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Gates Foundation on Taking Investment Risks Others Can’t (or Won’t)

July 6, 2021Business, Health, Healthcare, Innovation, Insights, StartupsAnnie Ye, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, foundation, Logan Plaster, StartUp Health, startupsStartUp Health

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In a recent StartUp Health Fireside Chat, we chatted with Annie Ye, the Program Manager of Digital Health Innovation at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Ye has experience in technology and analytics strategy and joined the Foundation at the outset of the pandemic to refine and connect a number of technological initiatives and strategy teams. In this episode Ye discusses foundation priorities and best practices for startups seeking to partner on health projects.

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Safi Bahcall on Achieving Health ‘Loonshots’

June 1, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Startups‘loonshots’, Entrepreneur, Safi Bahcall, StartUp Health, Steven Krein, Synta Pharmaceuticals, WisdomStartUp Health

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Bestselling author Safi Bahcall, a physicist by training and the former CEO of Synta Pharmaceuticals, believes that a key to achieving transformative ‘loonshots’ lies in asking better questions. During a recent StartUp Health Fireside Chat, he spoke candidly on the value of getting curious – particularly about our failures – and how organizations can nurture game-changing ideas from within.

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The Surprising Secret to Doctor.com’s Success

February 16, 2021Business, Health, Healthcare, Innovation, StartupsAccess to care, andrei zimiles, doctor.com, Logan Plaster, reed mollins, StartUp HealthStartUp Health

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Andrei Zimiles and Reed Mollins, founders of Doctor.com, are longtime friends and longtime friends of StartUp Health. The two met as pre-teens at summer camp and led parallel lives before becoming partners and entrepreneurs, dropping out of high school at age 16 and transferring out of and into the very same colleges. And just as their friendship has been something of a journey, so, too, has their professional relationship, from Doctor.com’s origins at rented desks in a dusty Soho co-working space (the two vividly recall a garbage bag duct-taped over a broken window) to its acquisition this past fall by Press Ganey.

Zimiles and Mollins joined StartUp Health back in 2013 and returned to share their hard-won wisdom at a recent Fireside Chat. In a wide-ranging conversation amongst friends, the duo explained how their attitude towards sales and approach to building partnerships took Doctor.com from its humble beginnings to its lucrative exit.

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Walmart Could Magnify Americans’ Access to Healthcare — With the Help of Key Startups

February 11, 2021Business, Health, Healthcare, Innovation, StartupsAccess to care, dentistry, diagnostics, Doctor, Doctor visits, Evan Schnur, Logan Plaster, Moonshots, Primary care, StartUp Health, Walmart, Walmart HealthStartUp Health

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In the era of social distancing, a doctor’s appointment looks a little different than it did a year ago. But Evan Schnur, Director of Healthcare Information and Strategy at Walmart, says the experience will continue to evolve, even after in-person visits resume. Schnur trained as a pharmacist and currently leads the development of the growing range of healthcare services at Walmart Health, which now include primary care visits, diagnostics, and dentistry. The massive scale of the world’s largest company by revenue offers new avenues for prevention and treatment that could shatter the paradigm for medical care. In a recent StartUp Health Fireside Chat, Schnur explained what that future might look like and why healthcare startups might play a key role.

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Exit Strategies: M&A Wisdom From Entrepreneur-Investors Samer Hamadeh and James Marciano

February 2, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, StartupsDigital Health, Samer Hamadeh, StartUp Health, StartUp Health Now, Tuck Advisors, Unity Stoakes, ZeelStartUp Health

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In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes dials up Samer Hamadeh, CEO and founder of Zeel, and James Marciano, founder of Tuck advisors, for a candid discussion on mergers and acquisition. According to both Hamadeh and Marciano – who have spent time on both sides of the M&A table – it’s important for founders to build their startups as though they’re going to sell one day, even if they don’t. That means building the systems for clean accounting and transparent business operations from day one. They also discuss the elusive UFO (unsolicited flying offer) and how to know when an offer is worth pursuing. This straight talk on M&A is hard-earned wisdom that will benefit most people in the startup ecosystem.

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With Finess, Privy CEO Evi Heilbrunn Is Breaking Down Stigmas in the Women’s Health Aisle

January 26, 2021Business, Health, InnovationDigital Health, Evi Heilbrunn, Logan Plaster, moonshot, Privy, StartUp Health, womens healthStartUp Health

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Because she’s tackling a stigmatized area of women’s health, one that’s been swept to the side for a long time, Privy CEO Evi Heilbrunn has had to do her research and educate the market. By doing so, she’s showing retailers like Target – where Finess is now on the shelf – that women’s health products were in need of an upgrade, and that we’re on the cusp of a whole new way of thinking about the whole women’s health aisle.

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Vinod Khosla: Investing in the Future of Healthcare & Moonshot Thinking

January 19, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, StartupsEntrepreneur, entrepreneurship, Khosla Ventures, Pandemic Response, Startup, StartUp Health, Steven Krein, Unity Stoakes, Vinod KhoslaStartUp Health

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The global pandemic ushered in a new era of health innovation. StartUp Health founders Steven Krein and Unity Stoakes sat down for an interactive Fireside Chat with Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures to discuss the future of health innovation in a post-pandemic world, why moonshot thinking is more important than ever, and to dig deep into topics like the power of mindset and collaboration.

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StartUp Health Fireside Chat: Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, Health Innovation Investor

January 12, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Startupscommunity, Digital Health, Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, enterpreneur, Fee for service, Health Moonshot, Healthcare, Logan Plaster, Medicaid, patient, patient value, StartUp HealthStartUp Health

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In a recent Fireside Chat with a few dozen founders from the StartUp Health portfolio, we were joined by Andrey Ostrovsky, MD, former Chief Medical Officer at Medicaid. Dr. Ostrovsky is a practicing doctor and an entrepreneur – in fact, he founded and sold a company that was a part of StartUp Health years ago. In 2016, Andrey took on the role of Chief Medical Officer of Medicaid. Then he rolled all that experience up and became a health innovation investor. Andrey’s done it all and is generous with that experience.

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StartUp Health Fireside Chat: Dr. Ashwini Zenooz, GM and Chief Medical Officer at Salesforce

January 5, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, StartupsDr Zenooz, Dr. Ashwini Zenooz, Fireside Chat, Logan Plaster, salesforce, StartUp HealthStartUp Health

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In this episode, StartUp Health’s Editor-in-Chief, Logan Plaster, talks (virtually) with Dr. Ashwini Zenooz, GM and Chief Medical Officer at Salesforce. Before taking on her role at the tech giant, Dr. Zenooz, who is a practicing Radiologist, oversaw the modernizing of electronic health records at the Veteran’s Administration. During her time at the VA, she was instrumental in pushing for regulations that allowed providers to be able to practice across state lines. In her role at Salesforce, Zenooz is exploring the many ways the company’s relationship management technology can be applied to health, from vaccine rollouts to individual patient records. In addition to Dr. Zenooz’s voice, you’ll hear some real-world questions from founders in the StartUp Health portfolio.

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Former NFL Wide Receiver Torrey Smith Partners With Rose Health to Promote Mental Health Resilience

December 2, 2020Business, Health, Innovation, StartupsBaltimore Ravens, Eagles, Football, Logan Plaster, mental health, NFL, Niners, Panthers, Ravens, Rose, Rose app, Rose Health, Rose Smarter Health, StartUp Health, Super Bowl, Torrey SmithStartUp Health

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This week, two-time Super Bowl Champion and former Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith announced that he was joining mental health startup Rose Health as an ambassador and investor. On this episode, StartUp Health’s Logan Plaster catches up with Torrey to learn about life after the NFL, and why it was important for him to become an advocate for mental health resilience.

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