Healthcare Innovation

The intersection of medical practice with technological advancement and business model innovation to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes.

8 episodes

A Trauma Surgeon and Entrepreneur on Healthcare, AI and What's Next | Niral Shah, Ep 44

A Trauma Surgeon and Entrepreneur on Healthcare, AI and What's Next | Niral Shah, Ep 44

Niral Shah, a trauma surgeon and serial entrepreneur, discusses his journey from starting a search engine startup during the dot-com boom to returning to medicine and now investing in healthcare innovation. He shares lessons from shutting down his first company responsibly, explains why healthcare represents 18-21% of US GDP with poor outcomes, and identifies opportunities in AI-driven biotech, disintermediation of healthcare delivery, and multiomic drug discovery targeting aging as a treatable condition.

Bet on the Jockey, Not the Horse: A 35-Year CFO's Guide to Backing Winners | Chris Thomajan, Ep 42

Bet on the Jockey, Not the Horse: A 35-Year CFO's Guide to Backing Winners | Chris Thomajan, Ep 42

Chris Thomajan, a CFO with 35 years of experience across 100+ startups, discusses his career path from English major to finance leader in Boston's biotech ecosystem. He shares frameworks for evaluating founding teams, navigating venture capital cycles, and preparing companies for IPO, emphasizing that betting on the right 'jockey' matters more than the business idea itself.

Why Connecting People and Process Is Your Secret Weapon | Brantley Fry, Ep 34

Why Connecting People and Process Is Your Secret Weapon | Brantley Fry, Ep 34

Brantley Fry, partner at Tech CXO, shares her unconventional career path from environmental litigation to political operations to human capital management. She discusses her work on major environmental disasters (TVA coal ash spill, BP oil spill), serving as state director for a U.S. senator, and helping a health tech startup through acquisition. The conversation explores employment agreements, non-traditional hiring, and building culture through M&A transitions.

SpeedRun Ep11 Medical Videos Ideation Tales from the Sky Lounge

SpeedRun Ep11 Medical Videos Ideation Tales from the Sky Lounge

A marketing strategist uses Claude AI to develop a content strategy for a medical SaaS client with an AI diagnostic chatbot. The AI generates platform-specific recommendations for LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok, analyzes successful medical content creators, and proposes viral marketing concepts inspired by 'Will It Blend' and House MD, while cautioning against IBM Watson's failed broad-claims approach.

A Born Entrepreneur on Startups, Product Blueprints, and Global Scaling | Ghazenfer Mansoor, Ep 18

A Born Entrepreneur on Startups, Product Blueprints, and Global Scaling | Ghazenfer Mansoor, Ep 18

Ghazenfer Mansoor, founder of Technology Divers, discusses his journey from Pakistan to building a global software development company. He explains his 'blueprint methodology' for converting napkin sketches into production-ready applications, the challenges of managing distributed teams across continents, and how AI tools are transforming both software development and client operations. Mansoor emphasizes the importance of entrepreneur peer groups and shares insights on mobile app development trends.

Grit Becomes Growth: The Path from Pain to Transformation | Bart Foster, Ep 09

Grit Becomes Growth: The Path from Pain to Transformation | Bart Foster, Ep 09

Bart Foster shares his journey from corporate executive to founder of SoloHealth, a health screening kiosk company that scaled to 4,000 Walmart locations before he was forced out by his board. He discusses the emotional trauma of losing his company, his intentional relocation to Boulder, and founding Business Outside—a consulting practice that uses nature-based experiences to help leaders build authentic connections and live more intentionally.

Winning Strategies from Gridiron Grit to Healthcare Innovation | Jay Kleinman, Ep 05

Winning Strategies from Gridiron Grit to Healthcare Innovation | Jay Kleinman, Ep 05

Jay Kleinman, a 30-year healthcare sales and business development veteran, discusses how lessons from playing D1 football at Auburn under Pat Dye shaped his approach to building commercial teams for early-stage healthcare companies. He covers segmentation strategy, discovery-based selling, and the transformation of elder care through digital health and telemedicine adoption accelerated by COVID-19.

From Startup to Successful Exit: Lessons from a Healthcare Entrepreneur | Jan Heybroek, Ep 03

From Startup to Successful Exit: Lessons from a Healthcare Entrepreneur | Jan Heybroek, Ep 03

Jan Heybroek shares his 17-year journey building and selling a medical market research company to a medical education firm in 2021. He discusses the M&A process, post-acquisition integration challenges, healthcare industry trends including personalized medicine and AI diagnostics, and lessons learned about transparency, perseverance, and the value of fractional executive talent for scaling startups.

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