Monthly Archives: October 2021

From Journalist to HealthTech Investor: Chrissy Farr, OMERS Ventures

October 19, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, StartupsChrissy Farr, CNBC, Fast Company, HealthTech Investor, India Edwards, Logan Plaster, Omers VenturesStartUp Health NOW

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This week on the podcast we sat down with Chrissy Farr, a HealthTech Investor at OMERS Ventures, where she focuses on women’s health and behavioral health. In this interactive chat, Chrissy talked about her priorities for the remainder of the year, including focus areas of women’s and behavioral health, as well as her experience making the change from being a full time journalist covering the health-tech beat at major publications like CNBC and Fast Company, to a venture capitalist, and how that has impacted her view on company storytelling. She also gave the inside scoop on OMERS Ventures and how to position yourself to get on her, and the broader company’s, radar.

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The Future of Health Innovation With Microsoft’s Dr. David Rhew

October 12, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedDr. Rhew, health innovation, Healthcare, Healthcare at Microsoft, India Edwards, Logan Plaster, Microsoft, Microsoft Cloud, Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, StartUp HealthStartUp Health NOW

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This week on the podcast, we’re bringing you a conversation with Dr. David Rhew, the Chief Medical Officer & Vice President of Healthcare at Microsoft. In this interactive session, Dr. Rhew broke down Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare and explained how the broader suite of Microsoft tools – from natural language processing to using Teams for telehealth – can help healthcare startups scale more quickly. Bottom line? If a startup wants to move quickly, don’t reinvent the wheel. The infrastructure you need might already exist in the marketplace. Finally, we learned specifics on how startups can partner with Microsoft directly. This interactive Fireside Chat was hosted by StartUp Health’s Media Director Logan Plaster in front of a live audience of founders from the StartUp Health portfolio.

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How to Become a More Conscious Leader With Diana Chapman

October 5, 2021UncategorizedDiana Chapman, Entrepreneur, Health Moonshot, health startups, India Edwards, startups, Steve Krein, Steven Krein, successStartUp Health NOW

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Today we’re talking about conscious leadership. What is conscious leadership? It has to do with the process of positive change within your team or organization. Now, you may wonder how do you do that and why it’s so important when investing in innovative health startups. That’s precisely what we learn today from our guest, Diana Chapman, the author of The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success. The pages in her book contain a comprehensive road map to guide you to shift from fear-based to trust-based leadership. And once you learn and start practicing conscious leadership you’ll get results in the form of more energy, clarity, focus and healthier relationships. This interactive workshop was hosted by StartUp Health’s CEO & Co-founder Steven Krein, in front of a live audience of founders from the StartUp Health portfolio.

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