Episodes

Zain is someone I have known and become friends with over the past year. I am a big fan of his progress so far and can't wait to continue following his journey. It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak with him about his journey into healthcare startups. We talk about: Humility Healthcare EMR's Clinician Entrepreneurship Clinical Trials in Oncology Will AI replace clinicians? The future of clinical notes

Owen Willis is the Founder and General Partner at Opal Ventures. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer at Osmosis and Program Partner at On Deck. We talk about: Introduction and childhood Gender and Race Teaching as a profession Can humility be taught How to hire and onboard How to build a team and scale a startup Solo vs team work Is early stage investing a game of picking or making winners? How to identify the laggers in your investment portfolio Success, failures and market tailwinds ...

It was amazing to have both Saumitra Thakur and Amit Mehta, MD join me for this webinar. Both have been an inspiration for myself in finding my path. I am incredibly thankful for: Saumitra for sharing his frameworks and schema's on venture capital and life. Amit for sharing his journey, learnings, mistakes and advice for breaking intro venture. We talk about: Different paths to running a venture capital firm How physicians can get involved in venture capital Should physicians pursue and MBA Valu...

Steve is a physician and founder of SOAP health. Steve Charlap: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-charlap-md-mba-8911906/ SOAP Health: https://soap.health/ Rishad Usmani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishadusmani/ HealthTech Investors: https://www.healthtechinvestors.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Childhood 03:18 Thoughts on Man’s Search for Meaning 06:15 Structure vs intuition in picking colleagues 13:01 Visionary vs operator, weaknesses vs strengths 17:58 Why do teams fall apart? 20:20 Idea meritocrac...

In this webinar we start with a short presentation about due diligence followed by a fireside chat with two experienced healthcare venture capitalists. Key Takeaways: 1. Have a structured due diligence process. 2. Market risk: timing and a big market opportunity are both important.3. Technology risk: better, faster, cheaper. 4. Team risk: clear founder vision, unique insight, strong leadership and resilient. 5. Execution risk: go to market strategy and business model. 6. Exit risk: what is the p...

Leon is an incredibly intelligent and thoughtful human. After completing his PhD in Quantum Physics he went on found Oxitone Medical. He is also a Venture partner at Network VC. We talk about: Intuition vs structure in decision making The quantum world Backwards thinking for startups and in investing How to pick the best colleagues and employees

Shubhra Jain is the Head of Healthcare investments at Tarsadia Investments . She moved to US after completing her MBBS in India, to pursue a Masters in mechanical engineering at Stanford after which she completed her MBA from Wharton.Shubhra is an incredibly sharp, reflective and humble person. I had a lot of fun talking to her about: Due diligence process for startups How she picks VC funds and GPs to invest in Her transition from physician to investor Market tailwinds in healthtech

Shrawan is a physician, entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the managing director at Strategy Health and founding team member at PharmStars . I have known Shrawan for a few months now and find him to be deeply reflective, intelligent, curious and open minded. We talk about His childhood Decision making The existence of a soul What he looks for in founders Clinical trials And more! I am thankful for his friendship and grateful for his transparency and honesty in sharing his experiences and kno...

Harvey is curious, kind and humble. He is a physician, healthcare consultant, and serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in the healthcare industry. He is the author of ChatGPT Healthcare and Success Reinvention . We talk about His journey out of clinical medicine Entrepreneurship Perseverance Profitability in healthcare

David Zhou runs ops and deal flow at On Deck Angels. He is a mentor and advisor to several accelerators and incubators including Techstars, WEVE, City University of New York and Alchemist Accelerator. You can follow his thoughts on his newsletter, Cup of Zhou. He has an inquisitive, curious and intelligent mind. We talk about his childhood, deal flow, decision making, market risk and more! I hope you all enjoy this conversation as much as I did. David Zhou: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjzhou...

Bharat is a co-founder and and principal at Amplitude Venture Capital. He has a PhD in Experimental Medicine and Masters of Science in Microbiology and Immunology from McGill University.

Josh is the CEO and cofounder of SeamlessMD, a patient engagement platform which improves patient satisfaction while reducing hospital length of stay, readmissions, and costs.. They have raised over $7.5 million and are used by various health systems including Stanford Health. He is intelligent, humble and posses incredible grit. We talk about his childhood, his journey from an interest in coding to medical school and then being a founder. We discuss ChatGPT, AI in healthcare, the future of priv...

Sam is a managing partner and co founder of Ambit Ventures (an early stage digital health venture firm), he is on the board of multiple startups. We are co-investors in SOAP health (early disease detection and diagnosis at the point of care). At the age of 53 he decided to pursue an MBA and transitioned to the private equity world before launching his fund with his cofounder. We talk about his childhood, launching a venture fund, decision making, life, what he looks for in founders and startups....

I always have a fun time speaking with Jawad Ali and it’s always a pleasure. Jawad is a practicing general surgeon, founder of Vality (a physician led consulting firm specializing in digital surgery, patient engagement and surgical devices) and founder of Austin MedTech Connect (a private community connecting founders, clinicians, investors and healthcare stakeholders). We talk about success, surgical innovation, physician burnout, medtech in Austin and goal setting. I hope you all enjoy this co...

Josh is the chief medical officer and cofounder of Figure 1, a social network and medical education platform for physicians. Figure 1 has raised $23.5 million and serves over 3 million users worldwide. Josh is also a practicing intensive care physician and the medical lead for medical assistance in dying at Scarborough General Hospital. We had a frank and honest discussion on the path from idea to execution, the future of Canadian healthcare and medical assistance in dying.

ClinicUp was my previous startup which closed down in early 2022. It was a telemedicine company which served 1100 patients, we hired 10 physicians, we got a 6 million acquisition offer then got sued and lost it all.

Amit Mehta is a General Partner at BuildersVC and an interventional radiologist. BuilderVC is a $450 million venture capital firm which invests in seed to series B across multiple industries.

Raihan is a seasoned physician-entrepreneur. He is currently the Head of Medical Affairs at Gauranteed, a hospice startup. We talked about his journey from physician to entrepreneur, how to sell into health systems, the biggest problem in healthcare, death and identity.

Amit is a founding partner at Tau Venture, an $85 million fund which invests in early stage healthcare and enterprise software startups with an AI focus. 00:00 Introduction 02:50 Future of the fund 04:15 How are you thinking about allocation? 08:15 Time to exit 09:10 Secondary market 12:15 Healthcare and profits 15:25 Value based care 18:25 One piece of advice for your past self 23:00 What tailwinds are you investing on? 28:45 AI and biotech 31:15 Will AI replace us? 40:00 What would you do if m...

00:09 Introduction 01:15 Childhood/ is entrepreneurship innate? 04:15 Can you rely on intuition when investing in startups? 07:50 Different types of communication styles 12:30 Is talking fast okay? Or do you have to talk slowly and enunciate every word? 15:15 How to test/validate your intuition and be aware of your biases? 19:00 High school/ decision to become a physician 21:25 Medical school 23:00 Meeting his wife, balancing family and work 27:30 Should you do an MBA? 30:30 Did the MBA help in ...

in this episode we talk about our investment thesis