Startup Health Now! Podcast

FORCE Therapeutics Founder and CEO Bronwyn Spira shares her journey from physical therapist to Healthcare Transformer and explores how she’s scaling her virtual treatment platform to reach thousands of patients. GUEST: Bronwyn Spira, CEO of FORCE Therapeutics HOST: Steven Krein and Unity Stoakes LOCATION: StartUp Health Studios (NYC, NY) Show Notes and Key Takeaways The ‘Aha’ Moment [7:55] Bronwyn: “Healthcare is complicated. It's very hard to solve it from the outside. If you've been in it for a long time, and you understand the unique issues, it helps to solve them to some degree.” [8:50] Bronwyn: “When I think about the "aha" moment, it was when I had stepped away from my first practice that I built. It was just after I had my child, that was five years ago. It took me...I needed to step away from being in the weeds of practicing to actually understand that there was a bigger problem to solve.” [9:19] Bronwyn: “I started thinking about what it is that patients really need to enable them to do what it wa

“Being an entrepreneur is not easy, unless you're driven by something that is very strong and you have a lot of passion for it.” Sherwin Sheik, Founder & CEO of CareLinx, explores the personal inspiration behind creating his digital health startup. More on CareLinx: http://www.startuphealth.com/c/465/CareLinx Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://www.startuphealth.com

Why are corporate VCs handing out big bucks to early stage digital health startups? JC Simbana, VP of Life Science and Digital Health at Silicon Valley Bank, shares the scoop on how big businesses can align with small startups to meet huge market needs.

For the best patient care, health technology needs a human touch. Julie Murchinson, CEO of Health Evolution Summit, provides insight into how innovators, philanthropists and policy makers are making massive health disruption together. More on Julie Murchinson: http://www.startuphealth.com/u/3325/Julie-Murchinson Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://startuphealth.com

“There were enough people around me who believed in us, which is key.” Hesky Kutscher, Founder and CEO of CareDox, shares how shifting his business plan and dismissing the naysayers helped him find success for his digital health startup.

Can healthcare giants and small startups grow together? We think so. Missy Krasner, Managing Director of Healthcare at Box, shares the scoop on exciting opportunities between industry leaders and transformative newcomers. More on Missy Krasner: http://www.startuphealth.com/u/416/Missy-Krasner Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://startuphealth.com

The best entrepreneurial inspiration comes from personal experience. Learn how a medical crisis close to home motivated Blain Tomlinson, Founder and CEO of WalkJoy, to create a device that has transformed the mobility of seniors. More on WalkJoy: http://www.startuphealth.com/c/7652/WalkJoy Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://startuphealth.com

Senior Managing Director & Healthcare Leader of GE Ventures, Rafael Torres, sits down for a fireside chat with StartUp Health CEO & Co-Founder Steven Krein at the January 2015 StartUp Health Showcase in San Francisco. More on GE Ventures: http://www.startuphealth.com/c/12935/GE-Ventures Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://www.startuphealth.com

In this week's episode of StartUp Health NOW!, Jeff Blackwood, Co-Founder & CEO/President, and Kelly Kerns, Co-Founder & COO, of ABPathfinder discuss how they are tackling the huge problem of one in 68 children being diagnosed with autism each year by automating the ABA therapy process. They discuss life as first-time entrepreneurs, how they came to co-found ABPathfinder and their goals for the upcoming year. More on ABPathfinder: http://www.startuphealth.com/c/20683/ABPathfinder Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://www.startuphealth.com

How do you develop a healthcare startup with social impact? Margaret Laws from the California HealthCare Foundation discusses how entrepreneurs can focus on opportunities to bring their innovations to underserved communities. More on California HealthCare Foundation: http://www.startuphealth.com/c/411/California-HealthCare-Foundation More on Margaret Laws: http://www.startuphealth.com/u/1823/Margaret-Laws Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://www.startuphealth.com

How do you build a successful startup? Team is key. Kurt Brenkus, CEO of Aver Informatics, highlights the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur and discusses how hiring the right team has been the biggest game changer for his company. More on Aver Informatics: http://www.startuphealth.com/c/8915/Aver-Informatics Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://www.startuphealth.com

Nick Augustinos, SVP of Health Information Services & Strategy at Cardinal Health, brings 35 years of experience in healthcare to predict upcoming industry trends. He also discusses the most important characteristics he looks for when meeting with entrepreneurs. More on Nick Augustinos: http://www.startuphealth.com/u/21055/Nick-Augustinos More on Cardinal Health: http://www.startuphealth.com/c/5755/Cardinal-Health Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://www.startuphealth.com

Care at Hand Co-Founder & CEO, Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, and Stanford d.school scholar, Karen Matsuoka, give insight into how entrepreneurs can best tackle the challenge of working with government organizations, particularly when focusing on underserved populations. More on Care at Hand: http://careathand.com More on Karen Matsuoka: http://karenmatsuoka.com Make an Impact | Opportunities in Underserved Communities: http://www.startuphealth.com/makeanimpact Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://www.startuphealth.com

Manik Bhat (Co-founder & CEO, Healthify) shares his secrets to finding grants and alternative sources of funding for entrepreneurs and startups focused on underserved communities and beyond.

Sally Poblete (Founder & CEO, Wellthie) & Sana Hashmi (Director of Healthcare Reform Strategy, EmblemHealth) discuss the impact of the Affordable Care Act on underserved communities and how health plans are transforming to connect with consumers in new and innovative ways. -More on Wellthie: https://www.wellthie.com -More on EmblemHealth: http://www.emblemhealth.com -Make an Impact | Opportunities in Underserved Communities: http://www.startuphealth.com/makeanimpact -Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://www.startuphealth.com

Cleveland Clinic CEO and President, Dr. Toby Cosgrove, sits down with StartUp Health CEO and co-founder Steven Krein at the 2014 Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit and shares his advice for healthcare entrepreneurs.

Sense Health CEO Stan Berkow is commercializing his digital health solution in underserved populations. Policy expert Rachel Davis of the Center of Healthcare Strategies explains how healthcare organizations can work successfully with entrepreneurs like Stan despite a cultural divide. More on Sense Health: http://www.sensehealth.com More on CHCS: http://www.chcs.com Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://www.startuphealth.com

Venture capitalist and consultant Lisa Suennen shares the highlights from her new report on the state of digital health accelerators published by the California HealthCare Foundation. The California HealthCare Foundation works as a catalyst to fulfill the promise of better health care for all Californians by supporting ideas and innovations that improve quality, increase efficiency, and lower the costs of care. Download the report: www.chcf.org Lisa Suennen's blog: www.venturevalkyrie.com Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: www.startuphealth.com

@ Point of Care Founder/CEO Robert Stern and CMIO Sandeep Pulim, MD explain how they've built their clinician and patient collaboration platform, which bridges the doctor-patient divide and recently integrated Watson cognitive technology, into a sustainable business with hundreds of thousands of users millions in revenue. More on @ Point of Care: www.atpointofcare.com Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: www.startuphealth.com

StartUp Health Co-founders Steven Krein and Unity Stoakes run through the top 8 digital health funding trends highlighted in the StartUp Health Insights Report for Q3 2014. Download the Insight Report: http://startuphealth.com/Q3 Join the Movement to Transform Healthcare: http://startuphealth.com