Each year, one courageous startup takes to the podium at the Ohio Venture Association’s annual summit to pitch the business to three investors and dozens of others watching from the crowd. It’s part of a fantastic, interactive panel that’s meant to give the entrepreneurs on stage and in the audience insight into what investors are […]
You couldn’t throw a free beer coozie at SXSW this year without hitting a pitch contest. The main SXSW accelerator had two days of pitches and six tracks, including one for wearables and one for healthcare. There was a pitch competition Sunday sponsored by Silicon Hills News, ATI, and Central Texas Angel Network and another […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
This week I’ve been bouncing around entrepreneurship events in Ohio, listening to startup founders and investors talk about the challenges they’re facing in growing startups in Ohio and elsewhere right now. The Series A crunch, a lack of support from local and state governments, and a lack of educational resources all came up as prominent […]
Debt isn’t always a dirty word in the world of startups. Yesterday I heard John Hoesley from Silicon Valley Bank give a brief presentation on venture debt as a funding mechanism for startups at a capital connections event hosted by BioOhio. He mentioned that SVB has seen an uptick in its venture debt business over […]
During a Stanford MedX Live panel on healthcare entrepreneurship Tuesday night, someone on Twitter posed an important question: How can we better incorporate the patient’s voice into the development of healthcare IT? Adrian James is co-founder of Omada Health, a venture-backed digital health company that designed a 16-week diabetes prevention program to help at-risk people […]
The health industry has seen its share of mind-blowing crowdfunding campaigns — Pebble and the Scanadu Scout, for example. But the reality is that most campaigns don’t fare quite as well. According to Kickstarter’s stats, only 44 percent of campaigns on the platform reach their goal, and one in 10 projects never gets a single […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
A great majority of patients with chronic diseases would accept mobile app prescriptions from their physicians, according to a survey of 2,000 patients released last summer. Yet physicians for the most part haven’t adopted the practice — for a number of reasons. In a new interview with ACONews, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ managing director of healthcare strategy and […]
Brian Reid knows how to have fun when conferences get boring. Inspired by JP Morgan 2014, he created a drinking game and invited his Twitter followers to go ice skating with him.
This has been a rough year for medtech companies, with the device tax, the venture capital drying up and biotech flaunting its IPO muscles just for show. But, there have been many bright spots, often in the form of acquisitions, innovation and even just plain old humor. Here are the most quotable quotes from medtech’s […]
Have a New Year’s resolution that involves taking up a new skill, expanding your knowledge in a particular subject or finally turning that idea into a startup? This might be a good place to start. Coursera, the massive open online course startup that’s raised $63 million and has more than 5 million students, has several […]
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
We have the sharks for an all healthcare Shark Tank, now we need the startups. Although someone pointed out on Twitter that Vinod Khosla should be in this group, and it’s true, he should be. So with that addition, what entrepreneurs should be pitching to this group on Friday night? Deanna, Stephanie, Amanda and I […]
At the Idea Fest this fall, Roger Newton, founder of Esperion Therapeutics started his talk by thanking his mentors. He started in college with the person who taught him bench science and named individuals who have helped him during his entire career. Thanking people is often reserved for the end – of a book or […]
Shark Tank had the power of celebrity to convince viewers that they should care about venture capitalists and startup pitches. It will take a smart social media campaign or a crowdfunded super star (know any?) to get people to watch RealityCrowdTV. The idea of getting friends, relatives and strangers to give you money to launch […]
#startup start practising for coolest piching ever, like I do every morning http://t.co/GEqUpKMJ4O #pitchfestoulu pic.twitter.com/vaFdy9thB1 — Tero Ojanpera (@TeroOjanpera) December 6, 2013 Need to sharpen your pitch and get rid of the fluff? Plan a trip to Oulu, the capital of Northern Scandinavia in Northern Finland for Feb 7, 2014. Promoting your startup at […]
I am late to the party but it’s official. I love Shark Tank. My favorite pitch so far has been the farmer with the tree guard for young trees. Johnny George’s Tree T Pee is a real product: it serves a purpose and it saves money for businesses. The negotiations were interesting last week, but […]