Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 01:17PM Healthcare in Tech - Mango Health, Eligible, Asthmapolis
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Jason discusses innovative tech within the healthcare space with 3 exciting companies. Ted Maidenberg from The Social+Capitol Partnership joins the discussion to give his view as a VC.
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Katelyn Gleason:
https://www.eligibleapi.com/
https://twitter.com/eligibleapi
Jason Oberfest:
http://www.mangohealth.com/
https://twitter.com/mangohealth
Mark Gehring:
http://asthmapolis.com/
https://twitter.com/asthmapolis
1:15:00 Today is our Healthcare edition!
1:15:00 We have Ted Maidenberg of Social Capital with us today.
2:30:00 What are the most annoying questions that VCs ask?
3:15:00 How much research do you do on company before a meeting?
3:30:00 Thanks to our sponsor @HiscoxSmallBiz!
4:00:00 Katelyn, What is the mission of Eligible?
4:30:00 How does that become a business?
5:45:00 Ted, what's the first question you would ask if you were meeting with Katelyn?
6:30:00 Can you describe the info that you get back from your queries?
7:45:00 How long has the product been in the marketplace?
8:15:00 Who are the customers?
9:15:00 Do you see a time when a corp like Google will use your API to create their own solutions?
12:00:00 Are you seeing people use your API for cost comparison?
13:00:00 Ted, for this to be an amazing opportunity does it need to have direct access to customers?
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18:00:00 Jason O, what is the mission of Mango Health?
21:00:00 Ted, what's the first question you ask a company like this?
23:30:00 How do you maintain user engagement in week 10 of taking a medication?
24:30:00 Is all the data self-reported?
25:45:00 How are users engaging with their physicians?
27:00:00 Who pays for the gift rewards?
30:15:00 Mark, what is the mission of Asthmapolis?
31:15:00 This is a device that goes on a rescue inhaler?
32:00:00 Ted, when you saw this device, what was your reaction?
34:15:00 Does location of the company matter?
35:00:00 If you could only invest in Eligible or Mango, which would you chose?
38:30:00 Jason, what do you have to prove to raise money?
41:30:00 Have you thought about adding more data points?
42:45:00 Ted, if Jason would have pitched the product differently, would you have thought about it differently?
44:00:00 Katelyn, have you thought about the consumer-side of your product?
45:15:00 What co's are you directly connected to now?
45:15:00 What do you think about people opting out of the healthcare system?
48:00:00 Ted, do you think there's a trend of people going to walk-in clinics?
49:00:00 Jason, what's your thoughts on consumers opting out more and more?
50:00:00 Katelyn, what's your personal take on Obamacare?
51:15:00 Ted, what do you think of Obamacare?
52:15:00 Mark, thoughts?
53:00:00 Thank you to all the guests today!
55:45:00 Thanks to my friends at @HiscoxSmallBiz & @ShareFile.
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