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How to Use Book Smarts to Build a Digital Health Startup: One way for life science and digital health entrepreneurs to innovate: turn landmark literature into accessible, web-based programs.

That’s what Omada Health, a San Francisco startup, has done for diabetes prevention. In a session on the future of intervention at the FutureMed conference at Singularity University in the Silicon Valley last week, the company’s co-founder and CEO Sean Duffy explained the effort.
[More]; Posted by: MedCityNews .com; on February 13, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Events
Medivo: Finding the Right Investors and Customers is Key to Business Success: Three years ago, Jason Bhan, MD, a family practitioner, went into business with a cousin—Sundeep Bhan, a serial entrepreneur—and a friend, Destry Sulkes, also an MD. The three healthcare entrepreneurs founded Medivo, which developed tools to track symptoms, explain lab results, and provide personalized health information.
[More]; Posted by: MedCityNews .com; on February 12, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Entrepreneurial Challenges
TVAX: Cancer Researcher-Turned-Startup Founder Takes DIY Approach: It’s a cancer immunologist’s dream to discover a safe and effective way to coax the body’s own immune system into waging war against invading cancer cells. Building a startup company around that finding, though, is definitely not every scientist’s forte. For Gary W. Wood, making the leap from laboratory to C-suite seemed like the next logical step.
[More]; Posted by: MedCityNews .com; on February 12, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Entrepreneurial Challenges
Lessons from a young biotech leader: A young biotech leader is sharing lessons learned about launching a startup. Read more about her take on intellectual property, funding and other topics.
[More]; Posted by: Deanna Pogorelc; on August 24, 2012; Comments (0); Category:
How to build a great startup team: Hiring a team for your startup should begin with a core team of three people and build from there. Read more about a strategy for building your team.
[More]; Posted by: Jane Levesque; on August 23, 2012; Comments (0); Category:
Venture capital deals drop for life sciences sector in second quarter: Venture capital funding declined in the second quarter for the life sciences sector. Read more about how medical device startups and biotech companies fared.
[More]; Posted by: Arundhati Parmar; on August 21, 2012; Comments (0); Category:
Understanding a venture capitalists process: Securing venture capital can be a guessing game of trying to decide whether an investment will come through or not. Read about how you can work to get a positive answer and how you can tell if the answer may be a negative one.
[More]; Posted by: Jane Levesque; on August 16, 2012; Comments (0); Category:
Medical device startups must show products economic value: Medical device startups must demonstrate a product's economic value as well as its clinical usefulness, say industry leaders. Read more about their advice for new healthcare businesses.
[More]; Posted by: Arundhati Parmar; on August 15, 2012; Comments (0); Category:
Universities get creative with technology commercialization: Universities are finding innovative ways to commercialize technology with startup incubators, partnerships and other avenues. Read more about university technology transfer.
[More]; Posted by: Deanna Pogorelc; on August 14, 2012; Comments (0); Category:
A financial model that attracts investors: Attracting life science investors and keeping their interest requires being able to show them what it costs to run your business. Read more for tips on what should be in your financial model.
[More]; Posted by: Kauffman Foundation; on August 09, 2012; Comments (0); Category: