PatientFi just celebrated its 5-year anniversary. And while we have venture backing today, in the beginning, we used a mostly bootstrapped approach: keeping our personnel lean,...

At this point, the recession we’ve all been worried about seems inevitable. Inflation has been climbing since September 2021, jumping from 5.25% to 8.28% during that period—the highest...

Last year’s biotech IPOs aren’t exactly going as planned.  111 biotech companies went public last year, representing more than $15 billion in cumulative stock. Of those, only...

The more money people make, the fewer kids they have. Shocking statistics released earlier this year showed that the U.S. birth rate was highest in families with...

Consumers don’t like large cash payments.  In a time where streaming platforms, food delivery apps, at-home exercise bikes, and more offer monthly subscriptions, we’ve all fallen...

All too often, I hear friends and colleagues say they can only afford to focus on one thing at a time. Many people say their career...

Consider a relay race. For each team, four runners run 100-meter legs. If one team’s runners each take 10 seconds to run their leg of the...

Providing a product is not enough. You need to enable your customers to master it. Google’s Adwords certification was a game-changer for advertising careers. Why? Because...

GE Healthcare is making a big bet on outpatient care.  The legacy company has confirmed a partnership with healthtech operation Medtronic aimed at facilitating the shift...

Before the Roman Empire, there was the Roman Republic. And up until about the third century B.C., the Roman Republic was a fairly egalitarian place. The...

Which would you prefer: a handful of big-check investors or an army of small-check investors? Depending on your circumstances, you may not have a choice. In...

Inflation is as bad as it’s been since the early 80s. It’s not hard to see why. The pandemic caused major supply chain challenges as countries all...

Entrepreneurship can be an amazing vehicle for inner work. Being an entrepreneur means bringing something into the world—something that’s an expression of who you are. As...

From startups to giants, medtech manufacturers are outsourcing like crazy.  Before the ’08 financial crisis, medical device R&D spending averaged 15.5% of the top manufacturers’ annual...

Ever since Lawtrades took off, I’ve been sharing our deepest secrets.  That is, I’ve been tweeting the following four metrics on a monthly (sometimes quarterly) basis:...

The pandemic put major pressure on the healthcare industry. For the patients of tomorrow, that’s a good thing. Much of the pressure stemmed from the most...

Too often, coaches and therapists (CTs) open sessions by asking, “How was your week?” That question doesn’t set you up for the real work of coaching/therapy....

A lot of founders start companies because of problems they experience firsthand.  For example, a mechanical engineer was tired of dealing with leaky hotel plumbing and...

We don’t often see economic shifts like the ones we’ve had in early 2022. Throughout the pandemic, the Fed kept interest rates near zero, so liquidity...

Life may be a marathon, but innovation is a never-ending series of sprints.  As 2022 progresses, companies are sprinting into a much-changed, ever-changing world. Web3, NFTs,...