Shot of Digital Health Therapy

A Shot of Digital Health Therapy is a meticulously unproduced podcast hosted by health tech founders Eugene Borukhovich and Jim Joyce. Born in the pandemic, therapeutic by designโ€”oh, and comedy is still included. We dive into unscripted conversations with the people shaping employer benefits, digital health moonshots, and the broader healthcare system. From real talk to ridiculous tangents, we spotlight the builders, thinkers, and occasional troublemakers moving the industry forward. We'd love to have you join us.

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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Alyssa Jaffee
In today's Season 9 kickoff episode of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, I almost got a new co-host as Jim Joyce was late for the first time ever! In another first for #TheShot, we had the pleasure of hosting an operator turned investor who is now an expecting mother - congrats Alyssa Jaffee. We got deep into the discussion very quickly though: ๐Ÿผ Giving credit to pattern recognition ๐Ÿผ Strong story telling ๐Ÿผ War on Talent ๐Ÿผ Optimism vs. Paranoia as a VC ๐Ÿผ 7wireVentures Thesis ๐Ÿผ oh and.. "No such thing as a stranger" Fun mentions as always: Jessica DaMassa Matthew Holt Michelle Davey Peter Hames Christina Farr Deena Shakir Robert Garber Lee Shapiro Glen Tullman Adam Pellegrini
41 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Amanda Marie C...
After just a few weeks break - #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy is back with the Season 8 finale. Jim Joyce and I had the pleasure kicking off 2022 with the brilliant Amanda Marie Cardinale who went from being a banker to getting her masters in neuroscience and discovering passion for health after becoming a young caregiver to her mom. Today's episode did not however have traditional #digitalhealth topics: ๐Ÿ„ #Psychedelic models of care ๐Ÿ„ Micro-dosing ๐Ÿ„ #Psilocybin therapies ๐Ÿ„ #mentalhealth crisis and the need for new therapies ๐Ÿ„ oh and...... "Be Brave"!!!! Fun mentions as always: Matthew Holt Jessica DaMassa Transcarent Glen Tullman Alexandra Drane Woven Science Founders Factory
35 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Julie Murchinson
I almost cancelled on Jim Joyce today, but the show must go on! So in this #Omnicron edition of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim and I had the pleasure of speaking with Julie Vaughan Murchinson, Partner at Transformation Capital: ๐Ÿ’ธ Oracle / Cerner Corporation deal ๐Ÿ’ธ Evolution of #HealthIT ๐Ÿ’ธ Non-sexy back-office products ๐Ÿ’ธ Value Based Care ๐Ÿ’ธ Data and Customer Loyalty ๐Ÿ’ธ oh and... Julie's advice to entrepreneurs Fun mentions as always: Matthew Holt Jason Gorevic Ankit Jain Chris Hogg Sean Lane Todd Cozzens Jared Kesselheim Michael Dixon ลŒURA Wheel SteadyMD
45 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Ankit Jain
And... we are back! Welcome to this Euronext edition of #TheShot of #digitalhealth therapy - Congrats to Jim Joyce Kieran Daly and the rest of the HealthBeacon team today on the new ticker symbol $HBCN - also Jim - cant believe you made time for this. Today, Jim and I had an amazing pleasure of having Ankit Jain on with us where we talked a lot about entrepreneurial drive and his experience at Google and beyond: ๐ŸŽฏ Grit & Courage ๐ŸŽฏ The art of story telling ๐ŸŽฏ Trust & vulnerability ๐ŸŽฏ Being plagued by the healthcare system ๐ŸŽฏ The "Aha" moment of starting Infinitus Systems, Inc. ๐ŸŽฏ oh and best advice "It takes 1 year to get 1 year experience" Fun mentions as always: CB Insights Mary Frances Usher Julie Dienes Jessica DaMassa Andrew Weinreich
37 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - John Armstrong
Really needed #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy today so Jim Joyce and I had an amazing radiation oncologist, Professor John Armstrong (who I can not find on the internet nor can link to ๐Ÿ˜‚ ) but we had an amazing discussion: ๐Ÿ‘€ Clinical Trials - the good, the bad and the ugly ๐Ÿ‘€ Virtual Clinical Trials ๐Ÿ‘€ AI in treatment design ๐Ÿ‘€ Essence of good science ๐Ÿ‘€ Translational Research ๐Ÿ‘€ oh and.... Trip to Amazon & fish farming Fun mentions as always: Jessica DaMassa Eric Topol, MD Esther Dyson Michelle Longmire AMIR KALALI, MD
40 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Charlie Hartwell
In this Thanksgiving addition of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I had the pleasure of hosting Charlie Hartwell, Managing Director of Bridge Builders Collaborative and an early investor in Happify Health Headspace Inc. Pear Therapeutics and many more... and he is the first one on #TheShot that has been through 14 different industries.. wow ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Why invest in global movements and revolutions? ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Gateway drug to higher self-consciousness? ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Current healthcare system has a "savior" model ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Music as medicine ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ FHA - Federal Healing Administration? coined here first Jim Joyce? ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ oh and.. Collaboration is how you create change Fun mentions as always: Ofer Leidner Matthew Holt (just for fun) Corey McCann Oskar Kiwic, MD Richard Hanbury
44 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Corey Dion Lewis
It's Wednesday, which means #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy day and in honor of the ongoing YourCoach.Health Global Coaching Symposium, Jim Joyce and I had the pleasure of chatting with self-described "38 year old kid that is just trying to figure it out" - Corey Dion Lewis (He/Him). Corey is a clinical #healthcoach and a fellow podcaster with a passion for The Healthy Project ๐ŸŽง What is a health coach ๐ŸŽง Primary care and health coaching ๐ŸŽง Power in silence ๐ŸŽง Love for podcasting ๐ŸŽง oh and.... Corey's advice.. Fun mentions as always: 7wireVentures Alyssa Jaffee Roberto Ascione Frontiers Health Daniel Couchman Kendall John Whyte Sara Hoverson, MS, CN, CICยฎ, NBC-HWC
29 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Acacia Parks
Happy Wednesday and Happy #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy. Speaking of Happ(ify) - Jim Joyce and I had an amazing pleasure to keep Acacia Parks jet-lagged and awake in Milan. Acacia is a psychologist by training, a professor turned Chief Science Officer at Happify Health - was lots to double-click on: ๐Ÿ˜Š Cognitive Therapy - is it for everyone? ๐Ÿ˜Š Active Ingredients in #DTx ๐Ÿ˜Š Patient churn in #DTx ๐Ÿ˜Š Hunger Games of #mentalhealth ๐Ÿ˜Š oh and an advice to scientific founders... Fun mentions as always: Ofer Leidner Tomer Ben-Kiki Chris Wasden Matthew Holt Jessica DaMassa Carlos Rodarte (aka #rDTx) Roberto Ascione Frontiers Health Brian Dolan Marina Borukhovich
38 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Aman H. Bhatti
In this first ever "Happy Birthday" edition of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I had the pleasure of celebrating it with Aman H. Bhatti, MD and this episode recording was standing in the way of joining Aman and his family for a birthday celebration right here in sunny Barcelona. We chatted: ๐ŸŽ‚ Consumer health-tech space ๐ŸŽ‚ Medical Affairs as a catch-all? ๐ŸŽ‚ OTC Switches ๐ŸŽ‚ Lego blocks and Medical Affairs ๐ŸŽ‚ Being a change agent in pharma industry ๐ŸŽ‚ oh and... 160+ publications by AliveCor Inc. WOW! Fun mentions as always: Marina Borukhovich Martin Kelly Jessica DaMassa Eric Topol, MD Anish Shindore David Albert Priya Abani
43 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Lina Behrens
Today's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy is coming to you all the way from cold and rainy Dublin, where Jim Joyce and I get to spend some quality zoom time with Lina Behrens, Managing Director at Flying Health. We only took about 42 min as all of us are physically in Dublin for HealthXL gathering so the REAL pub was waiting... ๐Ÿบ Company Building ๐Ÿบ Colombian ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด hustle ๐Ÿบ German DiGa updates ๐Ÿบ German DiPa updates ๐Ÿบ oh and a brief in German politics Fun mentions as always: Martin Kelly Jessica DaMassa Matthew Holt (actually did not mention him but had to tag) Redesign Health Missy Krasner Anish Shindore Stan Sugarman Florian Koerber Jennifer Ruffert
42 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Murray Brozinsky
In this week's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I - errrrrr.... oh wait!!!!! Noooooo - its a take over episode with none other than Jessica DaMassa from WTF Health In the aftermath of the HLTH amazing event, Jess and I sat down (sort of) with playwright and serial entrepreneur, Murray Brozinsky : ๐Ÿท Risk adjustment & Off-Broadway in the same sentence ๐Ÿท Digital Dialogues ๐Ÿท Virtual-Only Doors and Windows.. ๐Ÿท Dating vs. Marriage (Conversa Health + Amwell) ๐Ÿท oh and .. amazing advice to entrepreneurs Fun mentions as always: Roy Schoenberg MD MPH West Shell III Murray Brozinsky Ken Cahill Ali Parsa Jonathan Weiner Richard Scarfo Jody Tropeano Glen Tullman Jonathan Bush Adrian Aoun Rushika Fernandopulle
29 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Behrooz Behbod
This week on #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I got an entrepreneurial boost from just a "regular guy that cares", Behrooz Behbod, The Entrepreneur's Doctor and we discussed: ๐Ÿฅ What exactly is public health? ๐Ÿฅ How public health is like entrepreneurism ๐Ÿฅ Venture - Entrepreneur fit ๐Ÿฅ Role of the big tech giants in health care ๐Ÿฅ oh and Dr.B's advice to entrepreneurs Fun mentions as always: Martin Kelly Kristin Milburn Matthew Holt Peter Hames Gautam Gulati, MD,MBA,MPH Barry Shrier Laura Hamilton Frontiers Health
45 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Daniel Couchma...
In this Matrix addition of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I brought back Daniel Couchman Kendall as he was the main inspirer and instigator of #TheShot and he had some awesome updates on a newly launched HealthUnmuted.com. But that's not all.... Dan did some amazing legwork in helping us review the full Season 7 and shed some light on pod-fading.. (what?) Gil Bashe - https://youtu.be/F8jkkkWgVL0 Nina Sossamon-Pogue - https://youtu.be/raseDYMGl_k Laura Indolfi - https://youtu.be/roLUc2cbs2w Ana Maiques - https://youtu.be/EDw2GUSjLCY Tobias Silberzahn - https://youtu.be/x7EJsE3H-Ao Dale Beermann - https://youtu.be/TRw-zxv4ZN4 Solome Tibebu - https://youtu.be/xCW1FjeEVi8 Parisa "Risa" Vatanka, PharmD, CTTS - https://youtu.be/D8uSrAQWG9w
50 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Parisa "Risa" ...
We skipped a week but great to be back with Jim Joyce on the weekly #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy. Today, we got our energy boost from Parisa "Risa" Vatanka, PharmD, CTTS, who is a self-described "Adventure Pharmacist" and a huge #digitalhealth advocate in the pharmacist community and we discussed: ๐Ÿ’Š Why are pharmacists still counting pills? ๐Ÿ’Š Pharmacists as the most accessible healthcare provider ๐Ÿ’Š Role of community pharmacists ๐Ÿ’Š What are drug-related errors costing our healthcare system? ๐Ÿ’Š DTx and pharmacists on the front lines.. ๐Ÿ’Š oh and Risa's adventures ofcourse ... Fun mentions as always: Timothy Aungst, PharmD. Daniel Kraft, MD Lisa Suennen Jennifer Schneider, M.D., M. S. Jennifer Goldsack Jen Horonjeff - โ€œAsk Patientsโ€ Megan Coder Ritesh Patel TJ Parker Martin Kelly HealthXL
48 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Solome Tibebu
Jim Joyce and I are going strong on #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy streak ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ. Persistence is key for many things in life, and our guest this week is an amazing exemplar of that. Jim and I had the pleasure to host the soulful Solome Tibebu where we openly spoke about: ๐Ÿง  Reasons for her entry in to Behavioral Health ๐Ÿง  Conquering vs. Managing #mentalhealth ๐Ÿง  Is technology actually expanding access? ๐Ÿง  Pure tech solutions vs. Human ๐Ÿง  and.... her own advice to young entrepreneurs Fun mentions as always: Lisa Suennen Martin Kelly HealthXL Dale Beermann Hopelab Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech Glen Tullman Steve Ramsland Equip Kristina Saffran Matthew Holt Jessica DaMassa Pivotal Ventures
37 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Dale Beermann
#TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy always reminds me that its Wednesday and on this Pre-Labor-Day-Weekend episode, Jim Joyce and I got together with an amazing entrepreneur and founder of Sanvello Health (previously Pacifica): ๐Ÿงฑ #mentalhealth going through a transformation ๐Ÿงฑ "there is not other path, than through" ๐Ÿงฑ stigma and emotional challenges of founders ๐Ÿงฑ community is key !!! ๐Ÿงฑ paths to monetization and entrepreneurial choices ๐Ÿงฑ oh and... airplane cockpit syndrome Fun mentions as always: Chris Goettel Steve Seuntjens George Hadjigeorgiou Vishal Gulati Blake Dodge Headspace Inc. DayTwo Ellipsis Health
46 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Tim Juergens
On today's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I got our Wednesday boost from "German-born, European raised" pharmaceutical executive turned venture capitalist - Tim Juergens, Partner at SeedLink SL & had the pleasure to chat about: ๐ŸŽฏ Smart money investment ๐ŸŽฏ Generating health value through investments ๐ŸŽฏ The scale of pharmaceutical giants ๐ŸŽฏ Triangle of #DTx, #digitalbiomarkers & #platform businesses ๐ŸŽฏ oh and.... alter egos ๐Ÿค” Fun mentions as always: Headspace Inc. Ginger Pablo Pantaleoni Megan Jones Bell Clare Kennedy Purvis, Psy.D. Rachael Skews Rachael Charbonneau, NBC-HWC Sridhar Iyengar Glen Tullman Jessica DaMassa Pear Therapeutics
41 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Tobias Silber...
Yay! It's Wednesday and that means #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy! Jim Joyce and I scrambled but we made it on time to have a chat with Tobias Silberzahn, biochemist and immunologist turned partner at McKinsey & Company. Today we were really meticulously unproduced in our convo: ๐ŸŽฐ HIMSS and Vegas - what happens there stays there? ๐ŸŽฐ What is #digitaltransformation actually? ๐ŸŽฐ Health & Wellbeing and YourCoach.Health ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐ŸŽฐ #patientsincluded ๐ŸŽฐ To SPAC or not to SPAC ๐ŸŽฐ oh ... and Tobias getting fashion advice (hint: not from me and Jim) Fun mentions as always : Erin Brodwin STAT Kate Ryder Matthew Holt Jessica DaMassa Lucien Engelen Jen Horonjeff - โ€œAsk Patientsโ€
40 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Ana Maiques
#TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy theme today was rocket science and brains, so to help us get through this week, Jim Joyce and I had the pleasure of speaking with Ana Maiques, CEO of Neuroelectrics. In this episode we discussed: ๐Ÿง  Similarities between #spacetech & #healthtech ๐Ÿง  100B neurons & brain plasticity ๐Ÿง  Neuro-Ethics ๐Ÿง  The age of the brain ๐Ÿง  and oh.... two secrets to success for entrepreneurs overall #mindblown !! Fun mentions as always: John Hallock Glen Tullman Lisa Suennen Martin Kelly Matthew Holt Jessica DaMassa Jane Metcalfe Brent Vaughan Esther Dyson European Space Agency - ESA NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration MedRhythms, Inc.
39 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Laura Indolfi
On today's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I almost had a "I am lost without you" episode but he made it! In addition in #TheShot first - Jim speaks Italian with our fantastic guest, Laura Indolfi - who is a biomedical engineer turned CEO of PanTher Therapeutics and a TED Fellow. We spent time talking about: ๐Ÿงฌ #Cancer is a #Pandemic ๐Ÿงฌ Go big or go home approach ๐Ÿงฌ Commercializing a company thats neither a drug nor device ๐Ÿงฌ The "philosophy" of cancer treatments ๐Ÿงฌ oooh and... Laura's advice to a young biomedical engineers
42 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Nina Sossamon-...
I really needed a lesson in resilience and a motivation boost this week and looking at Jim Joyce's hair - he did as well! On today's #TheShot of #digitalhealth therapy, we got through the week with Nina Sossamon-Pogue whose career took her from being a gymnast, news anchor, health tech exec and now an amazing book writer and speaker. ๐Ÿ“ฐ scalability of #mentalhealth solutions ๐Ÿ“ฐ finding your space in the employer and carrier landscape ๐Ÿ“ฐ resilience vs. grit vs. determination ๐Ÿ“ฐ millennials in the workforce ๐Ÿ“ฐ oh and.. Nina's full COOL "Resilience" keynote just in a few minutes - a MUST SEE / HEAR
43 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Gil Bashe
#TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy day!! #TGIW - Jim Joyce and I got our shot of energy from a great & wise human being Gil Bashe today. From a combat medic, to public relations and lobbying to private equity the key for Gil has been "constantly finding purpose": ๐Ÿ™ Compassion in health care ๐Ÿ™ Leading with empathy ๐Ÿ™ Supersizing of America ๐Ÿ™ Leadership principles ๐Ÿ™ oh and... the most comprehensive #startup advice Fun mentions as always: John Nosta Ritesh Patel Angela Radcliffe Shwen Gwee Craig Lipset Joe Dustin HealthXL Martin Kelly Matthew Holt (we made fun of you) Babylon Health Mike Biselli Nick Adkins, MBA Pinksocks Life
49 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - S6 Season Finale
It's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy day AND I am in Boston so there was nothing left to do but surprise Jim Joyce and take over HealthBeacon office for this recap episode. Thanks Laura Hamilton and team for a very warm welcome. Jim and I have not done one of these recaps in a while so it was fun rewinding back 2.5 months of #digitalhealth guests. You can either watch our big takeaways from each guest or click below to see/hear the real wisdom in the OG version: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Sridhar Iyengar - https://youtu.be/9TuA5R_yoyk ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Jonah Comstock - https://youtu.be/YA-7A7GeXqA ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Fredrik Debong - https://youtu.be/7J5cifv6Qxs ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Chris Hogg - https://youtu.be/6XnytJSTLRA ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Keith Grimes - https://youtu.be/ap8MngcXIIo ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Lina Wenner - https://youtu.be/9Vi--6UkrS8 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Keeshia Muhammad - https://youtu.be/uVMyF9XfJx0 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Glen Stettin, MD - https://youtu.be/4GxsBJaDYsE ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Edward Kliphuis - https://youtu.be/RV4EoJaVdbs ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Eckhardt Weber - https://youtu.be/xYEDl6alR6Q And of-course you can listen to all of these in your favorite #podcast player https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/shot-of-digital-health-therapy
42 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Eckhardt Weber
Today's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy was sponsored by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSAgov), HHS - yes our meticulously unproduced show now has a sponsor thanks to Health Podcast Network.. now without a further adieu, Jim Joyce and I virtually hopped back over to Berlin and spoken to a lawyer turned venture capitalist Eckhardt Weber, Managing Partner at Heal Capital ๐Ÿ’ถ Eckhardt tells us a good joke! (for once its not Jim) ๐Ÿ’ถ Heal Capital thesis and portfolio pitch :) ๐Ÿ’ถ German DiGA - is there distribution at scale? ๐Ÿ’ถ Virtually Integrated Micro Providers (VIMPRO) ๐Ÿ’ถ and... Eckhardt's advice to young entrepreneurs...
47 min
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Shot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Edward Kliphuis
On this Wednesday's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I got into topics with our guest that we never thought we would, even for a meticulously unproduced show. That guest today is the brilliant Edward Kliphuis who also speculated on him starting a new amazing job at Sofinnova Partners in just a few hours from now ๐Ÿฅณ : ๐Ÿงณ Conferences are back... few like HealthXL, Frontiers Health, HLTH, EMERGE GHI ๐Ÿงณ Board structure advice ๐Ÿงณ Why Edward is bullish on science in Europe but... ๐Ÿงณ Can the Transcarent model work in Europe? ๐Ÿงณ .. what are the barriers for European startups to spread across EU ๐Ÿงณ What do oversized clothes have t do with SPACs and valuations? ๐Ÿงณ oh and.... why Ed got held up in Azerbaijan? Fun mentions as always: Edward Cox William Taranto Glen Tullman Jessica DaMassa WTF Health Lina Wenner Eddie Martucci Akili Interactive Corey McCann Pear Therapeutics Martin Kelly
46 min