by David Shifrin | May 31, 2017 | News Digest
A scientist walks into a healthcare company… In case it’s not clear by my bio and the material I choose to cover here on Healthy Optimism, I like the life sciences. I’m, um, not actually a healthcare guy. I mean, it’s headed that direction but my background is basic...
by David Shifrin | May 31, 2017 | Entrepreneurship
by Partha Unnava | CEO, Better Walk Inc. | Forbes 30U30 2015 As the CEO of a venture-backed medical device company, I’ve seen firsthand the tremendous amount of buy-in necessary to bring a new product to market. There’s a flippancy that many outsiders approach...
by David Shifrin | May 17, 2017 | Health Tech, News Digest
Soooo…bad week for the UK and National Health Service, huh? Appointments cancelled, imaging systems shut down, repairs that could take weeks. Yay ransomware. It used to be a handful of dudes wearing bandanas and carrying shotguns, jumping from behind rocks to hold up...
by David Shifrin | May 3, 2017 | News Digest
I’ll see your $1.7 billion and raise you $3.7 billion I once heard about a budget problem at a huge organization where some accountant forgot to include a minus sign in a spreadsheet somewhere. The error propagated from budget to budget over the course of years, until...
by David Shifrin | May 1, 2017 | Entrepreneurship, Health Tech
by Dan Reus | Creative strategist and founder of @OpenlyDisruptiv. Instigator of #IdeaFlow – connecting people and moving ideas to where they can make a difference. I’m an innovator, a systems thinker, a convener of like-minded people, and over my lifetime, I...
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