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At MVF, we live and breathe healthcare. And every now and then we feel the need to write about it as well! This is a collection of articles, blogs and news posts from our team, our advisors and our partners. Feel free to interact with us here or drop us a line on our social media accounts if something catches your fancy.
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WarOnCOVID Pitch Contest – All the Teams
COVID Might have changed the location but it won’t stop our Crowd of Amazing Innovators! All 41 of the companies that pitched in our...
Alex Fair
May 5, 20205 min read
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NOLAHI Challenge Winners Announced
We are pleased to report that out of over 140 teams that applied to win our New Orleans Health Innovators Crowd Challenge, sponsored by...
Alex Fair
Apr 2, 20183 min read
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MedStartr Announces Winners of MedMo17 – its annual Healthcare Pitch Contest
New York City – December 7, 2017 – MedStartr, Inc. the healthcare-only crowdfunding and investment platform today announced the winners...
Alex Fair
Dec 7, 20173 min read
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What is #TrumpCare?
We all have concerns about what the new administration will do to our healthcare system which has been changing so rapidly for the last...
Alex Fair
Nov 24, 20161 min read
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Healthcare Innovation Rule # 6: Get Buzz(ed)
Little propels a startup like great buzz and one of the four things we think crowdfunding and events drive is awareness. Once people are...
Alex Fair
Dec 6, 20152 min read
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MedStartr Momentum 2015 Results
For Immediate Release MedStartr announces winners in first full day conference by leading healthcare technology platform New York, NY –...
Alex Fair
Dec 4, 20152 min read
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10 Rules for Driving Innovation in Healthcare – Rule # 7 – Pitch Listen Fix Pitch repeat
Rule # 7 – Pitch Listen Fix Pitch Repeat We recommend to all our acceleration clients to pitch early and pitch often. I don’t just mean...
Alex Fair
Dec 2, 20152 min read
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Healthcare Innovation Rule # 8: Passion is Not Enough
Today we continue our series on 10 Rules for driving health innovation faster with another post in the lead up to our CyberMonday...
Alex Fair
Nov 27, 20152 min read
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10 Rules for Driving Innovation in Healthcare – Rule # 10 – Be in the right place
In preparation for our first full day event, MedStartr Momentum 2015 we are writing out our ten secrets to Healthcare Innovation Success....
Alex Fair
Nov 17, 20152 min read
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Badass Billionaire Addict
But if that was the only lesson to take away from the Walter White character, I probably wouldn’t be writing about him today. Indeed, I...
Alex Fair
Oct 31, 20143 min read
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GET PUMPED! AHA Chicago is running an Innovation Challenge
We helped the New York Chapter run a similar Challenge this Spring and the results were fantastic, especially for the startups. Like...
Alex Fair
Aug 6, 20141 min read
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A Cure for Adoption Deficiency Syndrome
Once contracted, ADS can spread to a medical community at large and is highly virulent and can kill millions. In a notable case from the...
Alex Fair
Aug 2, 20142 min read
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Icarus, Daedalus, or Somewhere in Between
Icarus and Daedalus by Charles Paul Landon, 1799 I have long noted the difference between technically adept Fathers and Sons. We seem to...
Alex Fair
Nov 26, 20133 min read
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We Have a Winner!
Originally published by Adam Wong / Management and Program Analyst, ONC on HealthIT.gov Drum roll please! The Office of the National...
Alex Fair
Aug 9, 20133 min read
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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:...
Alex Fair
Nov 16, 20122 min read
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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,...
Alex Fair
Oct 20, 20123 min read
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Aetna Sponsors Healthcare Revolution: San Francisco!
Thank you to our first Partner Sponsor, Aetna for our MedStartr Rocks San Francisco event! Find, Fund, and have some Fun with us here!...
Alex Fair
Sep 27, 20121 min read
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No Slackers Among the Backers
Regina Holliday’s Walking Gallery MedStartr Project where she raised $10,948 from 90 Amazing men and women. We are honored and humbled...
Alex Fair
Sep 21, 20122 min read
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Endogoddess and the Space Elevator
Why “only” $8000 to Build a Space Elevator? We’ve gotten critiques from our friends that “we’re not asking for enough…” The (usually...
Alex Fair
Sep 5, 20122 min read
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