The MedStartr Blog
Stories, event recaps, and insights from one of the world's largest healthcare innovation communities.
Our First Alzheimer's Project
Last Summer my brother Jon asked me to talk to one of his great friends about his idea. His friend Mike Antonucci was one of the first of our generation we knew to start a business and really have it […]
May 4, 2013
Crowds Cure Terrorism?
(Healthfoo was supposed to be this weekend, I believe this is what my Ignite Talk would have covered.) I am perpetually amazed by the power of crowds. In light of how the Boston Marathon Bombing played out, powered by mobile […]
April 20, 2013
Video Interview of Alex Fair
Tim Cook of Multi-Level Healthcare Information Modelling (MLHIM.org) interviewed Alex Fair in April, 2013. Tim pioneered the MLHIM concept, which is an approach to creating portable concept definitions based on XML Schema in order to facilitate semantic interoperability across the […]
April 9, 2013
Preparing for Success
I am a scientist at heart. The scientific method and I have had a great relationship, so when a scientist like Louis Pasteur says: "FORTUNE FAVORS THE PREPARED MIND," I tend to listen. Prepare. Prepare. Prepare. Preparing yourself and your […]
March 23, 2013
The Big Finish: Top Ten Things You Should Do When Your Crowdfunding Campaign is Coming to a Close
A Big Finish to a campaign can add that last 70% of your funding, especially if you have already achieved significant traction. You now have critical mass and you are ready for a nice big finish that is the sweet […]
February 23, 2013
Make That Killer Video
Did you know that YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world? Or that projects with videos are more than twice as likely to be successful? So, how important do you think your video is now? I am […]
February 19, 2013
Top Ten Things Every Crowdfunder MUST DO
CrowdCamp is Open Crowdfunding is not only about you and your needs, crowdfunding is about the crowd and connecting to them. It is about engaging the people who have similar needs or who understand your needs, your crowd. To do […]
January 21, 2013
Using Health as a Platform of Peace in the Heart of Darkness
— By Dominique Vidale-Plaza, founder of Build Hope, & blogger of development, healthcare, and despair in the the Democratic Republic of Congo.
January 16, 2013
Why Are Patients and Social Media Especially Important In Healthcare?
(A guest post by Denise Silber & Michael Seres, editing by Komal Garewal & Courtney Berkholtz) Social Media is contributing to the improvement of care in ways that were previously unexplored, by bringing together the numerous and geographically diverse stakeholders […]
January 2, 2013
Where The "Crazies" Are
(A guest post by Pat Mastors & edited by Jessica Mastors & Komal Garewal) Entrepreneurs in general are known to share five “C” traits: Commitment, Confidence, Creativity, Courage and Collaboration. But in medical entrepreneurship, the other “C” is for “Crazy”. […]
November 16, 2012
2012 Backer of The Year Award
November 14, 2012
Crowdfunding Success Rate on MedStartr
November 12, 2012