Learning with Rishad

By Rishad Usmani

I’m an artist, physician, angel investor and entrepreneur. On this podcast I talk with investors and founders in the healthcare space.

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Learning with Rishad episodes:

August 07, 2023 Finding purpose as a physician, artist, investor and entrepreneur.
Key takeaways: Selling a product or interviewing for a job isn’t about you, its about the customer, the user and the company respectively. Identify the world as it is, recognize the incentives and levers in place. After doing this, the path you should follow will be easier to pick. The easiest way to build a product is to build something for your past self. Books mentioned: Good to great by Jim Collins: https://a.co/d/8JGAoUx Naval Ravikants Almanac: https://a.co/d/ijoCcEv Rishad Usmani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishadusmani/ HealthTech Investors: https://www.healthtechinvestors.com/
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22min
July 31, 2023 Profitability in Healthcare: Akhilesh Pathipati - MVM Partners
I am grateful for Akhilesh Pathipati, MD, MBA to share his journey, experience and knowledge! We talk about: 1. His journey in venture capital 2. AI in Healthcare 3. Profitability in Healthcare 4. Health system design 5. Future of medical education 6. His investment criteria 7. And more! Akhilesh Pathipati: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akhileshpathipati/ MVM: https://mvm.com/ Rishad Usmani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishadusmani/ HealthTech Investors: https://www.healthtechinvestors.com/
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1h 11min
July 06, 2023A pharmacists journey into startups - Zain Syed: Digital Thoughts
Zain is someone I have known and become friends with over the past year. I am a big fan of his progress so far and can't wait to continue following his journey. It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak with him about his journey into healthcare startups. We talk about:
Humility
Healthcare EMR's
Clinician Entrepreneurship
Clinical Trials in Oncology
Will AI replace clinicians?
The future of clinical notes
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57min
June 29, 2023 How to scale a startup - Owen Willis of Opal Ventures
Owen Willis is the Founder and General Partner at Opal Ventures. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer at Osmosis and Program Partner at On Deck. We talk about: Introduction and childhood Gender and Race Teaching as a profession Can humility be taught How to hire and onboard How to build a team and scale a startup Solo vs team work Is early stage investing a game of picking or making winners? How to identify the laggers in your investment portfolio Success, failures and market tailwinds Investing in healthcare startups Profitability in healthcare Future of training in healthcare Introspection, philosophy and reflection Owen Willis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnowenwillis/ Opal Ventures: https://www.opalventures.com/ Rishad Usmani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishadusmani/ HealthTech Investors: https://www.healthtechinvestors.com/
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1h 19min
June 14, 2023From Physician To Venture Capitalist: Saumitra Thakur (MedMountain Ventures) and Amit Mehta (Builders VC)
It was amazing to have both Saumitra Thakur and Amit Mehta, MD join me for this webinar. Both have been an inspiration for myself in finding my path. I am incredibly thankful for:
Saumitra for sharing his frameworks and schema's on venture capital and life.
Amit for sharing his journey, learnings, mistakes and advice for breaking intro venture.
We talk about:
Different paths to running a venture capital firm
How physicians can get involved in venture capital
Should physicians pursue and MBA
Value of your network and track record
Generative AI in healthcare
Diagnostic testing in psychiatry
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1h 29min
June 09, 2023 A physician's journey to reducing medical errors: Steve Charlap - SOAP Health
Steve is a physician and founder of SOAP health. Steve Charlap: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-charlap-md-mba-8911906/ SOAP Health: https://soap.health/ Rishad Usmani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishadusmani/ HealthTech Investors: https://www.healthtechinvestors.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Childhood 03:18 Thoughts on Man’s Search for Meaning 06:15 Structure vs intuition in picking colleagues 13:01 Visionary vs operator, weaknesses vs strengths 17:58 Why do teams fall apart? 20:20 Idea meritocracy vs idea democracy 27:22 Will future doctors be actors? 30:30 Will patients use AI if its better than most doctors? 36:15 Patient responsibility for their health 42:15 EMR design, patient intake 48:30 Why do an MBA? 51:15 Should healthcare be profitable? 53:40 Future of genetic medicine 1:01:18 Proudest achievement and biggest failure 1:07:10 What is the end goal for you?
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1h 14min
May 24, 2023 How To Pick Healthcare Startups
In this webinar we start with a short presentation about due diligence followed by a fireside chat with two experienced healthcare venture capitalists. Key Takeaways: 1. Have a structured due diligence process. 2. Market risk: timing and a big market opportunity are both important.3. Technology risk: better, faster, cheaper. 4. Team risk: clear founder vision, unique insight, strong leadership and resilient. 5. Execution risk: go to market strategy and business model. 6. Exit risk: what is the potential exit size or channel. 7. You will never get to 100% conviction in early stage investing, you are making decision based on incomplete information. 8. Do both personal founder and customer reference checks 9. An option pool is a must. 10. Interest over background, ability to acquire knowledge is more important than your background. 11. During a pitch introduce yourself, what are you building, what problem are you solving and the market opportunity first.
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16min
May 10, 2023A quantum view into investing and life - Leon Eisen: Entrepreneur, PhD and Investor
Leon is an incredibly intelligent and thoughtful human. After completing his PhD in Quantum Physics he went on found Oxitone Medical. He is also a Venture partner at Network VC.
We talk about:
Intuition vs structure in decision making
The quantum world
Backwards thinking for startups and in investing
How to pick the best colleagues and employees
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51min
March 30, 2023Picking the best startups and VCs: Shubhra Jain - Tarsadia Investments
Shubhra Jain is the Head of Healthcare investments at Tarsadia Investments. She moved to US after completing her MBBS in India, to pursue a Masters in mechanical engineering at Stanford after which she completed her MBA from Wharton.Shubhra is an incredibly sharp, reflective and humble person. I had a lot of fun talking to her about:
Due diligence process for startups
How she picks VC funds and GPs to invest in
Her transition from physician to investor
Market tailwinds in healthtech
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49min
March 09, 2023Insights from a physician, entrepreneur and investor: Shrawan Patel - Strategy Health and PharmStars
Shrawan is a physician, entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the managing director at Strategy Health and founding team member at PharmStars. I have known Shrawan for a few months now and find him to be deeply reflective, intelligent, curious and open minded.
We talk about
His childhood
Decision making
The existence of a soul
What he looks for in founders
Clinical trials
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I am thankful for his friendship and grateful for his transparency and honesty in sharing his experiences and knowledge.
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1h 27min

FAQs about Learning with Rishad:

How many episodes does Learning with Rishad have?

The podcast currently has 43 episodes available.