Category Archives: Innovation

#69: Balancing Moonshots With Pragmatism – Bob Kocher, MD and Thomas Goetz

March 23, 2016Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedStartUp Health Festival, Unity StoakesStartUp Health NOW

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Bob Kocher, MD, partner at Venrock, sits down with entrepreneur and author Thomas Goetz at the StartUp Health Festival for a lively banter about the changing healthcare landscape and “making healthcare suck less.”

GUEST: Bob Kocher, MD, Venrock
HOST: Thomas Goetz, Iodine
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
The Changing Healthcare Landscape
Investment Strategy
Balancing the Realities of the Healthcare System With the Demands of 10X Returns on Investment

#68: Investing in Healthcare Moonshots – Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures

March 16, 2016Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedStartUp Health Festival, Steven KreinStartUp Health NOW

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Vinod Khosla, entrepreneur, investor, technologist and founder of Khosla Ventures, talks about how he is breaking the mold for venture capital investing, what makes an entrepreneur successful, harnessing the network effect and the power behind storytelling.

GUEST: Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures
HOST: Steven Krein, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
Breaking the Mold for Venture Capital Investing
What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur
The Power of Storytelling

#71: Meg Fitzgerald, Cardinal Health, + Matt McAskin, Evercore Partners

March 13, 2016Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedAccess to care, StartUp Health FestivalStartUp Health NOW

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Meghan Fitzgerald, EVP at Cardinal Health, and Matthew McAskin, Senior Managing Director at Evercore Partners, sit down at the StartUp Health Festival to discuss the importance of large organizations working with small startups, the challenges of investing in diverse areas, the globalization of healthcare and Cardinal Health’s new innovation lab, Fuse.

Key takeaways from this episode of StartUp Health NOW can be found at: http://bit.ly/1UQtwqy

GUEST: Meghan FitzGerald, Cardinal Health
HOST: Matthew McAskin, Evercore
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
The Changing Landscape in Healthcare
The Challenges of Diverse Investing in a Large Organization
Betting on the Future in a Value-Based Care Environment

#67: The Evolution of an Entrepreneur – Jean Anne Booth, UnaliWear

March 9, 2016Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedLongevity, Steven KreinStartUp Health NOW

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Serial entrepreneur Jean Anne Booth explains why she founded UnaliWear and the difference in building this company versus her other companies. She also chats about the evolution of her entrepreneurial career and the value she sees in focus groups.

GUEST: Jean Anne Booth, UnaliWear
HOST: Steven Krein, StartUp Health
LOCATION: Cleveland Clinic 2015 Medical Innovations Summit, Cleveland, OH

IN THIS EPISODE:
Becoming an Entrepreneur
Founding UnaliWear + Building UnaliWear
The Value of Focus Groups

#66: Moonshots in Healthcare: The End of Cancer As We Know It – Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, NantWorks

March 2, 2016Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedCure Disease, End Cancer, Howard Krein, StartUp Health FestivalStartUp Health NOW

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Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, surgeon, medical researcher, businessman, philanthropist and professor, sits down with StartUp Health CMO, Dr. Howard Krein, to discuss his ambitious undertakings in reforming cancer treatments through immunotherapy, whole genome sequencing and the new cancer initiative, “Cancer Moonshot 2020.”

GUEST: Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, NantWorks
HOST: Howard Krein, MD, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
A First in Our Nation: Whole Genome Sequencing
The Coalition of the Cancer Moonshot 2020
Using Relationships, Bringing People Together for a Common Good

#65: The Importance of External Innovation – Dr. Nick Turkal, Aurora Health Care

February 23, 2016Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedUnity StoakesStartUp Health NOW

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Aurora Health Care CEO, Nick Turkal, MD, sits down with Unity Stoakes at the StartUp Health Festival for a fireside chat to discuss the importance of both external and internal innovation in today’s healthcare systems.

GUEST: Nick Turkal, MD, Aurora Health Care
HOST: Unity Stoakes
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
Nick’s Background and “Aha” Moments
The Importance of Both External and Internal Innovation
Nick’s Words of Wisdom

#64: Pivoting Your Business Model – Drew Schiller, Validic

February 17, 2016Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedCure Disease, Unity StoakesStartUp Health NOW

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Co-founder and CTO of Validic, Drew Schiller, discusses the importance of pivoting and aligning your business model with a market that is telling you what they really want, and he shares lessons learned through the fundraising process.

GUEST: Drew Schiller, Validic
HOST: Unity Stoakes
LOCATION: Health 2.0 Fall 2015 Conference, Santa Clara, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
The Mission of Validic
The Decision to Pivot
Lessons Learned Through the Fundraising Process

#63: A New Era for Brain Health – Adam Simon, Cerora

February 10, 2016Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedBrain health, Steven KreinStartUp Health NOW

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Co-founder and CEO of Cerora, Adam Simon, discusses how his company is transforming the detection of brain injuries — by creating objective and accurate diagnostic information about the brain using multiple modes of information — with a real-time portable device.

GUEST: Adam Simon, Cerora
HOST: Steven Krein
LOCATION: Cleveland Clinic 2015 Medical Innovations Summit, Cleveland, OH

IN THIS EPISODE:
Who Is Adam Simon?
Cerora: Brain Injury Detection
Demoing the Cerora Product

#62: Improving the Patient Experience – Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, THINK Health

February 7, 2016Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedAccess to care, Unity StoakesStartUp Health NOW

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Health economist, advisor and communicator, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, sits down with Unity Stoakes to discuss improving the patient experience, moving the needle on health for middle America and Jane’s advice to the legacy healthcare industry regarding adopting new health innovation practices and concepts.

GUEST: Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, THINK Health
HOST: Unity Stoakes
LOCATION: Health 2.0 Fall 2015 Conference, Santa Clara, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
Consumerizing for the Masses
Consumer Priorities: Price Transparency and Value in Health and Healthcare
Advice to the Legacy Healthcare Industry

#61: Doctor’s Orders, On Demand – Rebecca Norlander & Rachel Lanham, Health123

February 7, 2016Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedAccess to care, Cost to Zero, Cure Disease, Unity StoakesStartUp Health NOW

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Rebecca Norlander and Rachel Lanham, co-founders of Health123, discuss how they are empowering patients’ health self-efficacy. They also offer advice to entrepreneurs on the importance of having a co-founder and encourage more women to participate in STEM careers and build startups.

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GUEST: Rebecca Norlander & Rachel Lanham, Health123
HOST: Unity Stoakes
LOCATION: Health 2.0 Fall 2015 Conference, Santa Clara, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
The Genesis of Health123
Importance of a Co-founder
Women Leaders Building Startups