Innovation Conversations with NFP

One of the best ways to innovate for the future is to distill and reflect on the best lessons you learned from the past — and then find ways to integrate and apply them to what matters now. That’s what we did with this Summit Retrospective, a series of our most exciting interviews and episodes from NFP’s annual conference. Empower the whole person! In this episode, Livongo’s Naomi Allen talks about how her company infuses technology in healthcare to help people with chronic conditions live better and healthier lives. To Naomi, innovation is “creating something different that solves a problem for a specific audience.”

One of the best ways to innovate for the future is to distill and reflect on the best lessons you learned from the past — and then find ways to integrate and apply them to what matters now. That’s what we did with this Summit Retrospective, a series of our most exciting interviews and episodes from NFP’s annual conference. In Episode 27, hear from Head of Innovation Mark Rieder about how what innovation means at NFP and how the platform came to be. Then hear from VP of Innovation Rachelle Oribio, whose entrepreneurial experience, energy, and fresh perspective bring a real dynamism to the team. “I love hard challenge industries […] because there’s so much opportunity to reinvent it. It really grasps my attention.”

Hear from NFP’s new strategic partner Bright Idea, a software tool that helps companies innovate, collaborate and measure ideas within their company. This interview is with Bright Idea’s director of sales, John Macomber, at our annual Summit this spring.

Catapult Health brings preventive care to your employees right where they work. Hear how it works as Shannon Schaul, newly promoted VP of Sales & Partnerships for Catapult Health, joins the Innovation Conversation and tells us about how this eight-year-old company moved being from a regional player to a national player just two years ago.

Darrin Murriner, a new HRTech partner in our NFP Innovation Lab, joins the podcast to speak about his company, Cloverleaf. This innovative company is focused on creating a better way for organizations to conduct performance management. Whether your HR department has its processes down to a science or is looking for more nimble, nuanced, and powerful solutions, it’s worth looking at Cloverleaf, which uses technology and innovation to provide a better way to measure employee performance.

Kristen Valdes, CEO of b.well, joins us for another edition of Innovation Conversations with NFP. If you’re an employer looking for a robust platform full of connected companies, this episode is for you. Hear what b.well has done to be THE connected health platform for employers and how they’ve accomplished what few before have – full integration will multiple vendors on the b.well platform.

The population in the US is aging, and the number of employees who are caring for aging adults or disabled children is growing. More creative, comprehensive employee benefits can help. In this podcast, hear Evan Falchuk, CEO of Village Plan, share how his company is tackling the growing challenge of caring for others and caring for the caregivers. Evan shares his professional history at Best Doctors and how he’s taking the network approach they used there to build a network of care managers focused on support for aging adults.

Alyson Friedensohn is on a mission to change how the world thinks about mental and emotional health. She is a co-founder of Modern Health, a mental and behavioral health company that has been making waves in the employee benefits space. Alyson joins the Innovation Conversations with NFP podcast to talk about why she and her co-founder decided to start this company, how the company uses data and insights to achieve their mission, and what sort of traction they’re seeing in their first year in the market.

A healthy smile is its own reward, but what if you could save money on your dental insurance by behaving healthfully? Innovation Conversations with NFP speaks with Alex Frommeyer from Beam Dental, a new company that offers a new approach to dental insurance. Beam uses connected devices and a subscription service to wow its customers — because when customers share usage data from their connected toothbrushes, their good habits may drive lower premiums.

We attended Summit 2019 in Austin, Texas – NFP's annual conference – and talked to a number of companies in attendance. Tune in to get to know the NFP Innovation and Ventures Team, and hear from top innovators from Accolade, BrightIdea, Buoy Health, Zenefits, and more. Hear what their companies do to spur health and tech engagement, and why they enjoy partnering with NFP. The episode speakers include: - Charlotte Creech, Direction of Innovation, USAA - Tommy Newbrough, Head of Product, PLNAR - Dustin Zerrer, Head of Marketing, PLNAR - Tim Angelillo, CEO, Sourced Craft Cocktails

We attended Summit 2019 in Austin, Texas – NFP's annual conference – and talked to a number of companies in attendance. Tune in to get to know the NFP Innovation and Ventures Team, and hear from top innovators from Accolade, BrightIdea, Buoy Health, Zenefits, and more. Hear what their companies do to spur health and tech engagement, and why they enjoy partnering with NFP. The episode speakers include: - Nick Ducoff, Co-founder and CEO, Edmit - David Aronson, President, Peanut Butter - Lynnette Bates, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Wamberg Genomic Advisors (Cancer Guardian) - Naomi Allen, Chief Revenue Officer, Livongo - Curt Cramer, Vice President, North American Operations Director, GWT Insight

We attended Summit 2019 in Austin, Texas – NFP's annual conference – and talked to a number of companies in attendance. Tune in to get to know the NFP Innovation and Ventures Team, and hear from top innovators from Accolade, BrightIdea, Buoy Health, Zenefits, and more. Hear what their companies do to spur health and tech engagement, and why they enjoy partnering with NFP. The episode speakers include: - Mark Galvin, President and CEO, MyMedicalShopper - Kristen Vener, Director of Business Development, Accolade - Andrew Le, CEO and Co-Founder, Buoy Health - Bryan Vercler, Senior Director, Zenefits

We attended Summit 2019 in Austin, Texas – NFP's annual conference – and talked to a number of companies in attendance. Tune in to get to know the NFP Innovation and Ventures Team, and hear from top innovators from Accolade, BrightIdea, Buoy Health, Zenefits, and more. Hear what their companies do to spur health and tech engagement, and why they enjoy partnering with NFP. The episode speakers include: - Shawn Ellis, Managing Director, NFP Ventures - Matthew Loper, CEO and Co-Founder, Wellth - Robert Horowitz , VP of Finance, Quip - Jeffrey Rappaport, Director of Dental Care, Quip

We attended Summit 2019 in Austin, Texas – NFP's annual conference – and talked to a number of companies in attendance. Tune in to get to know the NFP Innovation and Ventures Team, and hear from top innovators from Accolade, BrightIdea, Buoy Health, Zenefits, and more. Hear what their companies do to spur health and tech engagement, and why they enjoy partnering with NFP. The episode speakers include: - Mark Rieder, Head of Innovation, NFP - Rachelle Oribio, Vice President of Innovation, NFP - John Macomber, Director of Sales, Bright Idea

South by Southwest is one of the premier film, music, media, and tech conferences in the world — and NFP was there! Listen to our SXSW panel discussion about trends in the VC space. You’ll hear about what matters to different types of investors and what questions entrepreneurs should ask of potential funders to make sure the partnership is a good fit for all parties involved. Panelists were Tomorrow's CEO Dave Hanley, Victress Capital's co-founder Lori Cashman, Capital Factory's Director Shakeel Rashed and NFP's Managing Director of the Venture Fund Shawn Ellis.

The brain is one of the most complex organs in the body. It controls cognition, emotion, sensation and self-control, and its importance to the body cannot be understated. In this podcast, we’re joined by Louis Gagnon, CEO of Total Brain, an organization focused on optimizing brain health. Learn how Total Brain can improve your employees’ brain performance to improve their health, productivity and performance.

Financial wellness has become one of the most sought-after benefits an employer can offer. In this episode of “Innovation Conversations with NFP”, we speak with Chris Whitlow, CEO and Founder of Edukate. Learn about Edukate’s comprehensive financial wellness offering to employers and how you can put this to work for your employees! Chris’s company’s powerful platform strives to create a confident, productive and engaged workforce by empowering employees with personalized financial benefits and guidance.

Shopping for the right medical tests and procedures at the right price isn’t easy — until now. Mark Galvin from MyMedicalShopper joins the Innovation Conversations with NFP podcast to talk about how a chance meeting he had with his doctor led to the creation of a better way to shop for medical procedures. Hear how Mark started in New Hampshire and expanded to all 50 states — and how putting information into the hands of health consumers really does make a difference.

Get ahead of student loan debt this year. With all of the buzz around companies that help students repay loans after they already owe four to six figures of student loan debt, Nick Ducoff, founder of Edmit, decided to get ahead of the competition by creating an innovative company focused on preparing students and their families for college. Learn about how Edmit helps families both make smarter choices around college and understand the true cost of attendance.

With roughly 70 million people suffering from digestive disease in the US alone, the field of digestive health is ripe for innovation. Hear how self-described serial entrepreneur and scientist-founder Kim Angelides decided to spur change after digging into claims data and discovering that digestive health issues were driving up to 25 percent of health care costs in some employers.

If you’re an HR leader who’s frustrated with the challenge of upskilling talent and aren’t sure how to avoid losing talented employees who want to take the next step within your organization, then you must listen to this podcast. Kristy McGann Flynn, founder of GoCoach, speaks about the growth of her coaching platform, which is designed to help employers and other HR leaders retain talented employees by pairing them with coaches who can help them tackle the next chapter in their career.

Innovation Conversations with NFP welcomes its first property and casualty innovator to the podcast! Mike Furlong from Indio Technologies discusses his company’s story: launch in San Francisco, the company’s current state with more than $10 million raised, and the previous start up that led Mike to disrupt the P&C space. Give it a listen and learn all there is to know about Indio.

Meet John Ciasulli, founder and CEO of Nubundle, a unique company focused on the fertility business. If you’re an employer who has employees struggling to navigate the family planning space, Nubundle may be worth a look. Offering education for users as well as financial loan and insurance component to support families, Nubundle is helping fertility business to get a much needed upgrade.

Innovation Conversations with NFP speaks with Scott Kannry from Axio, a cyber security optimization firm who helps clients put together their cyber security puzzle more effectively than ever before. What helps more? An extra dollar spent on insurance or an extra dollar spent on IT security? Let Axio help answer these types of questions for you.

Hear from David Aronson, founder and CEO of Peanut Butter, a student loan repayment company that has stormed onto the scene. Learn how employers use this tool to attract and retain talent, the recent Private Letter Ruling from the IRS related to student loan repayments, and where the name “Peanut Butter” came from.

The innovation team recently had the chance to catch up with Matt Loper, Co-Founder and CEO of Wellth, an app that’s devoted to the singular goal of helping chronic disease patients change their behaviors to improve their health. By improving adherence to care plans, they’re helping to drive down hospitalizations, readmissions and complications in order to produce meaningful cost savings for customers, often within three months in the program. Learn about the company's start, the family story that drove Matt's ambition, and their new strategic partnership with NFP.

Hear a conversation with Tomorrow Founder and CEO Dave Hanley about how the app helps families of all types achieve financial peace of mind by providing essential estate planning.

Hear a conversation with the head of NFP's venture fund, Shawn Ellis, along with podcast and innovation expert Dave Kerrigan. Shawn and Dave provide an overview of the Innovation Lab, the venture fund and what you can expect to hear on the podcast each week.