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Jun 6, 2017

Running Through Walls: The Doctor is Online

Following in the steps of a founder/CEO of a young company comes with a unique set of challenges, says Hill Ferguson, CEO of telemedicine provider Doctor on Demand. Succeeding a founder, as Ferguson did in mid-2016, requires appreciation for the past as…

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Dec 7, 2016

Running Through Walls: Data Driven Healthcare

Is it possible to make changes to the American healthcare system that will benefit patients, doctors, and society? It’s what Farzad Mostashari is aiming at with Aledade, the company he founded in 2014. As Mostashari explained to Venrock partner Bob…

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Oct 26, 2016

Running Through Walls: Genetic Truths, No Veneers

Anne Wojcicki’s passion for empowering consumers to take control of their healthcare goes all the way back to her days on Wall Street, as a healthcare investment analyst. When she went to medical investment meetings, “everything looked pretty —…

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Venrock in Venrock

Sep 27, 2016

Running Through Walls: Healthcare. It’s Complicated.

Changing the healthcare system with an entrepreneurial approach sounds logical — but as Blue Shield of California CEO Paul Markovich explains to Venrock’s Bob Kocher, it’s not as easy as it seems. Markovich, who’s been hooked on…

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Aug 16, 2016

Running Through Walls: Going for the Gold

Vocera’s Brent Lang has accomplished something that few CEOs have done. While taking his company public in 2012 was a major milestone, what I’m referring to is winning an Olympic gold medal in swimming at the 1988 games in Seoul, South Korea. Lang has…

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May 25, 2016

Running Through Walls: When Something Scary Happens to You

In this episode of Running Through Walls, Bryan Roberts caught up with Grand Rounds CEO and co-founder Owen Tripp, one of the first successful technology entrepreneur crossovers to the fight against complexity and confusion in…

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Nov 23, 2016

Running Through Walls: Building a Cancer Killer

“If it’s a good idea, money will find it,” says Samuel Mazin, co-founder and president of RefleXion Medical, a company that’s developing the first biology-guided radiotherapy system for cancer treatment. Mazin, who became inspired to build a…