How the role of business development evolves — and you with it. Hey — my name’s Rohan, I recently started running Business Development (“BD”) for a Series A Co., and in past lives have done this at various others stages. …

We say healthcare is getting more “consumer” — here’s how I think that plays out in the real world, not just amongst VC-backed startups. Shifts in Consciousness Driving Most of These Trends: 1. 100M+ Americans (and growing) turn to other options as they increasingly realize their health insurance is essentially…

The world is speeding up! Let’s break it down. I’ve always had a passing interest in geopolitics and would love to start writing down some of my thoughts. …

Just getting started? Learn what Pepper is and how you can best engage 🤙🏽 TL;DR ⏩ Pepper is NYC’s Spiciest Healthcare Community. We meet up in-person once-a-month since August 2021 and also have additional, more focused meetup opportunities (e.g., topic-based quarterly dinner series, founder-only events, etc.) Pepper is for: (1) People whom…

The word “Partnership” has been diluted over time. Partnerships has a distinct meaning but is now widely applied to simply any relationship between two business — even investors are doing press releases of “partnerships” when a company joins their portfolio. …

Ideas/Categories I’m generally bullish on in healthcare services right now (Dec ‘21): Consumer services and experiences (e.g., Ro) Cash-pay startups, or under-the deductible startups (e.g., Sesame) Cultural or community-specific (e.g., “__ for Asian-Americans”, or Folx for LGBTQ) Aggregators of care navigation/experiences (e.g., Transcarent) Players that help a health plan “go vertical” PBM unbundling (e.g., GoodRx)

There is a growing feeling that a Great Correction is coming. This is due to a combination of factors: business and economic cycles, Fed actions to suppress inflationary pressures and frankly out-of-control valuations and funding rounds. The Twittersphere is well, a-twitter, with the fact that we have hit the “top”…

Whether we know it or not, we’re all working towards certain “Healthcare Futures” — these are potential scenarios by 2030, for which the seedlings are in place today. Ultimately several of these can come to fruition in some way. If you had to prioritize one or two over the others, which would you pick and why? Future #1: “Retail healthcare becomes consumer’s first and easiest option for…

Each part of the experience is tailored to our community’s preferences In Part I of this series, I outlined population characteristics of the Indian-American community, and how those characteristics translate into what that community might want from their healthcare experience. In Part II, here, we explore what the initial operational…