Healthcare Pizza February 17, 2020
I’ve read countless articles pontificating about why digital health and healthcare startups often fail. Or at the very least, why we rarely see the break-out successes in healthcare enjoyed in the consumer tech or social media space. The realest article was written by Neal Khosla, who likely gave some founders and investors PTSD over his description of the challenges faced. Now I’ve worked in strategy for a hospital, health plan, and healthcare technology company, and still feel somewhat unprepared to offer a bulletproof opinion. However, I’ve received multiple requests to address this topic and therefore will try to give the people what they want. In reality, there are literally a million reasons why healthcare startups fail. Bad founders. Unable to...