Mental & Behavioral Health Startup Library by Hopelab
Founders have it hard. We know.
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2 min readNov 27, 2019
The mental and behavioral health space, in particular, is difficult to navigate with the ambiguous pathways to proving real outcomes, the empathy required to design an effective solution, and the relative novelty and mounting importance of innovation in this area.
This is why we’ve decided to curate this resource, so no founder is without a paddle when they row into the ocean. We hope that this resource helps you as you begin your journey in this space.
- An Overview of the Mental Health Ecosystem Hint: It’s primed for innovation
- A Look to the Future
So, You Want to Build a Mental Health Startup?
- Every Great Business Is Grounded in a Hypothesis How to develop yours
- Develop a Plan Forward Because every entrepreneur needs one
Designing Your Product
Testing Your Product
- Evidence is Key in Digital Health Randomized trials are burdensome, but as Nike says: just do it
- Generating Evidence in Digital Health From the perspective of four digital health startups
Identifying Your Customers
- Who Should Your Customer Be? Why B2B could be attractive
- Get To Know the Next Generation And how to market to them
Choosing Your Business Model
- The Social Entrepreneur’s Dilemma Should your business be a non-profit?
Scaling Your Business
- Going from Hypothesis to Scale Because you are a startup after all
Before You Leap, Learn From Where Others Have Stumbled
And, Remember: Your Mental Health is Important Too
- We Don’t Talk About Founder Mental Health Enough We need to talk about it more
- Three Startup Founders on Mental Health
Other Things To Have On Your Radar
- VCs Investing in Digital Health
- Organizations You Should Know
- Additional Recommendations for Your Reading List
These organizations are looking for great new companies now:
This resource guide was originally posted on Hopelab.org.
