The MedStartr Blog
Stories, event recaps, and insights from one of the world's largest healthcare innovation communities.
What is #TrumpCare?
We all have concerns about what the new administration will do to our healthcare system which has been changing so rapidly for the last six years. Will the train be derailed or is a switch coming? Will Trump and the […]
November 24, 2016
Healthcare Innovation Rule # 6: Get Buzz(ed)
Little propels a startup like great buzz and one of the four things we think crowdfunding and events drive is awareness. Once people are talking about you there is a palpable buzz around your brand. Nowhere was this more prevalent […]
December 6, 2015
MedStartr Momentum 2015 Results
Four winners selected and over 12.5 Million impressions for MedMo15
December 4, 2015
10 Rules for Driving Innovation in Healthcare - Rule # 7 – Pitch Listen Fix Pitch repeat
Rule # 7 – Pitch Listen Fix Pitch Repeat We recommend to all our acceleration clients to pitch early and pitch often. I don’t just mean at events like MedStartr Momentum but to everyone. I mean if you […]
December 2, 2015
Healthcare Innovation Rule # 8: Passion is Not Enough
Hello to our fellow Healthcare Innovation enthusiasts and professionals! Today we continue our series on 10 Rules for driving health innovation faster with another post in the lead up to our CyberMonday MedStartr Momemtum event. We know many of you have […]
November 27, 2015
Healthcare Innovation Rule # 9: Do One Thing Well
In preparation for our first full day event, Momentum 2015 we are writing out our ten secrets to Healthcare Innovation Success. To Summarize where we are so far: Rule # 10: "Be in the right Place" Rule #9: "Do One […]
November 23, 2015
10 Rules for Driving Innovation in Healthcare - Rule # 10 - Be in the right place
In preparation for our first full day event, MedStartr Momentum 2015 we are writing out our ten secrets to Healthcare Innovation Success. After helping hundreds of new ideas get to market faster, we have learned a few things about what […]
November 17, 2015
1.7 Million for Cardio Startups
The 2015 American Heart Association Crowd Challenge broke all records for the 16 companies that made the finals on MedStartr. In just 31 days the finalists closed 14 deals valued at over 1.7 million dollars with some of the biggest […]
May 29, 2015
5 Insights from the Mental Health Digital Innovation Challenge
Last week, on April 8, 2015, The Digital Mental Health Project, Medstartr.com and Health 2.0 NYC, successfully hosted the Mental Health Digital Innovation Challenge at NYU’s Kaufman Management Center. It was generously sponsored by Dudnyk Healthcare Marketing, Janssen Healthcare Innovation, NYU’s Stern Healthcare […]
April 15, 2015
The Value of a Championship
As we start our third challenge for the AHA we are looking back on our previous champions and thinking about the Championship Effect. First, the Champions. The winners of our last three challenges were Dr. Michelle Longmire and her company […]
February 4, 2015
We Are Titantium
The Atomic number 22 belongs to Titanium, one of the strongest metals, especially when alloyed with steel. We are proud to share the 22nd spot in the periodic table of Digital Health with Titanium, as we also help make digital […]
November 6, 2014
Badass Billionaire Addict
While I was walking across Manhattan this morning I was thinking about potential Halloween costumes for tonight and being a former scientist that left a promising career under, let's just say non-ideal, circumstances, Walter White came to mind. He was […]
October 31, 2014