Simmone Taitt is the Founder and CEO of Poppy Seed Health, an on-demand telehealth platform offering support with doulas, midwives, and nurses for pregnant and postpartum birthing people. After cutting her teeth in retail and working for startups for over a decade, Simmone founded Poppy Seed Health in 2019 after her own experiences with pregnancy loss and lack of support afterward. In a year and a half, Poppy Seed Health has logged over 3 million minutes of chat time between doulas, midwives, nurses, and patients. 

 

In her conversation with Maribel Lara, Simmone shares her own heartbreaking story of pregnancy loss, and how that experience led her to become a doula and start Poppy Seed Health. She describes their in-depth beta testing process and how she and her team developed Poppy Seed Health to fill the gaps in mental and emotional healthcare during and after pregnancy. 

 

In-flight topics:

• Saying “yes” to opportunities 
• How beta tests informed product development 
• Leveraging technology to bring healthcare to rural areas
• Making accessibility a hallmark of your business
• What the future looks like for Poppy Seed Health

 

Connect with Simmone:

Poppy Seed Health website: https://www.poppyseedhealth.com/ 

Poppy Seed Heath Instagram: ​​https://www.instagram.com/poppyseedhealth/ 

Poppy Seed Health on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/poppy-seed-health/ 

Simmone Taitt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simmonetaitt/ 

Simmone Taitt on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simmone_taitt/