On our fourth episode of The Front Door Newsletter, Architect Health Co-founder & CEO, Sohum Shah interviews Andy Dunn. Andy Dunn is an entrepreneur, author, and investor. Dunn co-founded the menswear ecommerce brand Bonobos in 2007, and served as the company’s CEO for its first ten years, pioneering the digitally native brand movement. Bonobos was the first American brand launched to scale using e-commerce. The company’s inventory-free store model, called guideshops, redefined what an offline retail experience can be in the digital era. A decade after its founding, Bonobos was acquired for $310 million.

In 2022, Dunn published a memoir. In it, he lifts the veil on the mental health demons he’d been privately battling as he built Bonobos. Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind chronicles his journey at the intersection of entrepreneurship and bipolar disorder. Published by Penguin Random House, the book was named one of the most anticipated books of the year by Forbes and was an Amazon Editor’s Choice in 2022.

Dunn’s latest venture is called Pie. Currently in beta, the mantra of the company is “more social, less media.”

As an angel investor and a founder of Red Swan, a seed stage venture capital fund, Dunn has backed over 100 startups, including Warby Parker, Coinbase and Hinge. Dunn chairs the board of Monica + Andy, an organic baby apparel brand, and serves on the board of RaisedBy.Us, a social giving not-for-profit.

Architect Health's The Front Door Newsletter interviews healthcare executives, founders, and experts on healthcare innovation, digital health, and preventative care. The goal is to identify pain points in these spaces and paint visions on how to address them, inspiring decision makers at traditional healthcare orgs.

⁠⁠⁠Architect Health⁠⁠⁠ is a digital health aggregator, navigator, and vendor manager that makes it easy for health plans and their members to access virtual-first care solutions. Architect optimizes health plan RFP processes in a consolidated and comprehensive platform, reducing admin burden and costs. This helps health plans realize digital health cost savings opportunities - up to a 7x ROI. Architect's Digital Health Quality Index has vetted and scored thousands of telehealth solutions on efficacy, company reliability, and health equity. Co-founders Sohum Shah and Sidd Hariharan have deep expertise working with health plans and have built care management programs and aligned technology for Humana and BlueCross BlueShield. Architect Health is backed by Drive Capital, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA), Cherrystone Angel Group, Plug and Play Ventures, Service Provider Capital, Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and strategic advisors.

On our third episode of The Front Door Newsletter, Architect Health Co-founder & CEO, Sohum Shah interviews Rebecca D'Amico. Rebecca serves as Chief of Staff to the CEO and Vice President of Strategy for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), a national federation of independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies. D’Amico helps drive the CEO’s priorities for the Association, including aligning organizational efforts to achieve corporate goals that support the BCBS companies and those they serve. She also helps advance the Blues' Systemwide strategy to shape a high-quality, affordable and equitable healthcare system across the country.

Architect Health's The Front Door Newsletter interviews healthcare executives, founders, and experts on healthcare innovation, digital health, and preventative care. The goal is to identify pain points in these spaces and paint visions on how to address them, inspiring decision makers at traditional healthcare orgs.

⁠⁠Architect Health⁠⁠ is a digital health aggregator and navigator that makes digital health more accessible to health insurance companies and their members. By proactively recommending low cost, high efficiency telehealth apps to members, Architect helps health plans expand their benefit offerings and realize a meaningful digital health cost savings opportunity with potential for 10x ROI. Co-founders Sohum Shah and Sidd Hariharan have deep expertise working with health plans and have built care management programs and aligned technology for Humana and BlueCross BlueShield. Architect Health is backed by Drive Capital, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA), Cherrystone Angel Group, Plug and Play Ventures, Service Provider Capital, Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and strategic angels.

On our second episode of The Front Door Newsletter, Architect Health Co-founder & CEO, Sohum Shah interviews Brad Wilson. J. Bradley Wilson is CEO emeritus of Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina. After a successful career as a practicing attorney and service as General Counsel to former Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. Brad joined BCBSNC as General Counsel in 1996. During his 22 year career at Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina, he held four different senior executive positions until being named President and CEO in 2010. Under his leadership, Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina fully implemented the Affordable Care Act. In all, 100 North Carolina counties grew to 3.9 million customers and approximately $10 billion in revenue.

Architect Health's The Front Door Newsletter interviews healthcare executives, founders, and experts on healthcare innovation, digital health, and preventative care. The goal is to identify pain points in these spaces and paint visions on how to address them, inspiring decision makers at traditional healthcare orgs.

⁠Architect Health⁠ is a digital health aggregator and navigator that makes digital health more accessible to health insurance companies and their members. By proactively recommending low cost, high efficiency telehealth apps to members, Architect helps health plans expand their benefit offerings and realize a meaningful digital health cost savings opportunity with potential for 10x ROI. Co-founders Sohum Shah and Sidd Hariharan have deep expertise working with health plans and have built care management programs and aligned technology for Humana and BlueCross BlueShield. Architect Health is backed by Drive Capital, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA), Cherrystone Angel Group, Plug and Play Ventures, Service Provider Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and strategic angels.

On the inaugural episode of The Front Door Newsletter, Architect Health Co-founder & CEO, Sohum Shah interviews Demetri Karagas. Demetri is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of ⁠Thirty Madison⁠, the healthcare company focused on delivering personalized treatments to specific chronic condition areas and creating exceptional outcomes for all. He drives strategy and execution across Thirty Madison’s offerings, with a constant focus on providing personalized, quality care to each individual. His human-first approach to developing every part of the customer experience—from the online doctor consultation to the medication’s packaging—has led the company to achieve record growth in a short amount of time. Demetri’s background in building and scaling customer-centric companies such as Homejoy (acquired by Google) makes him ideally suited to balance momentous company growth with first-class customer care. When he’s not poring over the latest patient reviews to find trends, he can be found running outside in his Astoria neighborhood, reading the latest historical fiction novel, or trying to find the spiciest food in New York City.

Architect Health's The Front Door Newsletter interviews healthcare executives, founders, and experts on healthcare innovation, digital health, and preventative care. The goal is to identify pain points in these spaces and paint visions on how to address them, inspiring decision makers at traditional healthcare orgs.

Architect Health is a digital health aggregator and navigator that makes digital health more accessible to health insurance companies and their members. By proactively recommending low cost, high efficiency telehealth apps to members, Architect helps health plans expand their benefit offerings and realize a meaningful digital health cost savings opportunity with potential for 10x ROI. Co-founders Sohum Shah and Sidd Hariharan have deep expertise working with health plans and have built care management programs and aligned technology for Humana and BlueCross BlueShield. Architect Health is backed by Drive Capital, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA), Cherrystone Angel Group, Plug and Play Ventures, Service Provider Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and strategic angels.