outlining initial business model & financial forecast
→ Advising on Go-To-Market strategy
→ HR & team staffing

In collaboration and as part of the "Gharage - Innovation Hub" team.

Web3 & NFT Consultant 

Pleksi Creative Studio

Pleksi is a multidisciplinary creative studio focussing on digital brand experiences. 

Branding
→ Strategic brand development
→ Creative direction
→ Photo art direction  
→ Copywriting & storytelling
→ Corporate design
→ User interface design 
→ Editorial design & printed matters

Development
→ CMS via WordPress 
→ Shop systems via WooCommerce & Magento
→ JavaScript 
→ HTML5/ CSS
→ AJAX
→ jQuery
→ XML
→ JSON

Usability 
→ UX design
→ UX audits
→ UX copywriting
→ A/ B testing 

Marketing
→ SEO strategy & advisory
→ Influencer marketing consultation
→ PR strategy & copywriting
→ Growth marketing advisory

CEO & Creative Director

Hem.com

🏆 Acquired by vitra.com, the world's most renowned furniture design brand

→ C-level role, leading Hem's global design team of 10+ creatives
→ Reported directly to the founders
→ From first vision to brand launch in 100 days
→ Responsible for team mentoring & sparring, hr, project management, brand strategy, UX/ UI design consultation, working closely with the marketing and tech team

Senior Creative Director

Helping Brands Enter The Metaverse & NFT Space ❘ Web3 Advisor & Strategist ❘ 2x Exits ❘ Venture Building ❘ Startup Mentoring ❘ Purposeful Branding ❘ Crossfitter

Hey fellow health enthusiast 👋

I am Karol, initiator of New Zapiens - your guide to proactive health and longevity.

We started New Zapiens because we believe that we have to take our health more into our own hands.

Let’s face it: most of our doctors only treat us when we already have a problem. Our healthcare system is designed to react to diseases, not help us prevent health issues in the first place.

Yet, we know that our lifestyle - how we sleep, what we eat, how often we work out etc. - has a huge impact on how healthy we are. And how well and long we’ll likely live.

We believe in the power of our personal health data. We can only optimise what we can measure and track. Yet, we know that we are all different. What might work for me doesn’t work for you. So we all have to find out for ourselves.

As serial entrepreneur (Ex-Founder Upfit) and father, New Zapien's mission is simple: help as many people as possible realize their full health potential by giving them tools to better understand their current health status and take action for a healthier and longer life.

Looking forward to discovering (and sharing) new ways to become better Zapiens.

Onwards and upwards,
Karol

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Former Ventures

2013 → GrandArtClub: Art platform connecting local galleries with global art investors. (🏆 Acquired)
2015 → The Villas: Boutique beach resort. (Active)
2016 → Lundkvist: Premium linen home accessories. (Active)
2016 → Upfit: Daily nutrition planning & cooking made simple. (🏆 Acquired)

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Results

→ 4 ventures (bootstrapped) 
→ 2 exits
→ 2 active ventures
→ 95% revenue through non-paid activities (organic marketing, sales, business development)
→ 100% employee recommendation rate at Upfit (s. kununu)

The peptide market will hit $50 billion by 2028.

Elite athletes use them to heal 40% faster, longevity doctors use them for fat loss and improved immunity.

Peptides are software updates for your biology: the code that tells your cells when to repair, burn fat, or fight infection.

Yet most people have never heard of them.

And those who have are often flying blind, copying protocols from Reddit, dosing in "units" nobody understands, sourcing from grey markets.

New Zapiens just released the "Peptide Guide" with Dominik Duscher, a regenerative medicine expert, plastic surgeon, and Medical Director of RECOVER SOCIETY.

We don't care which brand you buy. We care that you understand what you're injecting.

It's a clinical-grade manual for understanding peptides across 5 domains:

↳ Longevity & Mitochondria 
Epithalon, MOTS-c, SS-31, FOXO4-DRI 
Cellular repair, energy optimization, senolytic strategies

↳ Immunology 
Thymosin α1, LL-37, KPV 
Immune modulation, inflammation control, post-infection recovery

↳ Recovery 
BPC-157, TB-500, CJC-1295 
Tissue healing, injury rehabilitation, performance recovery

↳ Body Recomposition 
Tesamorelin, IGF-1 LR3, AOD-9604 
Fat loss, muscle preservation, metabolic optimization

↳ Neuro/Sexual Medicine 
Kisspeptin, PT-141, Selank, Semax 
Cognitive enhancement, stress modulation, libido restoration

About the guide: 
↳ Clinical governance framework (not lifestyle hacks) 
↳ mg-based dosing protocols with reconstitution examples 
↳ Monitoring flows with specific biomarkers 
↳ WADA/regulatory context for each compound 
↳ Safety profiles with contraindications and stop criteria 
↳ Case vignettes showing real-world application 
↳ Zero vendor bias, pure education

The truth about peptides:
↳ They're NOT supplements—they're signaling molecules
↳ Quality matters more than dose
↳ Grey market = unacceptable risk
↳ No peptide replaces sleep, movement, or nutrition

Most guides sell you products. This one teaches you clinical reasoning.

Ready to master peptides?
Get the complete Peptide Guide — FREE.

How to claim yours: 
→ 1. Repost 
→ 2. Comment "Peptides" 
→ 3. I'll send you the guide (once we're connected)

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P.S. — This isn't a research paper, it's a clinical manual prioritizing actionable protocols over academic exhaustiveness: the mechanisms that matter, the doses that work in practice, and the safety guardrails that protect you.

Karol Domagalski 

Founder @New Zapiens | Trustpilot for Health, Wellness & Longevity | Fitness & Health Product Tester | Serial Founder & Creator | Ex Table Tennis Player 🏓

New Zapiens — Peptide Guide

Your worst day is someone's best life. 

A 49,275-person study shows gratitude reduces death risk by 9%.

A JAMA Psychiatry study tracked 49,275 older adults for 3+ years.

The results:
People with the highest gratitude had 9% lower risk of death from any cause.

Heart disease? 15% lower mortality.

This worked even after controlling for exercise, diet, depression, optimism, and existing health conditions.

But here's the problem: 
We're terrible at recognizing what we already have.

The people who lived longer weren't the ones with easier lives. They were the ones who noticed the good in the life they had.

Reframe your "bad" day:
↳ Your frustrating 1-hour commute means you have a job, car, and safety.
↳ Your sore muscles after the gym mean you can move without help.
↳ Your packed calendar means people want you and opportunities exist.
↳ Your bad mood after waking up means you survived the night without thinking if tomorrow comes.
↳ Your pile of laundry means you have clothes, clean water, and a place to wash.

The study found: Specific gratitude matters.

Gratitude was measured with 6 questions like "I have so much in life to be thankful for." 

People who strongly agreed lived measurably longer.

Prior research shows gratitude is associated with:
↳ Better cardiovascular biomarkers
↳ Lower inflammatory markers
↳ Improved sleep quality
↳ Healthier lifestyle adherence
↳ Stronger social connections

What the researchers noted: 
The mortality benefit applied to people with major chronic diseases, depression, and poor health at baseline.

The practice: Write specific things you're grateful for regularly.
❌ "I'm grateful for my health." 
✅ "My back didn't hurt climbing stairs today."

Concrete details work better than generic statements.

9% lower mortality risk from noticing what's already here. 49,275 people. 3+ years.

Will you turn what annoys you into what extends your life?

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P.S. — Pick one from the reframe examples above. Comment on a specific moment from today you're grateful for.

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