Forbes December 30, 2024
The year 2024 saw a lot of brand name digital health and healthcare services companies stumble and fail.
And, yet, healthcare continues to be an area of intensive focus and investment.
As the year comes to a close, I share some thoughts on the highly competitive world of healthcare entrepreneurship that in 2024 strangely resembled the acclaimed Netflix Series Squid Game.
1) The Power Of Patience And Persistence
Almost anything worth doing in healthcare is hard and will take twice as long as you think it will when you set out to do it. It is easy for a startup or first-time founder to under-estimate the power of incumbency; the massive friction generated by government and para-government regulation; and the...