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Jonathan Friedman in VCPOV

Nov 16, 2017

Bill Gurley on Healthcare

If you are into startups or VC, it’s likely you read and listen to anything Bill Gurley has to say (and if not, you should). Which is why I was especially excited to about his recent interview with Ezra Klein sharing some of his learnings about the messed up American healthcare…

Jonathan Friedman in VCPOV

Sep 4, 2017

Digital Health Map

As I see it, “Digital Health” is an an umbrella term that includes Health IT, mobile health, wellness, and digital…

Jonathan Friedman in VCPOV

Feb 5, 2015

Business Idea: PA for Preventative Screening

PA for Preventative Screening

Jonathan Friedman in VCPOV

Nov 10, 2014

Why Clinicans Aren’t Prescribing your mHealth Product

Jonathan Friedman in VCPOV

Nov 3, 2014

Will your mHealth idea stand out?

Assuming you’ve convinced investors how great your business is, the natural next question is always: who is the competition? In particular, how are you better than them in a way that’s meaningful and creates a defensible barrier to entry over time?

Jonathan Friedman in VCPOV

Oct 27, 2014

Can Lean Startup Work for mHealth?

In an earlier post, I spoke about strategies for coming up with winning mHealth ideas, via repurposing traditional healthcare innovation best practices for the mHealth world. Immediately after you’ve come up with an idea, in order to make sure you aren’t wasting your…

Jonathan Friedman in VCPOV

Oct 6, 2014

Building the mHealth “A Team”

When a VC evaluates a team, they start by identifying what are the CSFs (Critical Success Factors) that can make or break a business. These are the 2–3 things that, if done right while everything else is done wrong, will allow a startup to succeed, but if done wrong while…

Jonathan Friedman in VCPOV

Sep 22, 2014

Coming Up With Winning mHealth Startup Ideas

If you have experience with the healthcare system, I’m sure you have heard that “Health 2.0″ and mobile health is going to change the way healthcare is practiced and solve the cost crisis. But a lot of hype seems to be around fluffy consumer apps not…

Jonathan Friedman in VCPOV

Jul 17, 2014

Big data in health care

As a flood of data hits healthcare due to increased self measurement, next gen DNA sequencing, and utilization of digital health records, and as how can the industry and startups put this massive data set to use, and what might be in that “grey area” which FDA may regulate?

Jonathan Friedman in VCPOV

Jun 30, 2014

Digital Health Investment Thesis

The digital health field is wide, encompassing everything from traditional health IT to wearable wellness sensors, and is becoming one of the fastest growing investment areas for VCs. As a small-sized fund, we will need to focus our efforts on specific themes within the…