The Physician Syndicate: Angel Investing | Venture Capital | Startups | Personal Finance

The Physician Syndicate: Angel Investing | Venture Capital | Startups | Personal Finance

By Gregory Hanson, MD, MPH & Ronak Parekh, MBABusinessInvesting
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The Physician Syndicate: Angel Investing | Venture Capital | Startups | Personal Finance episodes

  • Flosonics CEO Joe Eibl

    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/

      Joe Eibl -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-eibl-570909158/

      35 min
    • STS -- Ronak and Greg are back!

      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.


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      20 min
    • Airbnb/STR Deep Dive | Tools and Resources to know about to make your life easier

      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 adjustments on Airbnb listing to maximize profit -- Pricelabs
      • And much more!

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        35 min
      • Angel Investing -- Beware of Fraud

        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


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          14 min
        • Hippocratic AI Part 2 | Startup Founder leaves previous startup amid multiple vendor lawsuits

          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-from-vendors-andreessen-horowitz-backed-the-former-ceos-new-company-anyway/?sh=308821e73268


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          15 min
        • Ronak's top 5 Business Biographies

          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


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

          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 n' mortar
          • What is Jenny's goal with Homeward?
          • Raising $70m from General Catalyst, ARCH, and Human Capital
          • Her thoughts on physician entrepreneurs

            • Homeward -- https://homewardhealth.com/homepage

            Dr. Schneider -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferjaneschneider/


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            38 min
          • STS | Deep Dive into Mergers & Acquisitions | How To Sell Your Startup

            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 equity


              • Greg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-hanson-md-mph-95671a5a/

              Ronak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronakp1/

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

              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 problem
              • Raising capital from amazing investors at Union Square Ventures, Bessemer and more
              • How does Shiv think about building a product that is really meant for him and other practicing physicians, nurses, clinicians
              • Thinking through burnout and moral injury given the impact on physician time and efficiency while using the Abridge product


                • Check out Abridge -- https://www.abridge.com/

                Connect with Shiv -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivdevrao/


                Fred Wilson Blog -- https://avc.com/


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                41 min

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              The Physician Syndicate Podcast, hosted by Dr. Greg Hanson, creates a space for physicians to learn the angel investing world from the ground up. We transport you to the world of startup building,…