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.
[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
[quote style=”boxed”]Invest in teamwork: teamwork at home, teamwork at work. Don’t try to do it all — do it as a team. Establish trust with your staff, vendors, customers, kids,…
[quote style=”boxed”]I focus on turning as many things into habits as possible to optimize the kind of time and attention that needs to go into the really important stuff.[/quote] Veer…
Work on becoming happy and it becomes much easier to get healthy. Garyn Angel is the Founder and CEO of MagicalButter. Angel oversees the strategic direction of the Seattle-based, technology…
[quote style=”boxed”]I make low-value decisions quickly. There are a ton of these every day; you just have to make a decision and move on.[/quote] Andrew Zengilowski is the CEO and…
[quote style=”boxed”]I am a firm believer in execution. The key to bringing ideas to life is having a vision, getting insight from others on it, and then making it happen.[/quote]…
[quote style=”boxed”]Listen to the needs of the customer- the more I “hear” them, the more productive I become.[/quote] Dr. Terry Simpson is trying to transform health care – one kitchen…
[quote style=”boxed”]The old way of doing things was to in-source what you could and outsource what you must. The new normal is the opposite – outsource what you can and…
[quote style=”boxed”]I have two windows in my office that look out on the world. I imagine that out of one window are the problems that we face in the world….
[quote style=”boxed”]Constantly challenge yourself to grow on a spiritual and emotional level. Business is relationships and egos can destroy. Developing the tools to deal with stress, disappoint, interesting personalities is key –…
[quote style=”boxed”] I would probably have started sooner. For years, I thought sticking to one industry or focusing on a specific career path was the way to go. I wish I’d…