We’ve all heard the myths: take a cold shower, take an aspirin before bed, drink a cup of black coffee, but hangovers are stubborn and these “quick fixes” create false hope that ultimately ends in a pounding headache and a day spent recovering in bed. While it may seem that all hope for the ultimate […]
Healthcare
This LA Startup Just Raised Another $25M for its Vitamin Subscription Service for Women
Despite a move towards personalization in almost everything in our lives, the vitamin industry has traditionally offered a few generic solutions that often do not address the needs of women. Operating in a highly competitive market, most vitamin companies are also unable to clearly distinguish themselves in the crowded pack with very little brand affinity. […]
These 9 Digital Health Startups Hit the Stage at Cedars-Sinai Accelerator’s Demo Day
6 Steps to Successfully Selling to the Healthcare Industry
In selling to C-Suite executives in the healthcare industry it’s important that you’re calling on the relevant executive for your sales opportunity. The first thing salespeople need to do is “sit on the other side of the desk” and view their sales opportunity from the perspective of the client executive. To start, think about the […]
Where We Are Investing Now: Biosciences
Health is a remarkable area for early-stage investment. It shows more activity, more exits, more corporate involvement, and more overall value over the past five years than any other segment. However, it is also an extremely crowded area; the number of active health investors has more than doubled to more than 1500. There has also […]
Where We Are Investing Now: Neuroscience
Humans, like computers, are both hardware and software. Human hardware consists of cells, bones, blood, all the physical stuff that comprises our bodies and their many systems. Human software is psychology, mood – the world of our mind and emotions, as opposed to simply our brains. In terms of technology, humans-as-hardware solutions include advances in […]
New Brain Computer Interfaces Lead Many To Ask, Is Black Mirror Real?
A look at the implications of technology on human behavior.
PatientPop is a Health Care Providers Dream Come True
Running a medical practice is not easy. Often, the practice of medicine conflicts with the business of medicine. Some factors like increased paperwork, changing regulations, and billing complications all create headaches. Managing these administrative tasks can leave very little time to grow and optimize a medical practice. PatientPop, has built a specific end-to-end marketing and growth […]
kNew Health is The Digital Health Coach That You Need
When making a decision about healthcare people think in a binary fashion; do I call the doctor or do I not call the doctor? Rather than subscribing to this obsolete way of thinking it is time to think about kNew Health – the health network, health coaching platform, and digital health record solution that addresses your […]
This LA Startup Raised $5M to Personalize Your Vitamin Intake
If you check out the multi-vitamin selection at your nearest pharmacy you’ll notice very little selection. If you want a multi-vitamin tailored to your specific body concerns you are out of luck…until now. HUM Nutrition, thanks to their ultra specific formula, provides custom-made vitamins made to keep your skin body feeling fresh. Affecting mind, body […]
Brain Surgery, The Robot Efficacy Test?
The internet hummed last week with reports that “Humans Still Make Better Surgeons Than Robots.” Stanford University Medical Center set off the tweetstorm with its seemingly scathing report on robotic surgery. When reading the research of 24,000 patients with kidney cancer, I concluded that the problem lied with the humans overcharging patients versus any technology flaw. In […]