Parhaat Angel Investing Podcastit (2024)

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James Milner, CEO of Wild Hydrogen, on Angel Insights 39:29

2M ago39:29

39:29

Join us as we speak all things Hydrogen fuel and climate-tech related with James Milner, CEO of Access portfolio company Wild Hydrogen. Learn how the hydrogen fuels industry has evolved, where it's headed, and why it's such an exciting time to be in the space.Find out more about what we do at www.syndicateroom.com Find out more about Wild Hydrogen.…

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David Hickson of Founders Factory on Angel Insights 28:44

3M ago28:44

28:44

David Hickson, part of the founding team at Founders Factory, joins us to give a bit of background on Founders Factory and why they are starting a new Pre-seed B2B SaaS programme and fund when so many others thought B2B SaaS was saturated. To find out more about the fund SyndicateRoom and Founders Factory are building please visit www.syndicateroom…

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Flosonics CEO Joe Eibl 34:34

1+ y ago34:34

34:34

Joe Eibl, the CEO and co-founder of Flosonics joins the podcast to discuss building a medical device for measuring blood flow non-invasively. The first prototype Raising that initial friends/family round Raising $20m Creating devices that actually benefit patients Publishing peer-reviewed literature Flosonics Medical -- https://flosonicsmedical.com…

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STS -- Ronak and Greg are back! 19:17

1+ y ago19:17

19:17

Ronak and Greg discuss where they've been the past week or so and what they've been up to. Throw in a couple references to Bezos, Jobs, Buffett. And hear us discuss thinking through a new startup idea and whether we will do anything about it. Join the newsletter -- thephysicianjobboard.substack.com

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Airbnb/STR Deep Dive | Tools and Resources to know about to make your life easier 34:21

1+ y ago34:21

34:21

Ronak interviews Greg on all the tools and resources he uses to get an Airbnb up and running smoothly! Using your brokerage account to your advantage -- Schwab Negotiate offers in this down market Find new ways to finance the home outside of traditional banks -- Better.com, Ally Tools to buy, store, and build furniture -- Minoan, Arnoff Price adjus…

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Angel Investing -- Beware of Fraud 13:10

1+ y ago13:10

13:10

Greg and Ronak discuss a couple recent cases of overt fraud from startups trying to pitch us for an angel investing. How to perform due diligence on cold outreach How to test a founder to make sure what they are building is real Don't forgot to trust your gut -- if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is Join the newsletter -- https://gregory…

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SEC lawsuit involving Coinbase & Binance | Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, Solana, Pepe, Dogecoin | What is crypto good for? 28:48

1+ y ago28:48

28:48

On today's episode, Greg and Ronak chat about the cryptocurrency industry with specific topics including: -What is value proposition of cryptocurrencies -Securities vs. Commodities -What makes Bitcoin different -How valuable is this space -Only invest in what you really know well

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Hippocratic AI Part 2 | Startup Founder leaves previous startup amid multiple vendor lawsuits 14:43

1+ y ago14:43

14:43

Greg and Ronak discuss the a16z and General Catalyst backed startup -- Hippocratic AI -- after a new Forbes article details the founder, Munjal Shah's past with HealthIQ and the numerous lawsuits that have emerged from vendors. Forbes Article -- https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiejennings/2023/06/12/lawsuits-allege-this-startup-ripped-off-millions-f…

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Ronak's top 5 Business Biographies 14:54

1+ y ago14:54

14:54

Jeff Bezos ( Amazon.com ) - Amazon Link Elon Musk ( Tesla and SpaceX ) - Amazon Link Steve Jobs ( Apple ) - Amazon Link Kobe Bryant ( Basketball ) - Amazon Link Michael Jordan ( Basketball ) - Amazon Link Phil Knight ( Nike ) - Amazon Link

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Homeward CEO Jennifer Scheinder, MD | Castlight -- Livongo -- Homeward | Being an EIR at General Catalyst and raising $70m | Homeward's approach to rural care 37:41

1+ y ago37:41

37:41

Dr. Jennifer Schneider joins the podcast to discuss going from hospitalist to Director at Castlight and working her way up to Chief Medical Officer. Taking Livongo public PLUS the merger with Teladoc Joining General Catalyst as an entrepreneur in residence (EIR) and joining forces to create Homeward Homeward's approach to rural healthcare -- click …

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STS | Deep Dive into Mergers & Acquisitions | How To Sell Your Startup 31:24

1+ y ago31:24

31:24

Greg and Ronak discuss M&A and how to position your startup for acquisition. Developing relationships with corp dev Using a new raise to create FOMO Are Investment Bankers worth their price? How to get the highest valuation possible Differences between acqui-hires, strategic acquisition, and revenue capture (Private Equity) Should you take cash or …

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Abridge Founder/CEO Shiv Rao, MD | Raising Capital from USV | Building an AI-native platform | Measuring Impact on Burnout/Moral Injury 40:05

1+ y ago40:05

40:05

Greg interviews Shiv Rao, MD the co-founder and CEO of Abridge, an AI clinical documentation company that is focused on making physician's more efficient and reducing burnout/moral injury. Shiv's clinical training in internal medicine and cardiology Jumping into venture capital with UPMC Origins of Abridge and why he wanted to solve this specific p…

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Apple Vision Pro -- What does it mean for medicine and medical education? 15:33

1+ y ago15:33

15:33

Greg discusses Apple's newly announced product -- Vision Pro -- which is an augmented reality headset. Watch the Apple announcement and marketing video here -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9qSaGXFyg Apple Vision Pro -- https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/ Join the newsletter -- https://gregoryhansonmdmph.substack.com/…

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Cold Sales Outreach | Tools you need to know | How to run founder-led sales | LinkedIn Sales Navigator to Cold Email Campaigns 33:06

1+ y ago33:06

33:06

Greg and Ronak discuss a subject that probably should be talked about more often -- cold outreach to potential clients. It's not always fun to do it but it needs to be done to grow that startup from idea to revenue. LinkedIn Sales Navigator Octopus -- automate LinkedIn connecting and messaging SeamlessAI -- find any contact, anywhere, anytime YesWa…

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TPS + Chartnote Founder, Dr. Gerardo Bonilla 34:22

1+ y ago34:22

34:22

Greg interviews the CEO and founder of Chartnote Bootstrapping Chartnote from 0 to 7000 users Why not raise venture capital? How ChatGPT/LLMs have changed Chartnote's product AI scribe plus a demo with a quick case of a 78F presenting with fever and cough Where does Dr. Bonilla want his startup to go? What is on the product roadmap Chartnote: https…

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Deep Dive -- Pitching VCs -- How to find them -- Writing that personalized email -- How to pitch 32:49

1+ y ago32:49

32:49

Ronak and Greg dive into another fundamental aspect of building a startup - how to actually pitch investors. Resources to find active venture capitalists and angel investors -- TechCrunch, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, Google, Twitter/other social media How to research a venture partner/associate/principal to find the right person at a firm How do you get …

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Deep Dive into Pitch Decks 51:44

1+ y ago51:44

51:44

Ronak and Greg go deeper into one of the fundamental components of building a startup -- the pitch deck. Go slide by slide to understand what needs to be in an early-stage pitch deck. Team slide -- who goes on it and what vital information do you need? Introduction -- what are you building Problem statement -- how well do you know the problem you a…

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Practical and Tactical Advice on Building a Startup from Scratch 31:13

1+ y ago31:13

31:13

Ronak and Greg discuss some of the more practical and tactical advice on how to actually validate a startup idea and take it from nothing to MVP and beyond. Validating your idea -- how to test if someone actually wants it Building out landing pages or sending out messaging for the product before it's built How to get some initial revenue traction F…

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STS -- How Physicians Can Get Involved with Startups | Chief Medical Officer | Medical Advisor | Full-Time Jobs | Consulting 34:20

1+ y ago34:20

34:20

Ronak and Greg discuss the variety of ways in which physicians can get involved with startups from pre-seed all the way through pre-IPO companies. Full-time employment Part-time/consulting Medical advisory board Board of Directors Chief Medical Officer Investing

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Kencor Health Leadership: Muthu Krishnan & Veeresh Nama | Remote Healthcare Management | Raised over $5m 38:04

1+ y ago38:04

38:04

On today's episodes Ronak chats with the leaders, Muthu and Veeresh, from Kencor Health. They discuss entrepreneurship, technology, and how remote healthcare management can be game-changing in the way hospitals operate. Kencor Health: https://www.kencorhealth.com/ Muthu Krishnan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muthu-krishnan-34968012/ Veeresh Nama: ht…

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STS | Who is the most powerful person in the world? | BlackRock | Larry Fink 37:03

1+ y ago37:03

37:03

Ronak and Greg discuss who Ronak believes to be the most powerful/influential person in the world -- Larry Fink. BlackRock -- history, what they do, what investments have they made? ETFs -- who controls those voting shares? Buffet & Berkshire vs. Fink & BlackRock -- market cap discussion Larry Fink and his estimated net worth Why Fink only owns 0.7…

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ShinyDocs CEO Jason Cassidy | Information Management Software | Raised $16m Series A 44:55

1+ y ago44:55

44:55

In today's episode, Ronak interviews the CEO of ShinyDocs, Jason Cassidy. ShinyDocs recently raised a Series A investment with First Ascent Ventures as their lead investor. This interview touches on the following questions: -Why can software companies iterate very quickly? -What is the primary product ShinyDocs offers? -How does ShinyDocs think abo…

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STS | Deep Dive into flipMD 32:08

1+ y ago32:08

32:08

Ronak interviews Greg on starting, building, and ultimately selling flipMD to GoodRx. Going from initial idea to MVP Growing and scaling M&A interest to YouTube videos on how to sell a business Selling to GoodRx https://www.physicians.vc/

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STS | JEPI + Covered Calls and Options Trading 29:45

1+ y ago29:45

29:45

Greg and Ronak discuss JEPI and the strategy of using a brokerage account to create truly, passive income. JEPI and 11.7% distribution yield Options trading -- practical information Black-Scholes Model Compounding Interest calculation How Ronak gets 30% annually from weekly options trading Black-Scholes -- https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/black…

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TPS | Newchip Accelerator Files for Chapter 11 | UnitedHealthcare Requiring Prior Auth for Surveillance and Diagnostic Colonoscopies 19:08

1+ y ago19:08

19:08

Greg does a solo news show: Newchip Accelerator, which created a different accelerator business model by requiring startups to pay them files for bankruptcy Newchip took warrants, which are now worth approximately $489m Is Newchip a scam? UnitedHealthcare announces they will be requiring prior authorization for both diagnostic and surveillance colo…

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STS | Hippocratic AI -- A Healthcare LLM Comes out of Stealth with $50m Seed Round Led By a16z and General Catalyst 30:25

1+ y ago30:25

30:25

Ronak and Greg discuss the funding announcement of a new healthcare-specific LLM company, Hippocratic AI. General Catalyst incubation $50m seed round Building propriety LLM vs. building on top of OpenAI/ChatGPT Datasets as moats in the expanding data wars General Catalyst strategy for their Health Assurance arm -- creating a network of health syste…

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STS News Roundtable | Fifth Third Bank M&A | AI in Health Systems | Define Ventures $460m digital health fund | Pharma Startup Comes out of Stealth | TikTok Health Misinformation 24:27

1+ y ago24:27

24:27

Ronak and Greg chat about the news: Fifth Third Bank Acquires Big Data Healthcare Health Systems bringing in AI to ease clinical documentation Define Ventures Raises new $460m digital health fund Nido Biosciences comes out of stealth with $109m in funding TikTok and liver disease misinformation Fifth Third -- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/…

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Angel 101: Taxes | Short-Term and Long-Term Capital Gains | QSBS | Silicon Valley 21:54

1+ y ago21:54

21:54

Ronak and Greg discuss startup taxes within the angel investing and founder worlds. Long-term Capital Gains Short-term Capital Gains Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) Puerto Rico as a tax haven? Silicon Valley and why it's the center of the startup universe https://www.physicians.vc/

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Debt | Debt-to-GDP Ratio | Debt Ceiling | Optimist vs. Pessimist 22:46

1+ y ago22:46

22:46

Ronak discusses the US national debt and the implications within the macro-economic environment. Debt-to-GDP ratio US debt grows to $31.7 trillion Debt ceiling talks Fall of the American Empire? Optimist vs. pessimist portfolio Ray Dalio's Changing World Order https://www.physicians.vc/

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TPS + The State of MedTech, Omar M. Khateeb | Physician Founders | MedTech | Digital Opinion Leaders | Venture Capital 1:04:43

1+ y ago1:04:43

1:04:43

Omar Khateeb joins the podcast to discuss the following: Omar's story: from medical school to medical device sales Physician burnout Physician founders and why they have superpowers Using social media to your advantage What is VC-backable within medtech? How do physicians become digital opinion leaders? Intuitive and other robotics companies coming…

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TPS + Daniel Wrenne (Finance for Physicians Podcast) | Financial Mistakes | Wealth Transfer | 529s | Student Loans 37:18

1+ y ago37:18

37:18

Daniel Wrenne joins the podcast to discuss physician personal finance. Common physician financial mistakes Strategies for passing off wealth to your children. 529 Plan Updates Student loan strategies Physician entrepreneurship and burnout. Daniel's LinkedIn -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwrenne/ Finance for Physicians -- https://podcasts.appl…

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STS | Apple Savings Card 4.15% | State of FinTech | Founder Authority 31:39

1+ y ago31:39

31:39

Ronak and Greg dive into the announcement that the new Apple Savings Card with 4.15% interest already has 240k users (after just 4 days) with an estimated AUM of about $1 billion. What does this mean for Apple? What does this mean for other FinTech companies and other banks? Will Apple continue to jump further into finances -- mortgages, loans, etc…

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Fees that Compound -- Transparent Fees | Management Fees | Carry | AUM 22:34

1+ y ago22:34

22:34

Fees that Compound Ronak breaks down the different types of fees you will see in your investment life From ETFs to VC/private equity/hedge funds and beyond Transparent fees, management fees, carried interest, assets under management Compounding interest calculator to see what exactly those fees do to your final retirement net worth https://www.nerd…

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STS Ep 10 | Buy, Borrow, Die | Securities Backed Lines of Credit (Pledged Asset Line) | Assets vs. Liabilities 37:35

1+ y ago37:35

37:35

STS Ep 10 Discuss the concept of Buy, Borrow, Die Why you shouldn't sell your stocks to make a purchase Step-up basis Pledged asset line -- what is it? how does it work? How Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos pay so little in taxes Rich Dad, Poor Dad -- we discuss assets vs. liabilities AirBnb/STRs -- how to view investing in STRs http://physicians.vc/ Rich …

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Personal Finance -- PCP vs. Specialist | Compounding Interest 14:52

1+ y ago14:52

14:52

Personal Finance -- PCP vs. Specialist -The Financial Argument for Primary care over Specializing -Which bank account do you use? -Personal Finance can have an outstanding impact on life Physician Salaries: https://www.kaptest.com/study/mcat/doctor-salaries-by-specialty/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Medscape%20Physician,%24260%2C000%2C%20while%20…

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STS Ep 9 | First Republic Collapse | Interest rates | Portfolio Diversification | 10x in 10 years 26:30

1+ y ago26:30

26:30

STS Ep 9 -- Greg and Ronak discuss a variety of current topics. First Republic Bank Collapses -- JP Morgan takes over Should you use a regional bank? Fed meeting -- where will interest rates go Given interest rates, how do you allocate resources Ronak shares his rule for non-S&P500 investing http://physicians.vc/…

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CrowdHealth CEO, Andy Schoonover | Raised $12m | Taking on UnitedHealthcare | Bitcoin 35:57

1+ y ago35:57

35:57

CrowdHealth CEO, Sndy Schoonover joins the podcast discuss his own journey and why he wanted to build CrowdHealth. Andy's journey into healthcare Why CrowdHealth? Raised $12m from venture investors UnitedHealthcare Bitcoin -- why Andy believes Bitcoin is worthwhile LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-schoonover-6261557/ CrowdHealth: https://…

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Balance Sheet Breakdown -- Microsoft 30:24

1+ y ago30:24

30:24

Balance Sheet Breakdown -- Ronak breaks down Microsoft's balance sheet with Greg asking a lot of questions. In-depth discussion on how to read a balance sheet part 1 Assets Cash and cash equivalents Short-term investments Inventories Property and equipment Operating lease Equity investments Goodwill https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings…

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STS Ep 8 | A Response to JAMA Internal Medicine Study -- Physicians vs. ChatGPT 13:39

1+ y ago13:39

13:39

STS Ep 8 -- Reaction to "Comparing Physician and Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Responses to Patient Questions Posted to a Public Social Media Forum" Ronak and Greg discuss the results from a JAMA Internal Medicine study that looked at the quality and overall empathy of responses between physicians and chatGPT in responding to patient questions. 1…

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STS Ep 7 -- Apple Jumping further into Digital Health + HealthGPT 30:03

1+ y ago30:03

30:03

STS Ep 7 Apple health data Apple Quartz Initiative Remote Patient Monitoring HealthGPT coming out of Stanford Query your own data Apple Quartz Bloomberg Article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-25/apple-aapl-developing-ai-health-coaching-service-ipados-17-health-app TechCrunch Article: https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/25/apple-is-repo…

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OpenLoop Co-founder & CEO Dr. Jon Lensing | Startup Building as a Physician | Raising $23m Series A 32:00

1+ y ago32:00

32:00

OpenLoop Co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jon Lensing joins the podcast to discuss his medical career, educational background, and entrepreneurial endeavors. Building a company within the drone space Joining early-stage ag-tech startup Going to medical school and ultimately matching within Plastic Surgery Leaving residency during his intern year to focus fu…

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TPS + Blake Madden, Founder, Hospitalogy Newsletter -- Touching on AI in Medicine 27:20

1+ y ago27:20

27:20

TPS + Blake Madden Blake's career from healthcare consulting/strategy to writing Joining WorkWeek as a creator and growing his newsletter to 22k readers in a year! Ambient listening technology -- Nuance vs. Augmedix and others Microsofts moves into healthcare -- Epic and Nuance Healthcare training data Who owns that training data? Startup investing…

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TPS CEO Interview -- Traci Keen -- Mate Fertility 25:54

1+ y ago25:54

25:54

Founder Interview #1 Discuss Traci's background in financial analysis before joining Mate as their Head of Finance How she went from Head of Finance to CEO Mate's business model and value prop for both patients and physicians Scaling clinics to reach rural and underserved areas Reaction from REIs in the field and how up-skilling OB/GYNs creates a u…

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Angel 101: Climate Change Investing + The Growing TAM 9:35

1+ y ago9:35

9:35

Climate Change -- Ronak discusses the changing face of climate change technology investing from 2019 through today. Hear how valuations are evolving and how much capital is pouring into the space. McKinsey Article -- https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/sustainability/our-insights/climate-investing-continuing-breakout-growth-through-uncertain-time…

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Angel 101: Accredited Investor Status + Dilution Examples + Venture Dynamics + Surprise Teaser 22:26

1+ y ago22:26

22:26

Angel 101: Accredited Investor Status What is the definition? Will it be changing? Why invest into private companies? The difference between going public today and going public 25 years ago. Venture-founder relationships and alignment Surprise announcement/tease related to the TPS podcast Founder Equity at IPO -- https://priceonomics.com/how-much-e…

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Angel 101: Revesting and Other Founder Unfriendly Financing Terms 28:19

1+ y ago28:19

28:19

Angel 101 Ronak and Greg discuss some of the founder unfriendly financing terms that are beginning to pop up in equity financing rounds now that it is no longer a founder focused capital raising environment. Revesting Common vs. preferred stock vs. venture debt Liquidation preference Warrants http://physicians.vc/…

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STS Ep 6 -- Microsoft, Nuance, and Ambient Listening Technology | Will Epic be Acquired? 19:54

1+ y ago19:54

19:54

STS Ep 6 -- Microsoft and their plans for AI within healthcare We discuss the Nuance announcement of the new DAX Express using ChatGPT 4 to transcribe and automate patient notes Will Microsoft stop at just ambient listening? Product velocity and what it means for companies big and small Hot take alert -- Greg makes multiple predictions of how Micro…

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STS Ep 5 -- The PayPal Mafia 26:25

1+ y ago26:25

26:25

STS Ep 5 -- The PayPal Mafia Hear about the founders of X.com and Confinity Merger to make PayPal IPO and subsequent sale to Ebay after the Dotcom crash Companies and Venture Funds that the PayPal Mafia land at YouTube, Reddit, Affirm, Tesla, SpaceX, Founders Fund, Craft Ventures, LinkedIn, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, and so much more http://physici…

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Angel 101: History of Silicon Valley + Sequoia Capital & An Epic Announcement from HIMSS 40:54

1+ y ago40:54

40:54

Angel 101 Update to how AI will change medicine -- Epic announces partnership with Microsoft and OpenAI What are the ramifications of this partnership and what will the future of EHRs look like? Delve into the history of Silicon Valley with a look into one of the top venture capital firms -- Sequoia Capital and their major wins and one big mistake …

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STS Ep 4 -- All Things AI - How will AI affect medicine? 44:14

1+ y ago44:14

44:14

STS Ep 4 -- All Things AI Learn how the world has changed since the introduction of ChatGPT from OpenAI. How does this new technology change medicine? Will AI replace MD/DOs? Should you invest in AI companies? OpenAI - https://openai.com/ YCombinator Company List - https://www.ycombinator.com/companies The Physician Syndicate -- http://physicians.v…

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