Category Archives: Health

#35: Data in the Healthcare Universe



How important is data for healthcare? Bryan Sivak, Former CTO, US Department of Health & Human Services, discusses the importance of connecting and syncing healthcare data, how digital health startups can work with the government and advice for solving big challenges one bite at a time.


#34: Tech Trends in Underserved Communities – Joseph Flesh, Purple Binder



How do technological trends in underserved communities affect the design and implementation of your product? Joseph Flesh, Co-Founder and President of Purple Binder, discusses how he designed his technology platform to help people everywhere gain better access to social services.


#33: Aneesh Chopra on Finding the Opportunity to Bring Innovation to Healthcare



Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder of Hunch Analytics and Former United States Government Chief Technology Officer, discusses the challenge of bringing innovation to an industry that’s resistant to change and finding the opportunity in that. Fireside chat lead by StartUp Health’s CEO Steven Krein at Health Datapalooza 2015 in Washington, DC.


#31: Making Digital Health Invisible – Victor Penev, Edamam



Victor Penev, Founder & CEO of Startup Health company Edamam, discusses how his business is powering nutrition technology and the future of behavior change in healthcare.


#32: Steve Case on Building Successful Healthcare Startups



Steve Case, chairman and CEO of Revolution and co-founder of America Online, speaks about opportunities in the healthcare sector as it becomes transformed by technology and entrepreneurship. Fireside chat lead by StartUp Health’s CEO Steven Krein at Health Datapalooza 2014 in Washington, DC.


#30: Leveraging Unique Abilities to Drive Success – Reed Mollins, Doctor.com



Doctor.com Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development, Reed Mollins, discusses the history of Doctor.com, how the team came together and entrepreneurial challenges and lessons learned.


#29: Three Pillars Shaping Digital Health Funding – Matt Karls, Cambia



Patient communication, consumer marketplaces and senior care are seeing a wave of activity as new startups focus on unmet needs. Matt Karls, Assistant Director of Strategic Investments at Cambia, details the impact these three areas will have on the future of digital health.


#28: Funding the Future of Digital Health – Reid Robison, MD, Tute Genomics



Tute Genomics Founder and CEO Reid Robison, MD, shares insights on how human genome sequencing will change the future of medicine and how being the first company on the StartUp Health AngelList syndicate has pushed his startup forward.


#27: Big Data for Big Results – Melissa Manice, CoheroHealth



Does a digital health startup have to choose between developing great hardware or creating accurate software? In the latest episode of StartUp Health NOW, Melissa Manice, Founder and CEO of CoheroHealth, explores how her products work seamlessly together to provide biometric data that is changing the lives of respiratory patients.


#26: Designing Digital Health for Impact in Underserved Communities – Inder Singh, Kinsa



Can a digital health startup succeed through good intentions alone? Inder Singh, Founder and CEO of smart thermometer Kinsa, explores the pros and cons of starting his business with no product and no business plan, but with a purpose — to create the world’s first real-time map of human health.