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Going deep with founders on how they went 0 to 1 in health and wellness. Each episode we chat with an innovative founder in health and wellness, going deep on how they *actually* got their company off the ground, what they learned, and where they struggled.

09/14/2021

Spencer Hutchins - Concert Health - Episode 10

We're joined by Spencer Hutchins, co-founder and CEO of Concert Health. Concert Health provides exceptional behavioral health services for primary care practices. Hear the creative ways Spencer has used to find startup ideas in healthcare, how he validates those ideas extremely quickly, and how to align incentives and sell into independent providers and health systems.

1h 28m
08/31/2021

Lisa McLaughlin - Workit Health - Episode 9

Today we're joined by Lisa McLaughlin, co-founder and co-CEO at Workit Health. Workit Health is on a mission to change the way addiction is treated in America. We talk with Lisa about how the business got started with perfect founder-problem fit, being ostracized by their initial community as they shifted to harm reduction services, and what it's like to have two co-CEOs at a startup.

1h 1m
08/24/2021

Episode 8 - Nate Maslak (Co-founder and CEO, Ribbon Health)

Thanks for tuning into From Nothing, where we go deep on how healthcare founders actually got started. I'm Patrick Haig, and today my co-host, Ian Sefferman, and I are joined by Nate Maslak, co-founder and CEO of Ribbon Health. Ribbon is on a mission to use data to power every care decision to be convenient, cost-effective, and high-quality. Today we talk about how Nate's career and personal experiences set up him to start Ribbon, how he and his co-founder Nate Fox weaved their way from a consumer-facing product, landing their first customers during YC, to a b2b company, fundraising from investors who truly believe vs. trying to persuade, how he lucked into his first health plan customer, and more. If you like startup rides, this is great startup ride. We hope you enjoy the conversation.

49 min
08/03/2021

Dr. Ryan Grant (Co-founder and CEO, Vori Health)

Thanks for tuning into From Nothing, where we go deep on how healthcare founders actually went 0 to 1. I'm Patrick Haig, and today my co-host, Ian Sefferman, and I are joined by Dr. Ryan Grant, co-founder and CEO of Vori Health. Ryan is on a mission to re-humanize medicine, starting with musculoskeletal issues, and has raised $50M from well-known investors like NEA, AlleyCorp, and Max Ventures to get it done. Today we talk about Ryan's path to Vori, the philosophy and the surprising stats that drive him, like how 40% of people who have surgeries for back pain simply don't get better, why he chose MSK as his wedge, how he transitioned from a practicing physician to running a startup, how he got his first customers through building champions, and more. When we hear about big visions, this is a big vision. We hope you enjoy the conversation.

1h 4m
07/26/2021

Sina Chehrazi (Co-founder and CEO, Nayya)

We're joined by Sina Chehrazi, Co-founder and CEO at Nayya. Nayya takes the guesswork out of choosing and using your employee benefits. Nayya was founded in the fall of 2019 and, in a period of 364 days between 2020 and 2021, Nayya raised $50.7m across 3 rounds. We talk with Sina about how and why he raised that capital, how in the earliest days of the company, your vision and deck should change meaningfully every single day, and how he hopes everyone at Nayya becomes the CEO of something.

42 min
07/13/2021

Episode 5 - Amy Mezulis (Co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer, Joon)

Today, we talk with Dr. Amy Mezulis, co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer at Joon, an evidence-based teletherapy service for teens and young adults. We discuss how she and her co-founder, Josh Herst, met and got started, the dynamics that drove mental health to the forefront during COVID for teens and young adults, how they scoped their product at launch and got their first patients, balancing business and clinical needs, and more. We hope you learn as much as we did from our conversation.

49 min
06/03/2021

Episode 3 - Molly Moore (Co-founder and Chief Health Plan Officer, Decent)

Thanks for tuning into From Nothing, where we hear from proven health and wellness founders on how they actually got started. On this episode, we speak with Molly Moore, co-founder and Chief Health Plan Officer for Decent. Decent has raised $18M from notable investors like Menlo Ventures, Foundation Capital, and QED and is on a mission to provide affordable health insurance for all. We recently spoke with Nick Soman, co-founder and CEO of Decent, where he credited Molly as being the brains behind the operation. We talk about her path through healthcare, how she made the jump to startups through her work with a corporate venture arm, how to find more people like her who know the system, but want to burn it down, and the difficulties of designing a health plan from scratch.

1h 1m
06/03/2021

Episode 4 - Susan Conover (Co-founder and CEO, LuminDx)

We're joined by Susan Conover, co-founder and CEO of LuminDx. LuminDx helps primary care physicians better address skin conditions through AI and ML. We chat with Susan about a broad range of topics, from non-dilutive grant funding to how to find data to train your models to working within FDA regulations and approval requirements. From Nothing is the show that goes deep with proven health and wellness founders to find out what it really took to go from 0 to 1 in the slow-moving, highly-regulated, and massive health and wellness market.

53 min
06/01/2021

Nick Soman (Co-founder and CEO, Decent) - Episode 2

On this episode, we speak with Nick Soman, co-founder and CEO at Decent. Decent has raised $18M from notable investors like Menlo Ventures, Foundation Capital, and QED and is on a mission to provide affordable health insurance for all. Today we talk about playing ball with regulations from the outset, being a missionary, not a mercenary, when it comes to transforming healthcare, following and fixing incentives, Decent's latest creative move to get affordable health insurance out in the world, hiring teams of people to help fill your blind spots, and, as a tech person, not looking like a jackass in healthcare.

1h 1m
06/01/2021

Episode 1 - Ben Grynol (Head of Growth, Levels Health)

We're joined by Ben Grynol, Head of Growth at Levels Health. Levels is a metabolic health company that tracks your blood glucose in real time, so you can maximize your diet and exercise. Ben walks us through the history of the company and how it went from 0 to 1 in a complex and regulated healthcare space.

1h 4m

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Going deep with founders on how they went 0 to 1 in health and wellness. Each episode we chat with an innovative founder in health and wellness, going deep on how they *actually* got their company off the ground, what they learned, and where they struggled.

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