Startups are complex ventures. They require technical solutions, research, innovation, and teamwork. Yet pitching a compelling vision only becomes a business when there is money behind it. While self-financing options such as personal loans or bootstrapping the business are available, they place the entire financial risk on the founder. For this reason, most entrepreneurs seek external […]
In healthcare, much of the conversation centers around what happens after people get sick: treatments, surgeries, hospitalizations, and expensive medications. But the most cost-effective and humane approach to improving health is often the one that gets the least attention and the least funding: prevention. Preventive care is not glamorous. It doesn’t generate headline-grabbing breakthroughs […]
Few aspects of the American healthcare system provoke more frustration than prescription drug pricing. When patients skip doses of insulin to save money or pay $500 for a medication that costs a fraction overseas, it raises a fundamental question: how can something essential be so unaffordable in one of the richest countries in the world? […]