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Burnout, Bias & Bottlenecks: Why Data Efficiency Is the Next Big Bet in HealthTech Burnout, bias, and bottlenecks—three red flags investors can’t ignore. When population health platforms are missing key data from underserved areas, your analytics are biased. When clinicians are stuck in manual processes, your portfolio companies burn through team morale and margins. Let’s…

How to Spot HealthTech Startups That Prevent Costly Readmissions Discover what separates HealthTech startups that scale from those that stall. Learn how reducing readmissions signals stronger ROI and better outcomes for your healthcare investment portfolio. When evaluating your portfolio, the numbers might look great on paper. Revenue is growing. Adoption is rising. But what if…

Why Great HealthTech Ideas Stall: A Due Diligence Framework for Evaluating Execution Teams Why do HealthTech startups stall even with great ideas? Investors often overlook the execution layer in due diligence. Learn how to assess team alignment and execution risk before investing. You’ve seen it too many times: a visionary founder with brilliant tech, great…

Why Investors Don’t “Get” Your Pitch And How to Fix It You’ve built a unicorn. Or at least, you know you have.But when it comes time to pitch it, people just nod and say, “Interesting.” One founder told me even other scientists need 30 minutes to understand what they do. That’s a problem. If investors…

6 Months to 2 Days: Slashing Specialist Wait Times for Healthcare Tech Founders “We reduced as a case study in LA County, where it was six months for a GI doc, down to best practice, which was usually two days for co-management and access to the specialist.” – Chris Cruttenden, SafetyNet Connect Did you know…

Mind-Body Connection: Why Your Personal Health Is Your Most Valuable Business Asset “If you thrive, your business thrives. It really is success from the inside out, not just for an integrity reason, but also for a pure sustainability reason.”  Did you know that 76% of healthcare tech founders report experiencing burnout while trying to scale…

Why Your Healthcare Tech Solution Fails After Enrollment: The Missing Case Management “Unfortunately, it stops at the enrollment process and just the monitoring and it can’t stop there… patients have to feel like it’s important or they’re disengaged.” – Laura Schmidt 70% of healthcare technology solutions struggle with patient engagement beyond the initial implementation phase.…

Breaking the 147-Day Sales Cycle: Why Women’s Health Innovation Deserves Better Healthcare innovation is challenging for everyone, but for women founders in women’s health, the hurdles often feel insurmountable. As a former cardiothoracic surgery PA who witnessed countless innovations die in procurement, I’ve seen firsthand how great solutions get trapped in endless cycles of “just…

Unhooking Employment from Health Insurance: Freeing Up Choice and Access “The misalignment of incentives is at the root of a lot of these challenges. A payer might be incentivized from one direction, a provider’s incentivized for another direction, and the poor patient is often caught in the middle.” – Jason Spacek Did you know that…

Why Patients Wait Weeks for Mental Health “It’s just so hard to get in with anybody in behavioral health… people calling me, friends calling me, hey, can you get me in with somebody?” – Dr. Tom Milam Did you know that mental health patients in emergency rooms can wait for days to see a psychiatrist?…