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Interview with Ann Mond Johnson and Kyle Zebley from ATA

Interview with Chartbeat CEO John Saroff

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Interview with IntelyCare CEO David Coppins

Thanks to our sponsors: Advsr (www.advsr.com/); a boutique M&A advisory firm. They wrote the book on startup M&A called "Magic Box Paradigm: A framework for startup acquisitions." (www.amazon.com/Magic-Box-Paradig…ons/dp/0692778047) Go to Amazon.com to get your copy. Also thanks to Stratpoint (stratpoint.com/), an outsourced engineering firm and Scrubbed (scrubbed.net/), an online bookkeeping firm. If you need affordable and quality engineering and bookkeeping, check them out. We highly recommend them!

VatorNews Podcast With Daniel L, CEO Of Nooks

Steven Loeb and Bambi Francisco Roizen speaking with Malinka Walaliyadde, co-Founder and CEO of AKASA, a company using AI to automate revenue cycle management in healthcare.

Thanks to our sponsors: Advsr (www.advsr.com/); a boutique M&A advisory firm. They wrote the book on startup M&A called "Magic Box Paradigm: A framework for startup acquisitions." (www.amazon.com/Magic-Box-Paradig…ons/dp/0692778047) Go to Amazon.com to get your copy. Also thanks to Stratpoint (stratpoint.com/), an outsourced engineering firm and Scrubbed (scrubbed.net/), an online bookkeeping firm. If you need affordable and quality engineering and bookkeeping, check them out. We highly recommend them!

Interview with Malinka Walaliyadde, co-founder and CEO at AKASA

Interview with Samantha Baker, Vice President of Digital Health of UnitedHealthcare

On the VatorNews podcast, Steven Loeb and Bambi Francisco Roizen speak with Ivan Jarry, CEO of ObvioHealth, a digital clinical trial platform that accompanies participants through every step of the journey/

Thanks to our sponsors: Advsr (www.advsr.com/); a boutique M&A advisory firm. They wrote the book on startup M&A called "Magic Box Paradigm: A framework for startup acquisitions." (www.amazon.com/Magic-Box-Paradig…ons/dp/0692778047) Go to Amazon.com to get your copy. Also thanks to Stratpoint (stratpoint.com/), an outsourced engineering firm and Scrubbed (scrubbed.net/), an online bookkeeping firm. If you need affordable and quality engineering and bookkeeping, check them out. We highly recommend them!

Interview with ObvioHealth CEO Ivan Jarry

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Interview with Max Chafkin - The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power

Steven Loeb and Bambi Francisco Roizen speak with Julia Hu, co-founder and CEO of Lark Health, an AI-driven provider for chronic conditions

Interview with Julia Hu, co-founder and CEO of Lark Health

Steven Loeb and Bambi Francisco Roizen we’re speak with Wei Deng, founder and CEO of Clipboard Health, a marketplace offering no-commitment staffing for healthcare facilities and on-demand shifts for healthcare professionals.

Thank you to our sponsors: 

Advsr; a boutique M&A advisory firm. They wrote a book on startup M&A called "Magic Box Paradigm: A framework for startup acquisitions." Go to Amazon.com to get your copy. Also thanks to Stratpoint, an outsourced engineering firm and Scrubbed, an online bookkeeping firm. If you need affordable and quality engineering and bookkeeping, check them out. We highly recommend them!

Interview with Wei Deng, founder and CEO of Clipboard Health

Steven Loeb and Bambi Francisco Roizen speak with Eric Reimer, CEO of Healthmap Solutions, a kidney population health management company.

Thank you to our sponsors: Advsr; a boutique M&A advisory firm. They wrote the book on startup M&A called "Magic Box Paradigm: A framework for startup acquisitions." Go to Amazon.com to get your copy. Also thanks to Stratpoint, an outsourced engineering firm and Scrubbed, an online bookkeeping firm. If you need affordable and quality engineering and bookkeeping, check them out. We highly recommend them!

Interview with Eric Reimer, CEO of Healthmap Solutions

Bambi Francisco Roizen speaks with Dr. James Greenblatt, the Chief Medical officer at Walden Behavioral Care in Massachusetts. He’s the founder of several books and a platform called Psychiatry Redefined - an educational platform dedicated to transforming psychiatry. 

Thank you to our sponsors: Advsr; a boutique M&A advisory firm. They wrote the book on startup M&A called "Magic Box Paradigm: A framework for startup acquisitions." Also thanks to Stratpoint, an outsourced engineering firm and Scrubbed, an online bookkeeping firm. If you need affordable and quality engineering and bookkeeping, check them out. We highly recommend them!

Interview with Dr. James Greenblatt, Chief Medical officer at Walden Behavioral Care

Steven Loeb speakes with Jim Ritchie, CEO and founder of AEONrv, developer of an all-season, electric cabin, off-road capable, 4-person recreational vehicle.

Thanks you to our sponsors: Advsr; a boutique M&A advisory firm. They wrote the book on startup M&A called "Magic Box Paradigm: A framework for startup acquisitions." Also thanks to Stratpoint, an outsourced engineering firm and Scrubbed, an online bookkeeping firm. We highly recommend them!

Interview with Jim Ritchie, CEO and founder of AEONrv

Steven Loeb speaks with Patrick Yoder, co-founder and CEO of LogicStream Health, provider of a software application for managing the risk of drug shortages

Before we jump into the interview, thanks to our sponsors: Advsr; a boutique M&A advisory firm. They wrote the book on startup M&A called "Magic Box Paradigm: A framework for startup acquisitions." Also thanks to Stratpoint, an outsourced engineering firm and Scrubbed, an online bookkeeping firm. We highly recommend them!

Interview with Patrick Yoder, co-founder and CEO of LogicStream Health

The Excelerate Champion Podcast, hosted by Bambi Francisco Roizen, brings on influencers and decision makers at Global 5000 companies and asks them about their challenges. The solutions they’re seeking and their strategic mandate. Think of the conversation as a reverse pitch. Those interviewed are Excelerate Champions. Excelerate is a unique community of corporate leaders and decision makers helping startups succeed. Startup founders therefore can hear from these influencers and understand how to engage with them and how to best approach them.

Interview with Vicki Cantrell, founder and CEO of Vendors in Partnership

Steven Loeb speaks with Sam Rangaswamy, founder and CEO of ZeOmega, a company that provides whole-person health management solutions for any value-based care initiative.

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Interview with Sam Rangaswamy, founder and CEO of ZeOmega

Ashish Mehta is the CEO and Co-founder of Online Sales, a company that helps retailers and brands support retail media (aka advertising). Ashish joined Bambi Francisco Roizen and Krysti Keener on the "Future of Retail" podcast, brought to you by Excelerate, a new podcast focused on taking a deep dive into the business of retail.

This podcast will bring on influencers and decision makers at large retail corporations as well as at innovative startups. Our goal for these podcasts is to understand how tech breakthroughs are radically changing retail – whether it’s the way brands and retailers understand their customers better or how the shopping experience can become even more convenient (beyond same-day delivery to your door and access to a near unlimited selection). 

Takeaways:

- Online Sales helps retailers support sponsorship and other advertising channels for the brands they work with. Amazon generates 5-7% of its revenue from advertising on its website and accounts for 78% of all retail media in the US.(2021 numbers).

- Ashish says that brands get a higher ROI from retail media than advertising on search and social. This is because retailers have a better understanding of their audience via purchasing data. 

- One report shows retail media accounting for around 10% of total worldwide advertising spending. But retail media is expected to grow 60% by 2027.

- Ashish says that retail media accounts for 19% of advertising budgets for brands. This expansion of dollars took only 5 yrs vs a dozen years for search and 8-10 yrs for social. 

- Ashish says that 90% of spending in retail media comes from the long tail of brands, according to data from Online Sales’ customers. In one report, some 60-70% of retail media spend came from new retailers.

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Ashish Mehta, CEO & Co-founder at Online Sales, on 'The Future of Retail' podcast

In this podcast will speak to influencers and decision makers inside large corporations to understand their priorities and goals, but we'll also spend a lot of time having a discussion about the big innovation gaps in their industry, and how technology has either helped or hurt efforts to improve products and services while reducing waste. We'll ask them about their challenges, the solutions they're seeking, and their strategic mandate. Think of my conversation as a reverse pitch: startup founders can hear from these influencers and better understand how to engage with them and how to approach them.

Interview with Archana Dubey, Chief Medical Officer at UnitedHealthcare

Co-hosted by Krysti Keener, an Excelerate champion, and Bambi Francisco, founder and CEO of Vator, the focus of the webinar is on how smaller brands can create awareness of retailers. Millions of businesses start every year in the US., and many of those are mom-and-pop shops inventing new BBQ sauces, slippers or gadgets. Half go out of business by the second year, and some take a generation to win the title of fastest-growing brand in the world, like BelVita just did. So, as a young consumer brand, what’s the best way to get noticed in the crowded world of consumer  products? She talks to marketing and retail experts, decision-makers at retailers and retail marketplaces, as well as innovators helping these younger brands land premium shelf space. 

Panelists include: Nasreen Murad, Manager of Strategic Accounts (US Marketplace)at Walmart; Kunal Parekh, Vice President of Products at OnlineSales; Lily Chan, co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at AndMakers; and Sada Kshirsagar head of Product Management for B2B eCommerce at Home Depot

The Future of Retail Webinar: getting smaller brands noticed

Steven Loeb speaks Dr. Tim Garnett, former Chief Medical Officer at Eli Lilly. Dr. Garnett has more than 30 years of experience pioneering clinical development, medical affairs, and regulatory operations worldwide, predominantly during his tenure at Eli Lilly, with a focus on women’s health, metabolic diseases, and CNS conditions.

Dr. Tim Garnett, former Chief Medical Officer at Eli Lilly, on the VatorNews podcast

Steven Loeb and Bambi Francisco Roizen talk with Stephanie Reisinger, SVP and General Manager, Real-World Evidence at Flatiron Health, a healthcare technology and services company focused on accelerating cancer research and improving patient care

Stephanie Reisinger, SVP of Real-World Evidence at Flatiron Health, on the VatorNews podcast

Bambi Francisco Roizen sits down with Hamlet Yousef, Managing Partner at IronGate VC, a venture firm investing in dual-purpose technology that strengthens national security of the United States and its allies. Their discussion is in national security that safeguards our free will. Our freedom to make choices (such as which religion we choose to believe in) is after all, what it means to be human and therefore the protection of that very essence of who we are should be the priority of our national security.

Hamlet Yousef, Managing Partner at IronGate VC, on VatorNews podcast

On the VatorNews innovation podcast, Steven Loeb speaks to Bobby Reddy, MD, COO and co-founder of Pi Health, an oncology-focused health technology and clinical research company.

Bobby Reddy, COO and co-founder of Pi Health, on the VatorNews podcast

On the VatorNews innovation podcast, Steven Loeb speaks to Eric Ly, CEO and co-founder of KarmaCheck, a company looking to make the background check and credentialing process faster, more accurate, and more positive across multiple industries, including healthcare, IT, clerical, and industrial staffing.

Eric Ly, CEO and co-founder of KarmaCheck, on the VatorNews innovation podcast

Will Peng, CEO and co-founder of Northstar joins Bambi Francisco Roizen on the VatorNews Innovation podcast.

Financial well-being can affect all areas of our lives - especially our physical and mental health. One survey found two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. Paying higher prices for gas and groceries is a big part of it. Higher interest rates also lead to higher credit card debt. It’s no wonder that financial stress is at an all-time high, according to a report. 

And we all know stress makes it harder to make the right decisions. In fact, one study conducted by Morgan Stanley added up the number of hours financially-stressed employees think about personal finances while at work. It’s so much time, employers are effectively paying their employees $4k more a year (based on the average American hourly wage). 

Fortunately, “Northstar" is having success taking that financial burden away from both the employer and the employee.

Will Peng, CEO of Northstar

Steven Loeb and Bambi Francisco Roizen speak with Ian Chiu, Managing Director at Owl Ventures, the largest venture capital firm in the world focused on the education technology market with over $2.5 billion in assets under management. 

The firm has a global portfolio with companies in the US, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and its companies are serving over 591 million learners across 241 countries, ~41,000 Higher Ed institutions and 930,000 employers, and have created over 46,000 jobs.

Ian Chiu, Managing Director at Owl Ventures, on the VatorNews innovation podcast

Omair Ansari, CEO & co-founder of Abhi, on the VatorNews Innovation podcast

In 2025, we may see radical top-down changes to our healthcare system as new heads of the NIH - National Institutes of Health, HHS - Health and Human Services; the CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention. And the FDA - Food and Drug Administration as well as CMS - Center for Medicare and Medicaid services. 

How will the heads of these government agencies ignite tech innovation in the healthcare industry?

We’re speaking to many healthcare tech CEOs to see what they think.

Our guest is Joe Wisniewski, AVP of Channel Sales at Turquoise Health. Turquoise is a healthcare pricing platform that uses data from hospital and payer machine-readable files to eliminate the financial complexity of healthcare. It raised $55.3 million from august VCs such as Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners.


Joe Wisniewski, AVP of Channel Sales at Turquoise Health, on the VatorNews podcast

In 2025, we may see radical top-down changes to our healthcare system as new heads of the NIH - National Institutes of Health, HHS - Health and Human Services; the CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention. And the FDA - Food and Drug Administration.

How will the heads of these government agencies ignite tech innovation in the healthcare industry?

We’re speaking to many healthcare tech CEOs to see what they think.

Joining us is Ritankar Das, Founder and CEO of Forta Health, which helps family caregivers manage their loved ones with chronic conditions. The first condition of focus is: autism. 

A year ago this month, Forta raised $55 million from VCs such as Insight Ventures and Alumni Ventures.


Ritankar Das, Founder and CEO of Forta Health, on the VatorNews podcast

In 2025, we may see radical top-down changes to our healthcare system as new heads of the NIH - National Institutes of Health, HHS - Health and Human Services; the CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention. And the FDA - Food and Drug Administration.

How will the heads of these government agencies ignite tech innovation in the healthcare industry?

We’re speaking to many healthcare tech CEOs, scientists, academics to see what they think.

Joining us is Dr. Robert Pearl, who served as CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser Permanente), the nation’s largest medical group, for 18 years. During his tenure, he led 12,000 physicians and 43,000 staff, overseeing the nationally acclaimed care of more than 5 million Kaiser Permanente members on the east and west coasts.

Named one of Modern Healthcare’s 50 most influential physician leaders, Pearl is an advocate for the power of integrated, prepaid, technologically advanced and physician-led healthcare delivery. More than 60,000 readers subscribe to his newsletters on healthcare, including his widely read Monthly Musings on American Healthcare.

Pearl is a clinical professor of plastic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches courses on strategy and leadership and lectures on information technology and healthcare policy.


Bambi Francisco Roizen and Dr. Pearl debate how to reduce healthcare costs amid a Trump administration

In 2025, we may see radical top-down changes to our healthcare system as new heads of the NIH - National Institutes of Health, HHS - Health and Human Services; the CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention. And the FDA - Food and Drug Administration.

How will the heads of these government agencies ignite tech innovation in the healthcare industry?

We’re speaking to many healthcare tech executives, such as CEOs and doctors and academics, to see what they think.

Joining us is Dr. Ivan Rusilko, a doctor of lifestyle medicine based in Miami. He’s been practicing this more natural way to address health and fitness for more than 15 years. He’s faced critics along the way but now his once-unconventional approach to medicine is being embraced.

Dr. Ivan Rusilko says Trump’s changes to healthcare leadership will boost lifestyle medicine

​Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning verification platform called World debuted in the US. Altman is known as founder of OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. What does this new biometric tool mean for US consumers?  

Joining us to talk about this announcement is Jake Brukhman, a Managing Partner, Founder & CEO of CoinFund, an investor in World (formerly Worldcoin).

Jake Brukhman, founder and CEO of CoinFund, on the VatorNews podcast

Welcome to the VN podcast, I’m BFR and I’m speaking with Ed Gaussen and Matt Kennedy, Founders of Mantra Health, a provider of virtual mental health services for college students.  

We’ll learn more about the founders and Mantra Health but the goal of these digital health podcasts is to answer these three high-level questions: How are we empowering the consumer? Are we creating productivity that also allows us to see overall economic costs go down? How is this advancement changing the role of the doctor?

This podcast is sponsored by Octave Health (https://www.findoctave.com/) and BetterHelp. VatorNews listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/Vator.

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