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Health entrepreneurship

Is your women's health business venture backable?

Part 1 in our founder's guide to financing your women's health startup

Leslie Schrock, +1
Apr 15, 2025
Is your women's health business venture backable?

4 questions on the future of employer-sponsored healthcare

What is keeping employers up at night going into 2025? A conversation with Chris Michalak

Christina Farr
Mar 27, 2025
4 questions on the future of employer-sponsored healthcare

23andMe should have raised less capital

My takeaway from today’s news that the company is filing for bankruptcy

Christina Farr
Mar 24, 2025
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23andMe should have raised less capital

What happened to the digital health unicorns of 2020 to 2022?

Guest author Halle Tecco’s breakdown of how the companies valued at more than $1b at the peak are faring — TLDR, the results surprised her!

Halle Tecco
Mar 21, 2025
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What happened to the digital health unicorns of 2020 to 2022?

Why the Hinge Health IPO is so important for digital health

A few thoughts...

Christina Farr
Mar 11, 2025
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Why the Hinge Health IPO is so important for digital health

Is health-tech entering its ‘influencer’ era?

And what are the pros and cons?

Christina Farr
Feb 28, 2025
Is health-tech entering its ‘influencer’ era?

4 questions on President Trump and IVF

I caught up with Conceivable Life Sciences’ Joshua Abram to understand the political landscape and its impact on reproductive health

Christina Farr
Feb 21, 2025
4 questions on President Trump and IVF

Care delivery in all 50 states? No longer as common as it used to be

Some digital health companies are getting more targeted with their approach

Christina Farr
Feb 13, 2025
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Care delivery in all 50 states? No longer as common as it used to be

The formula for a productive investor update email

Because so many of you asked for it!

Christina Farr
Jan 2, 2025
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The formula for a productive investor update email

Some tips for raising money in 2025

Things have gotten a little better in digital health VC land, but it’s still challenging out there!

Leslie Schrock, +1
Dec 19, 2024
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Some tips for raising money in 2025

There’s about to be a lot of AI capital incineration

Health care VCs are flocking to AI - and it’s all starting to feel a lot like crypto

Christina Farr
Dec 6, 2024
There’s about to be a lot of AI capital incineration

ICHRA is gaining momentum - and if so, what does it mean for health-tech?

I teamed up with two health policy experts to explore the bull and bear case.

Christina Farr, +2
Nov 26, 2024
ICHRA is gaining momentum - and if so, what does it mean for health-tech?

What happened at Forward Health?

The company closed up shop abruptly this week.

Christina Farr
Nov 13, 2024
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What happened at Forward Health?

4 questions with Brightline's CEO on scaling behavioral health

Lessons learned after a strategy shift featuring Brightline CEO Naomi Allen and investor Alyssa Jaffee

Christina Farr
Nov 7, 2024
4 questions with Brightline's CEO on scaling behavioral health

4 questions about how to structure a board

With Tom Cassels, who’s sat on plenty of boards as an independent director

Christina Farr
Oct 30, 2024
4 questions about how to structure a board

4 questions about the future of compounding pharmacies

I’m introducing a new series to ask experts in the space tough questions about topics of the moment

Christina Farr
Oct 24, 2024
4 questions about the future of compounding pharmacies

Why digital health startups need "network effects"

Health care is a tough market, but there are invariably going to be big opportunities, according to Maveron's Jason Stoffer

Christina Farr, +1
Sep 26, 2024
Why digital  health startups need "network effects"

We're undervaluing the importance of community in digital health

Build for the needs of a community, not a single condition

Christina Farr
Sep 5, 2024
We're undervaluing the importance of community in digital health

Where we see opportunities at the intersection of fin-tech and health-tech

RCM, transparency tools, HSA/FSAs and more

Christina Farr, +1
Aug 29, 2024
Where we see opportunities at the intersection of fin-tech and health-tech

The case for the physical clinic

In this market, we're undervaluing and underestimating brick and mortar

Christina Farr, +2
Aug 15, 2024
The case for the physical clinic

In defense of the four-day work week for our doctors and nurses

Why we need a "systemic" solution to clinician burnout

Ann-Somers Hogg
Aug 5, 2024
In defense of the four-day work week for our doctors and nurses

A few unfiltered thoughts on Flo, the $1 billion period-tracking app

The valuation may seem crazy, but it's actually not...

Christina Farr
Jul 31, 2024
A few unfiltered thoughts on Flo, the $1 billion period-tracking app

This proposed bill in California could have a big impact on digital health

'This law could eliminate the friendly PC model in California as we know it'

Christina Farr
Jun 19, 2024
This proposed bill in California could have a big impact on digital health

Tis the season of the down round

Biotech is seeing a rebound, but health-tech is still in a bind

Christina Farr
Jun 11, 2024
Tis the season of the down round

There’s enormous opportunity in the $6 trillion “care economy”

But it'll take private/public sector partnership to really move the needle

Christina Farr
May 30, 2024
There’s enormous opportunity in the $6 trillion “care economy”
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