We’re Crashing #JPM20 😬
Next week, Radical Health will be in San Francisco for the 38th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Investor Conference.
Correction: We’ll be in San Francisco without tickets for #JPM20, with the intention of replicating, exactly, the plot of a well-known film starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
The film, Wedding Crashers, features two entitled white guys who…crash a wedding. And that’s exactly what we’re going to do. Except we’re going to be the Bronx-based health startup that crashes the largest healthcare investor conference in the world. Wearing Radical Health t-shirts.
#CrashingJPM20
There are people who go to #JPM20, as it’s known, and they know the game, they know how it’s played, they can show up and do the happy hours, and they don’t even feel weird about it, in the slightest. Then, there are people who have never been invited and are watching on LinkedIn or Twitter with major FOMO.
And then, there are people who feel that this is not for them (think of the tiny fraction of healthtech investor funding that goes to women of color), and so, they just don’t engage. I think I’ve fallen into that bucket, more often than not, in the past.
Early on, I wanted to be there, but because of the way the game is set up, I wasn’t invited. (*I still wasn’t invited this year, as it happens 🤣). #CrashingJPM20
I don’t need to be in the conference hall listening to the presentations. But I do want to talk to people who are going to be there, who also haven’t necessarily felt like they belonged there, in the past. The people who have felt like impostors. The other people, like me, who are also #CrashingJPM20
(Plus, we all know the best part of these conferences is connecting with people who live in the same city or who you know on twitter, but never get to see. 🤷🏾♀️)
In true #CrashingJPM20 fashion, I’ll be staying across the bay in Oakland, because HELLO downtown SF hotel prices plus #bootstrap startup life. 👋🏾
We’re going to #JPM20, because we deserve to be there, and if we’re looking at the future of health and health tech, there needs to be representation, and all communities need to be considered. Repeat after me: You can’t talk about the future of health if there aren’t black, brown, and other underrepresented people there. 💁🏾♀️
So: we got together with our good friends and are planning a fancy salon gathering for BIPOC women in health on January 14th. #CrashingJPM20
If you’ll be in SF and want to come, RSVP here.
If you’re like us and want to kick it with the cool kids 😎drop the hashtag #CrashingJPM20 and we’ll search for you. You can also join our whatsapp group where we’ll share all the RSVPs we’re crashing.
You can also catch us at these events our good friends are hosting (just don’t say I told you to crash) 😜
- The Future Of Medicaid Innovation Forum 2020 hosted by: Health Tech 4 Medicaid
- Open Innovation in Health hosted by: Humble Ventures, Mount Sinai Innovation, and Ogilvy Consulting
We want to talk with you, we also want to build with you. Ideally, we’d leave the conference with a check. 🤑 But it doesn’t need to be an investment check. It could be a partnership or enriching conversation that doesn’t leave us feeling terrible.🤩
It could be that #CrashingJPM20 is far more collaborative and inclusive than the legit conference. If that’s the case, then we’re #winning.
Drop us a line, schedule some time to chat with us, tweet using the hashtag #CrashingJPM20, and we can’t wait to see you there.
