For this episode of Secrets for Scaling, we talked to Drew Bilbe, Co-Founder and CEO of Nexba, Australia's first naturally sweetened Cola, Lemon and Orange Sparkling Infusions. Nexba was inspired by naturally sweetened teas in Mexico when Drew was studying abroad. 

Seeing the anti-sugar movement sweeping the globe, he spotted a gap in the Australian market for healthy, natural teas and soft drinks and knew they could be first to market. 

Having accomplished that goal, they’re now leading the way for naturally sugar-free soft drinks in Australia, having grown 300% in 2016 alone. They did the research, put in the hours necessary, built a support network, and stayed focus on their vision. Hear their entire story in the full episode!

How Nexba Grew 300% Last Year By Focusing on Internal Strengths and Speed

Tyler Bastow, co-founder of Vinyl Me Please - a monthly record subscription club - shares how their customers have grown up with them, how they align their team around the vision, set and track goals, and how they’ve learned to lead and manage founder stress without bumming their team out. 

Hear the whole story above or read episode highlights here: https://www.geckoboard.com/blog/secrets-for-scaling-tyler-barstow-vinyl-me-please-podcast/

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Pipedrive co-founder Timo Rein shares the early product decisions they made to grow into a successful Series B company with 250 employees, as well as how they set goals and hire for character fit. Read highlights here: www.geckoboard.com/blog/secrets-for-scaling-pipedrive-timo-rein-podcast

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From virtual assistants to risk analytics, and drug discovery to imaging and diagnostics, artificial intelligence’s scope for transforming the healthcare industry is significant. But just how will the use of AI and Machine Learning techniques reshape how medicine is practised today?

Healthcare dominates other industrial applications of AI in terms of money invested and number of deals, with $1.8B having been raised across 270 deals in startups within the space since 2012 according to data from CB Insights. Regulatory attention has followed this cash torrent: just recently it was announced that the Google-acquired startup DeepMind’s data-sharing partnership with the NHS was under investigation. 

To discuss AI’s use within healthcare, Carlos Espinal is joined by two Seedcamp-backed founders: Manoj Ramachandran, co-founder of Viz.ai, a startup working on deep learning algorithms to revolutionise imaging diagnostics; and Pascal Zuta, from the US-based GYANT, a digital health assistant and symptom checker.

Pascal discusses how using AI can help treat high frequency conditions, taking load off the system and letting medical professionals concentrate on more difficult and meaningful tasks. Meanwhile Manoj argues that the most difficult thing is ‘integrating it within a clinical workflow so that it augments the practice of a healthcare physician'.

Tune in to hear whether these founders believe an algorithm or robot can ever truly replace human interaction within the healthcare sector. 

Show notes: 
Carlos Medium: sdca.mp/2entVR3
Seedcamp: www.seedcamp.com
Viz.ai: www.viz.ai
GYANT: http://gyant.com

Related bio links: 
Carlos: linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal / twitter.com/cee
Manoj: linkedin.com/in/manoj-ramachandran-6186ba4 / twitter.com/manojram1
Pascal: linkedin.com/in/pascalzuta / twitter.com/pzuta

Manoj Ramachandran & Pascal Zuta on transforming healthcare with AI

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