Health isn’t just an industry. It’s the thing everything else depends on. The founders in this section are building companies at the intersection of healthcare, wellness, and the human body’s stubborn refusal to cooperate.
From digital health platforms to fitness brands to medical devices, the range is enormous. What connects these founders is a belief that the way things work now isn’t good enough. Healthcare is expensive, confusing, and weirdly resistant to improvement. These are people trying to change that, one company at a time.
These interviews dig into the unique challenges of building in health. Regulation. Clinical validation. The long timelines. The fact that “move fast and break things” is a terrible philosophy when the things in question are human bodies. It requires a different kind of founder. One with patience, domain expertise, and a tolerance for complexity.
You’ll find conversations about preventive health, mental wellness, nutrition, fitness technology, telemedicine, and the challenge of making healthy choices accessible to everyone. Not just people who can afford boutique everything. If you care about health, your own or other people’s, these conversations are worth your time.
An entrepreneur fails all the time until he succeeds. Prof. Rafael “Rafi” Beyar was named director general of Rambam Health Care Campus in 2006, responsible for the overall operations of…
Meet Rafi Beyar – Director General of Rambam Health Care Campus
I keep the end in mind. Many ignore this rule, but doing so can lead to failure for many great ideas. It’s why people run out of money before realizing…
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[quote style=”boxed”]Take the time to help, make introductions and genuinely listen to others instead of firing off quick, unhelpful responses. You’re going to need a lot of people to do…
[quote style=”boxed”]More and more so, keeping lists of what needs to be accomplished and learning how to delegate the things I am not best at to other people.[/quote] Monica Yearwood…
Meet Monica Yearwood – Ayurvedic practitioner, author, healer and yogi
[quote style=”boxed”]You do it by doing it – so the key first step is to write the idea down or sketch it out. It instantly becomes more real.[/quote] Bruce co-founded…
[quote style=”boxed”]”The fountain of youth is inside all of us. It’s in equal parts genes, attitude and work.” – Joan Frances Moran[/quote] Joan Moran is a miraculous 70 year old…
[quote style=”boxed”]Never give up on what you try to do and are most passionate about, because you never know what’s happening at the end.[/quote] Kevin Peng Xu is the CEO…
[quote style=”boxed”]Being able to convey your ideas to others is crucial and one of the areas where new founders typically struggle. I generally piece together my ideas in simple concept…
[quote style=”boxed”]Ideas are brought to life by people, and finding the right people is the key. Ideas are plentiful; finding the right team to execute them is the biggest challenge.[/quote]…
[quote style=”boxed”]“JFDI” is my philosophy. At Greatist, we’re firm believers in just getting things done. That means prioritizing the toughest tasks first and knocking them out when you’re fresh. When…
[quote style=”boxed”]Blocking out each month and everything I want to accomplish during that, then reviewing it afterward and “grading” myself on how I did. This helps me hit my A-game…
Meet Jonathan Talat Phillips – Bioenergetic Healer and Director of Talat Healing