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Forward is an AI-based healthcare unicorn that combines private doctors with technology to enable data-driven, insurance-free primary care. Forward is now present in 14 cities in the US. In this episode, Sandhya Hegde chats with Adrian Aoun, the founder and CEO of Forward about building a transparent and incentive-driven healthcare system. Join us as we discuss: 01:47: Forward's origin story and why Adrian saw the need to reimagine healthcare 04:44: Build an incentive-driven healthcare system 10:05: Approach to building an “MVP”/early clinics  13:51: How Forward thinks about its product roadmap and innovating in healthcare 17:11: How Adrian and his team iterated on early user feedback  20:39: Forward's approach to productizing healthcare  24:29: The future of AI in healthcare 27:55 How Adrian approached building the early team at Forward 30:51: Advice for founders who are building products with AI Sandhya Hegde is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures, leading investments in modern SaaS companies with a focus on AI. Previously an early executive at Amplitude, Sandhya is a product-led growth (PLG) coach and mentor. She can be reached at sandhya@unusual.vc and  Twitter  LinkedIn  Adrian Aoun is the founder and CEO of Forward. Prior to starting Forward, he founded Wavii, a natural language processing startup acquired by Google. He also worked on special projects for Larry Page at Google.  Unusual Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm designed from the ground up to give a distinct advantage to founders building the next generation of software companies. Unusual has invested in category-defining companies like Webflow, Arctic Wolf Networks, Carta, Robinhood, and Harness. Learn more about us at https://www.unusual.vc/. Further reading from the Startup Field Guide: Starting a company Iterating to MVP for consumer products

Adrian Aoun is the Founder and CEO of Forward Health, which is rebuilding healthcare as a product, not a service. Forward is supported by investors like Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Softbank, Expa, Marc Beinoff, Ashton Kutcher, The Weeknd, Lee Linden, Josh Kushner, First Round Capital, Eric Schmidt, DCVC, and more, Before starting Forward, Adrian worked with Larry Page at Google to setup and launch new companies inside of Alphabet. He joined Google through the acquisition of his AI startup Wavii, and spent his first year at Google helping create and build its AI division. Adrian was on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and is an angel investor in companies including Stripe, Uber, Anduril, and more. Brought to you by Secureframe, the automated compliance platform built by compliance experts: https://secureframe.com/request-demo-4?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=062023-thesplit In this episode, we discuss: Rad the transcript: https://www.thespl.it/p/making-healthcare-a-product-not-a - How the healthcare industry actually works - Why poor incentives make technology in the industry ROI-negative - The founding story of Forward - Why healthcare should be a product, not a service - Building doctor's offices like Tesla builds cars - Being Larry Page's right hand man at Google - Building a “healthcare operating system” like Apple builds the app store - Adrian's contrarian views on the food industry - Why animal farming is a bigger climate issue than you might think - Zuck: the man in the arena Where to find Turner: Newsletter: https://www.thespl.it Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak Where to find Adrian: Twitter: https://twitter.com/adrianaoun LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianaoun Read the transcript: https://www.thespl.it/p/making-healthcare-a-product-not-a Production and distribution by: https://www.supermix.io For sponsorship inquiries: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebvhBlDDfHJyQdQWs8RwpFxWg-UbG0H-VFey05QSHvLxkZPQ/viewform

In a world of continuous innovation, it seems like our healthcare system has been left behind. The hassles of health insurance have become the status quo, and far too many of us have fallen victim to the abhorrent costs of medical services. Few of us have the time or wherewithal to battle with insurance companies or chase down medical providers. So, where do we go from here? Is there a way to effectively deliver low-cost healthcare to large numbers of people? According to Adrian Aoun, CEO of Forward – an AI-based healthcare company – the solution is simple: redesign healthcare as a product.In this episode, Catherine and Adrian discuss his journey to becoming the CEO of Forward, how productizing healthcare can lower costs and boost innovation, why health insurance is the biggest obstacle in healthcare, and much more.Topics Include: How Adrian's childhood shaped his pursuit of knowledgeThe enormous challenges our healthcare system facesHow to migrate the work of doctors and nurses to hardwareHow our current healthcare system disincentivizes innovation and fails to keep up with its challengesThe Forward business modelHow to raise millions of dollars as a startupAnd other topics…Adrian Aoun is the founder and CEO of Forward, an AI-based healthcare system combining world-class private doctors with new technology to enable proactive, data-driven primary care. Most recently, he was the head of Special Projects for the CEO of Google/Alphabet, where he founded one of the Alphabet companies Sidewalk Labs. Adrian arrived at Google upon the acquisition of his AI startup Wavii, and spent his first year at Google helping to create and build their AI division. Additionally, Adrian is an active angel investor and advisor to a number of technology startups and funds.Resources Mentioned:Factfulness by Hans Rosling

Adrian Aon is the founder & CEO of Forward. They've raised more than $225mil from the world's leading VCs to "build an insurance-free healthcare system from the ground-up”. Before that, he was the Director of Special Projects for Google's CEO & founder of Sidewalk Labs, the startup at Google tasked with re-inventing cities & sold Wavii to Google for $30mil. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IwO12HgtWqw Timestamps (00:00:00) - Intro     (00:00:31) - Sponsor: Justworks     (00:03:21) - Sidewalk Labs     (00:11:40) - Director Of Special Projects at Google     (00:15:23) - What Is Forward     (00:18:43) - What Is Wrong With The US Health Care System     (00:22:15) - Life Expectancy In The Bronze Age     (00:24:11) - Sponsor: Bambee (00:25:21) - Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs     (00:26:24) - How US Health Care Can Be Improved (00:33:07) - Using Technology To Improve Health Care     (00:35:45) - What Is The Body Scanner Doing That We Couldn't Do Before (00:42:45) - Prenuvo Whole Body Scan (00:49:28) - Best Way To Go About Health Care     (00:52:59) - Health Care As A Product (00:56:11) - Outro Subscribe & watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IwO12HgtWqw Thank you to our sponsors: Linkedin Jobs - helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post a job for free on linkedin.com/creator Bambee - get access to your own dedicated HR Manager starting at just $99/month. Visit bambee.com/lab JustWorks - makes it simple to hire and manage remote employees across all 50 states, visit JustWorks.com

Adrian Aoun is the founder and CEO of Forward, an AI-based healthcare system combining world-class private doctors with new technology to enable proactive, data-driven primary care.Most recently, he was the head of Special Projects for the CEO of Google/Alphabet, where he founded one of the Alphabet companies Sidewalk Labs. Adrian arrived at Google upon the acquisition of his AI startup Wavii and spent his first year at Google helping to create and build their AI division.Additionally, Adrian is an active angel investor and advisor to a number of technology startups and funds.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletterFOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/thefounderhourFOLLOW TFH ON TWITTER > http://www.twitter.com/thefounderhourINTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR? EMAIL US > partnerships@thefounderhour.com

Adrian Aoun is the founder and CEO of Forward, an AI-based healthcare system combining world-class private doctors with new technology to enable proactive, data-driven primary care. Most recently, he was the head of Special Projects for the CEO of Google/Alphabet, where he founded one of the Alphabet companies Sidewalk Labs. Adrian arrived at Google upon the acquisition of his AI startup Wavii and spent his first year at Google helping to create and build their AI division. Additionally, Adrian is an active angel investor and advisor to a number of technology startups and funds. Aoun discusses the world of artificial intelligence, his time at Google and the scaling potential offered by AI technology. Then, he explains how healthcare has lagged behind other industries transformed by tech and offers his vision for the future of healthcare powered by AI. ——————————————————————Watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/videosFor podcast transcripts and show notes, visit https://www.salt.org/Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

Adrian is a serial entrepreneur and currently Founder/CEO of Forward. Forward is a healthcare startup that provides a membership-based healthcare system. Forward is redesigning the way healthcare is delivered using cutting edge technology that has long been neglected such as sensors, mobile, and AI.Before Forward Adrian founded AI startup Wavii which was acquired by Google, where he subsequently led Special Projects for the entire company. In this episode we dive into Adrian's entrepreneurial journey and how Forward is redefining healthcare from first principles.In this episode we discuss:Wavii and early journey as an entrepreneur What led you into an entrepreneurial path?What was Wavii and how did it apply AI?How did you end up getting acquired by Google?How did you approach AI at Google post acquisition?Leading Special Projects at Google How did you end up working with Larry Page on Special Projects at Google?How did you approach structuring and creating the various Alphabet companies?How did you approach problems, prioritize opportunities and measure impact?What was working with Larry Page like and what were his greatest strengths?How did you apply first principles thinking when starting new projects at Google?Why is Forward not an Alphabet company?Reimagining healthcare with Forward What is forwards goal and what led you to founding the company?What were some of the principles that gave you conviction in building D2C healthcare?What is your perspective on competing with incumbent business models?What is your vision for Forward and shifting healthcare from inflationary to deflationary?Path to Product Market Fit and Scaling Forward What was your path to Product Market Fit and proving out the D2C business model?How did you maintain conviction and push back on calls to pivot in the early days?How did you figure out how to tell your story and start driving growth?What does your current scale look like and what have been the hardest parts to scale?From a consumer's perspective, why should someone sign up for Forward?What do the economics look and how do you make them work without taking insurance?How do you supercharge doctors and build tools to turn healthcare into a product?What are the segments where you're seeing the best fit today and expanding from?Closeout questions What are your superpowers that you find yourself leaning on often?What is the most challenging/difficult feedback you've received — how have you processed it and incorporated it going forward?Who's the most talented person you've worked with & what do you respect most about them?LinksLearn more about ForwardFollow Adrian and Forward on TwitterHit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!Follow Ashish and Zane on Twitter for summariesClick here to give feedback — it only takes a minute

Adrian is a serial entrepreneur and currently Founder/CEO of Forward. Forward is a healthcare startup that provides a membership-based healthcare system. Forward is redesigning the way healthcare is delivered using cutting edge technology that has long been neglected such as sensors, mobile, and AI.Before Forward Adrian founded AI startup Wavii which was acquired by Google, where he subsequently led Special Projects for the entire company. In this episode we dive into Adrian's entrepreneurial journey and how Forward is redefining healthcare from first principles.In this episode we discuss:Wavii and early journey as an entrepreneur What led you into an entrepreneurial path?What was Wavii and how did it apply AI?How did you end up getting acquired by Google?How did you approach AI at Google post acquisition?Leading Special Projects at Google How did you end up working with Larry Page on Special Projects at Google?How did you approach structuring and creating the various Alphabet companies?How did you approach problems, prioritize opportunities and measure impact?What was working with Larry Page like and what were his greatest strengths?How did you apply first principles thinking when starting new projects at Google?Why is Forward not an Alphabet company?Reimagining healthcare with Forward What is forwards goal and what led you to founding the company?What were some of the principles that gave you conviction in building D2C healthcare?What is your perspective on competing with incumbent business models?What is your vision for Forward and shifting healthcare from inflationary to deflationary?Path to Product Market Fit and Scaling Forward What was your path to Product Market Fit and proving out the D2C business model?How did you maintain conviction and push back on calls to pivot in the early days?How did you figure out how to tell your story and start driving growth?What does your current scale look like and what have been the hardest parts to scale?From a consumer's perspective, why should someone sign up for Forward?What do the economics look and how do you make them work without taking insurance?How do you supercharge doctors and build tools to turn healthcare into a product?What are the segments where you're seeing the best fit today and expanding from?Closeout questions What are your superpowers that you find yourself leaning on often?What is the most challenging/difficult feedback you've received — how have you processed it and incorporated it going forward?Who's the most talented person you've worked with & what do you respect most about them?LinksLearn more about ForwardFollow Adrian and Forward on TwitterHit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!Follow Ashish and Zane on Twitter for summariesClick here to give feedback — it only takes a minute

Malik aka Wavii_Gawd is our resident blerd, because you know Jerome doesn't count, and he joins us this week to talk about the life of a nerd discussing anime, comics, video games, and our very specific thoughts about Super Smash Bros. and our lives tortured by video game sequels that just never get released! Make sure you listen to this nerd-tastic episode and then go check out the Phucaname podcast where your very own hosts join in on their conversation! Follow: @plusdeltapod on Instagram and Twitter @phucaname on Instagram @wavii_gawd on Instagram and don't forget to subscribe on Spotify and check out our website Plusdelta.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plusndelta/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plusndelta/support

What's good squad!?! In this episode of Phucapod Frosty, Cornered Fox and Wavii Gawd chatted about some of their favorite gaming experiences, Wavii talks about his experience with Immortal Fenyx Rising and how it and other games flew under the radar but are better than the little marketing they received. The big topic of this episode is a topic that touched all of our host's hearts...Violent Video Games being blamed for causing aggression in communities, reaching all the way up to being labeled the culprit for mass shooting perpetrators. The team even brings in a handful of references for their points and what other factors must be looked at along WITH violent video games. Take a listen! Let us know if you agree! Check out more of our content on all social media platforms @Phucaname, along with our website, phucaname.com Website: https://www.phucaname.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Phucaname/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phucaname/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/phucaname Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@phucaname References for the Conversation: https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/02/24/chicago-wants-to-ban-all-violent-video-games-in-response-to-rise-in-crime-and?fbclid=IwAR0lWgu2o6TplxSY-84oT6GjsuFTsSLwSOd6t-cfQBGM85t3-fke_AN6c0E https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2000/04/video-games https://dana.org/article/do-violent-video-games-lead-to-violence/ https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/jul/22/playing-video-games-doesnt-lead-to-violent-behaviour-study-shows

For our latest episode, we welcome Adrian Aoun. Adrian is a serial entrepreneur who started his first company as a teenager, sold his second - Wavii - to Google, and is now building the tech-centric healthcare company, Forward. Jessica and Jana talk with Adrian about lessons from selling his company, how he ended up on the founding team of Sidewalk, a bet within Alphabet, and how he would approach redesigning cities with a startup mindset. We wrap up hearing about how Forward navigated the challenges of 2020 and delivered care to members throughout the pandemic. Each week, we wrap up with a Shoutout to people who've inspired and helped us along the way. This episode, Adrian highlights what he's learned from Marissa Mayer and his appreciation for her willingness to pay it forward. The #ANGELS Pod brings you conversations about the latest tech trends with the people inventing and shaping them in Silicon Valley and beyond. Hosted by the co-founders of #ANGELS, an investment collective: Jessica Verrilli, April Underwood, Jana Messerschmidt, Chloe Sladden, Katie Stanton, and Vijaya Gadde. We cover personal stories about breaking into tech and scaling up, and inside looks at the most interesting startups, from the people building them. This podcast is just getting started and we'd love your feedback. You can reach us on Twitter @HashtagAngels and thanks in advance for listening! The #ANGELS Podcast is a production of Haitch Industries. Our theme music is by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music. The episode was produced and edited by Matt Herrero.

Dan Lewis is the CEO and Co-Founder of Convoy, the most efficient Digital Freight Network. Convoy is valued at $3.3B with over $600M of funding from investors that include Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, former Starbucks president Howard Behar, and U2's Bono and The Edge.Before Convoy, Dan served as General Manager of New Shopping Experiences at Amazon, as well as Vice President of Product and Operations at Wavii (acquired by Google), and Group Product Manager at Microsoft.Dan started his career in technology and supply chain consulting for Oliver Wyman, after studying cognitive science at Yale University.This episode was originally a live fireside chat. 

What's good Squad!? In this episode, Frosty, Wavii and Cornered open up the show with some quick news to be joined by The One True N00b to talk impressions of Zack Snyder's Justice League. We bring up the our favorite moments and what we would have expected from Snyder had Warner Bros. continued with his vision. Hopefully they reconsider. In the meantime, check out our take on this and the lack of creativity in the media industry as whole. Shout out to Ray Fisher for fighting for what he believed in...HIS RIGHTS! Check out more of our content on all social media platforms @Phucaname, along with our website, phucaname.com Website: https://www.phucaname.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Phucaname/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phucaname/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/phucaname Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@phucaname

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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Matthew KelceyMat works part time at ThoughtWorks where he is the Principal Consultant for Machine Learning in Australia. He divides the rest of his time between advisory / mentoring work for early stage companies as well as maintaining his small farm. Prior to ThoughtWorks, Mat was a senior research engineer in the Google Brain team where he worked across robotics & natural language understanding. Mat has held a mix of roles across his 20 year career ranging from machine learning research to engineering for large scale distributed systems; in both internet scale companies (such as Google & Amazon) as well as startups (such as Distra & Wavii)If you are enjoying our content please leave us a rating and review or consider supporting usA note from GrantMat Kelcey is our first guest to join us from Australia where he resides on his farm near Melbourne. Mat has built a career over the years that has spanned the globe, spanned a number of industries and spanned a number of topics. Over the years, he’s stayed deeply focused on doing technical work, holding down titles like software engineer and senior software engineer. Mat has worked in search, machine learning, big data and deep learning for the likes of Sensis in Australia, Wavii, Google, Lonely Planet, Amazon AWS and these days Thought Works. He’s also a prolific blogger and open source contributor who regularly shares his experiments and ideas in machine learning with the world. Please stay tuned as we connect halfway around the world with Mat Kelcey and hear his journey through the tech world.-Grant IngersollKey MilestonesMatt started work on artificial intelligence and machine learning back in the AI winter. What inspired Matt to get a degree in AI at University?Throughout his career Matt somehow avoided management. Was this intentional?Matt worked specifically on the Google Brain team as a research engineer. What was that experience like?When did Matt have imposter syndrome throughout his career?Additional ResourcesCheck out Matt’s Medium articles – https://medium.com/@alyjuma/the-regret-minimization-framework-how-jeff-bezos-made-decisions-4d5a86deaf24Matt’s personal blog – http://matpalm.com/blog/You can find more resources in the show notesTo learn more about our podcast go to https://develomentor.com/To listen to previous episodes go to https://develomentor.com/blog/Connect with Matt KelceyLinkedInTwitterGitHubBlog Connect with Grant IngersollLinkedInTwitterSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/develomentor)

Adrian Aoun is the CEO of Forward, a preventive healthcare company which he co-founded with former employees of Google and Uber. Aoun is also the founder and former CEO of Wavii, which he sold to Google for $30 Million, and a prolific angel investor with dozens of successful bets including Pinterest and ClassPass. We talked to him about Forward’s business model and mission to reveal and dismantle the absurdity of America’s healthcare system.

Erik is joined by Adrian Aoun (@adrianaoun), founder of Forward, a company that is trying to reinvent how primary healthcare is delivered. His previous company Wavii, was acquired by Google — where Adrian led AI efforts as well as working on special projects for Google’s CEO.Adrian explains the personal reason for his desire to found a healthcare company. He talks about why he is trying to build something completely outside the traditional healthcare system and gives a rundown of the amazing tech that Forward has been working on.The two of them also discuss why no healthcare company has achieved the scale that tech companies have — and how Forward might be one of the first companies to achieve that scale. Erik asks Adrian about his lessons learned when it comes to scaling and Adrian has a number of great tips about how to identify talent.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Colin Campbell is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Erik is joined by Adrian Aoun (@adrianaoun), founder of Forward, a company that is trying to reinvent how primary healthcare is delivered. His previous company Wavii, was acquired by Google — where Adrian led AI efforts as well as working on special projects for Google’s CEO.Adrian explains the personal reason for his desire to found a healthcare company. He talks about why he is trying to build something completely outside the traditional healthcare system and gives a rundown of the amazing tech that Forward has been working on.The two of them also discuss why no healthcare company has achieved the scale that tech companies have — and how Forward might be one of the first companies to achieve that scale. Erik asks Adrian about his lessons learned when it comes to scaling and Adrian has a number of great tips about how to identify talent.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Colin Campbell is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Dan Lewis is the co-founder and CEO of Convoy. Convoy is building the largest connected network of trucking companies in the country, helping businesses ship freight more efficiently, improving drivers' livelihood and reducing the 7% of all greenhouse gases that come from trucking. Before Convoy, Dan served as General Manager of New Shopping Experiences at Amazon, as well as Vice President of Product and Operations at Wavii (acquired by Google), and Group Product Manager at Microsoft. Dan started his career in technology and supply-chain consulting for Oliver Wyman, after studying cognitive science at Yale University.

Adrian Aoun is the Founder & CEO @ Forward, a health care system combining world-class doctors with advanced technology to empower patients to take control of their health. To date Adrian has raised funding from some of the true greats of the business including Marc Benioff, Eric Schmidt, Joe Lonsdale, Aaron Levie and Josh Kushner, to name a few. As a result of the incredible work at Forward, they were named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2017. Before Forward, Adrian was the head of special projects for the CEO of Google/Alphabet and Adrian arrived at Google following the acquisition of his artificial intelligence (AI) company, Wavii. Adrian is also a prolific angel with the likes of WorkRamp, Atrium, Convoy and more in his incredible portfolio. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Adrian made his way from selling Wavii to running special projects for the CEO @ Google, to now changing the world of healthcare with Forward? 2.) Why does Adrian believe that ideas don't have to be inspiration based and you can follow a process to come to a startup idea? What is the framework for that process? What is it fundamental that one focuses on the problem not the solution? Post problem identification, what is the next step? 3.) Why does Adrian believe that today, the Lean Startup Methodology makes less and less sense? What leads Adrian to suggest that "regulation is not nearly as scary as people think? How does Adrian break regulation up into 3 different categories? How should investors assess and evaluate opportunities that do face regulation? 4.) What does Adrian believe are the core benefits he has received from investing in over 150 startups? What has Jason recognised with regards to the power law effect when investing? How does Adrian approach pro-rata? What has being on the other side of the table taught Adrian about good and bad actors in the world of VC? 5.) How can angels act as a check/balance on the behaviour of VCs? How does Adrian think about investor behavior in both the good and the bad times? How do the best in the business react in both situations? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Adrian's Fave Book: Sapiens As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Adrian on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. We also speak about Movidiam – as brands turn to smarter ways of creating video and digital content, the Movidiam platform offers faster turnarounds whilst maintaining or improving quality. They’re already working with some of the biggest, most innovative companies to help compare teams and freelancers across the global curated network of creative talent. Producers and marketers looking for the best creatives can get a shortlist from Movidiam’s account managers in hours – tailored to their project’s needs. Submit a brief or check out the platform at Movidiam.com.

Today’s show is all about the future of YOUR healthcare. First, we have one of the most sought after industry experts in healthcare innovation, Murielle Thinard McLane, a former McKesson executive and now an executive in residence at GE Ventures in healthcare analytics. It is rare to see someone who has worked across the healthcare spectrum from the payor to pharma, supply chain and healthcare delivery. She knows how to spot product market fit and how to build and scale a commercial organization, which is why she is now helping startups to commercialize their healthcare products and services. During the show, McLane shares some of the biggest trends in healthcare and where the venture capital market is focused. She discusses the pharmaceutical industry and the issues stifling innovation, bringing new drugs to market, and creating competition to bring down prices. Did you know it takes about 12 years and more than $2 billion dollars, on average, to bring a drug to market? McLane also shares some of her favorite technologies on the cutting edge in diagnostics, including digital imaging startup Arterys, which incorporates artificial intelligence and cloud computing to create a more efficient and effective MRI. In the second half hour, it’s all about why the doctors office of the future feels more like an Apple store than a doctors office. Did you know that the future is here today in San Francisco for a 149 dollar per month membership? It’s called, “Forward.” It’s all about preventative medicine with body scanners, the most advanced digital stethoscopes, genetics testing, and blood tests that offer results in 12 minutes vs days. Adrian Aoun is the founder/CEO of Forward. He is a serial entrepreneur who’s first big hit was with Wavii, the natural language processing startup that Google bought years ago. A personal experience led him to focus now on creating the future of healthcare. He talks about taking a true patient-centric approach to building out what he considers the ultimate foundation for the future of healthcare. And it’s a subscription model with a monthly $149 fee, paid upfront for an annual membership. It’s separate from a patient’s own insurance for chronic and emergency care. The idea is to start getting people in before they’re sick and being able to get them on a healthy track so they don’t end up with debilitating diseases. During the show you’ll be fascinated to hear about the process his team took to developing some of the most advanced diagnostic technologies in preventative health for the primary care office.

This episode we chat about how to get a free Tivo personal video recorder, Mac Flashback Trojan, new Freeview channel Choice TV, Wavii, NAB conference and card skimmers being blocked from NZ. We also talked with Brad in Las Vegas about MMS and Windows 8. Running time : 00:47:50