The MedStartr Blog
Stories, event recaps, and insights from one of the world's largest healthcare innovation communities.
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
MedStartr Showcases: Million Mothers and More
In October we ran our first Showcase. It went well and we will be doing this periodically. If you want to enable or sponsor a showcase, please contact us at 530.MEDSTARtr. What is a MedStartr Showcase all about? MedStartr Showcases […]
October 21, 2012
Patient Summit USA
The 9th annual Patient Summit USA (PACE) is here! This conference concentrates on the most important ingredient in healthcare — patients. It’s goal is to create a discussion around Patient Adherence & Communication Strategies, as outlined by patients themselves. Eyeforpharma […]
October 18, 2012
Welcome to About.MedStartr.com
Welcome to About.MedStartr.com, our home away from home where you can learn all about healthcare crowdfunding, how it works, and how we are helping drive healthcare innovation faster and better than ever. Thank you for visiting today. We hope you […]
October 17, 2012
A Million Mothers: MedStartr's First Campaign
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, so we thought there wasn't a better month to begin our "Million Mothers" campaign. All month long, we'll be featuring and launching projects that protect the health of mothers and women around the […]
October 1, 2012
Aetna Sponsors Healthcare Revolution: San Francisco!
September 27, 2012