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The second podcast from Cold Comfort 2018 in Coventry features more fascinating chat from exhibitors and thought leaders at the annual winter maintenance conference and exhibition… Today we talk about quantifying the benefits of the solutions provided with SafeCote's MD Mark Dutton and hear lessons learned from Somerset County Council after they were hit with their severest weather yet last winter. Two companies who produce what goes on the roads, Wintertech and Compass Minerals, give their views while we also hear from weather forecaster MeteoGroup. Finally Highways magazine editor Dom Browne gives his take on the event and tells us what more you can read about it in the next couple of issues. It’s well worth half an hour of your time to hear us talking transport, at Cold Comfort.

You've heard of "Always Be Closing", right? Well today we'll tell you why you should at least "Always Be Preparing" (to Close). Every entrepreneur can and should learn the ways of the M&A market and use that knowledge to inform the way they build their company. That's true if you hope to exit someday because it'll drive decisions that make your company more valuable later.  And it's true if you plan on staying in your business for the long haul. Investors have battle-tested methods for determining what's valuable and what's risky. As the current and future investor in your company, you should be applying those tests and addressing the results along the way. On this episode, we're once again talking with Dexter Braff, President of The Braff Group, one of the nation's leading health care merger and acquisition advisory firms. We dig into Dexter's process for evaluating companies and find out how he determines if they'll demand attention on the open market. Dexter shares valuable insights on the valuation process and breaks down the 3 major components that contribute to it. He also gets into the psychology of deal making and offers up plenty of practical advice that any entrepreneur can put into action right away. This one's full of gems and I know you're going to enjoy it. What you'll learn: When should startups begin thinking about and positioning themselves for acquisition? How can a company be more valuable when losing money than when they're turning a profit? What are the "Behavioral Determinants of Value"? How do you evaluate a company to determine if it will generate legitimate interest from the M&A/Private Equity market? Should you market your company to a broad audience of investors, or keep it focused? What's the most important thing for entrepreneurs to study/stay informed on and why? What are the major factors that determine a company's valuation? What's something every entrepreneur should be doing regardless of company stage and size? What's the most common misconception that you see in entrepreneurs when it comes to selling their company? What advice would you give an entrepreneur for giving a good elevator speech to an investor? And if you dig this, be sure to check out Part 1 with Dexter for a macro view of the Health IT market. Thanks for listening! Don Lee About Dexter Braff Dexter W. Braff is President of The Braff Group, one of the nation's leading health care merger and acquisition advisory firms (source: Thomson Reuters). Since its founding in 1998, the firm has completed more than 300 health care deals. With 30 years of experience representing health care service companies, Dexter is recognized as the industry expert in health care M&A. He has written and contributed to feature articles that have appeared in numerous health care industry publications and has written a chapter in the Handbook of Business Valuation published by John Wiley & Sons. He is frequently interviewed on various topics regarding health care mergers and acquisitions by news outlets including Bloomberg News, CNBC, USA Today, The Huffington Post, The Palm Beach Times, and numerous health care sector journals. Additionally, the firm is the publisher of marketWATCH, a quarterly review of mergers and acquisitions activity in six industry segments: Behavioral Health Care, Health Care Information Technology, Home Health and Hospice, Pharmacy Services, Urgent Care, and Home Medical Equipment. Dexter has presented seminars, webinars, moderated discussion panels, and has been the keynote speaker on various issues regarding health care mergers and acquisitions and finance at conferences across the country including Art of the Deal, the Remington Think Tank, Health Care Capital Investors Conference, HME News Business Summit, HHFMA Financial Managers Conference, Treatment Center Investment and Valuation, Foundations: Moments of Change, Behavioral Health Care: Buying, Selling and Valuing, National Association for Home Care, National Home Infusion Association Conference, Homecare 100, Long Term Care 100, Medtrade, Urgent Care Association of America, and many more. He was recently inducted into The Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers Association Hall of Fame as “deal-maker extraordinaire.” Dexter holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master of Science from the University of Oregon, a Bachelors of Arts from Cornell University, and received the Vincent W. Lanfear Award for academic achievement. About The Braff Group The Braff Group is a leading mergers and acquisitions advisory firm specializing exclusively in health care services including behavioral health care, home health care, hospice, pharmacy services (home infusion, specialty Rx, institutional Rx), urgent care, health care information technology, health care staffing, home medical equipment, and ancillary health care services. Unlike many brokers and investment sectors that work many sides of the negotiating table which can create conflicts of interest, we provide sell-side only transaction advisory services including representation, divestiture strategy, debt and equity recapitalizations, and valuation. Since the firm's inception in 1998, we have closed more than 300 transactions, more than any other mergers and acquisitions advisory firm covering these sectors. Related How to Analyze the Health IT Market | Dexter Braff | The Braff Group | Part 1 Learn how to analyze the Health IT market and categorize it according to how it's likely to consolidate. This will help you to understand where the market is headed so that you can best position your product or service and gain traction. For startups, new products, and industry innovators. JPM18, WinterTech, Startup Bundles & More Hear about what went down at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference (#JPM18) and Health 2.0 WinterTech. You'll learn about the trends in healthcare investment, delivery and innovation and how you can position yourself for success in the coming years. Plus, a new concept: Startup Bundles. Accelerating Digital Health for Social Good | Christian Seale | Startupbootcamp Miami On this episode Christian talks about sub-categories within the market that can be drawn by community and cultural lines. A very interesting supplement to Dexter Braff's analysis. Subscribe to Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar

On this episode we recap the 36th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference (#JPM18), the Health 2.0 WinterTech event and talk about the "festival" that J.P. Morgan Week becomes in San Francisco. We cover the trends and topics coming out of the festival and use them as a jumping off point to discuss the next wave of digital health investment and innovation. What you'll learn: What is the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference? What is the Health 2.0 WinterTech Event? Who attends these events and how do you get value from them? How you can take part in the festival even if you're not invited to the main show. The trends and topics coming out of the festival and what they mean for Health Systems, Investors, Innovators and Startups Who are the "Strategics"? What are they investing in? And why are they starting to invest in earlier rounds? What are the major Health System strategies and why are they still so "muddled"? How and why you should develop pipelines for product development and innovation Why we should start to consolidate startups earlier and bundle them into more comprehensive offerings in support of broader strategic initiatives How an accelerator might organize around a very specific, outcomes-driven investment thesis and use the "startup bundle" model to create very comprehensive (and fund-able) companies. The 36th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Held January 8-11, 2018 - San Francisco This is the premier gathering of healthcare investors in the U.S. This year more than 400 companies from startups to very large healthcare delivery systems presented to more than 8,000 attendees to share their vision and strategies for the coming years. The idea is to telegraph to investors what's coming (if you're an innovator), and what you'll want to buy (if you're a large health system). One observer said it "provides an incredibly efficient snapshot of the strategies for large healthcare delivery systems". The event is invite-only, but there are plenty of opportunities to get involved in the various events and meetups happening around town. A prime example of that is the Health 2.0 WinterTech event. Learn more about #JPM18 The 4th Annual Health 2.0 WinterTech Event Held January 10, 2018 A much smaller and more targeted event that is billed as "the place for insider insights on investing trends in health care technology".  Less than a year after being acquired by HIMSS, it's great to hear that this event is still, as Shahid put it, "very much a Matthew (Holt) and Indu (Subaiya) Health 2.0 event". That means startups get the spotlight. Matthew and Indu love to put them on stage and let them tell the investors what they're up to. Learn more about Health 2.0's WinterTech ... Subscribe to Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. ... The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar

At the third annual health 2.0 WinterTech conference running concurrent with JP Morgan Healthcare conference week in San Francisco, Health Innovation Media co-host Jessica DaMassa catches up with Co-founder and COO of RubiconMDCarlos Reines.  Follow on twitter via @Rubicon_MD. The company's about us page notes: 'We were founded in 2013 with a driving vision of democratizing medical expertise so that providers can offer every patient the care they deserve. Three years later, we are furthering this mission with the industry-leading eConsult platform, supported by a best-in-class specialist panel, strategic partnerships, top investors and a smart, passionate team.' For more information on RubiconMD, click here. Produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.

At the third annual health 2.0 WinterTech conference running concurrent with JP Morgan Healthcare conference week in San Francisco, Health Innovation Media co-host Jessica DaMassa catches up with healthtech expert, author and consultant Shahid N. Shah, CEO of Netspective and FounderHealthcare Guy. Shahid's bio notes he's:  'an award-winning Government 2.0, Health IT, Bio IT & digital Medical Device Inventor & CTO with over 27 years of technology strategy, architecture, engineering, entrepreneurship, speaking, and writing experience.' For more information on Shahid's work see Netspective and Healthcare Guy. Produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.

At the third annual health 2.0 WinterTech conference running concurrent with go-to life sciences, biotech, pharma, medical device and more investor JP Morgan Healthcare conference week in San Francisco, Health Innovation Media co-host Jessica DaMassa catches up with Livzo Co-founders Nataliia Karpenko, CEO and Toni Sicola, Vice President, Corporate Wellness. Livzo provides: 'an innovative health and wellness engagement platform for the workplace and fitness centers'. For more information on Livzo, click  here. Produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.  

At the third annual health 2.0 WinterTech conference running concurrent with JP Morgan Healthcare conference week in San Francisco, Health Innovation Media co-host Jessica DaMassa extracts the international angle on innovation trends given recent U.S. Presidential Elections from Roberto Ascione, CEO of Healthware International.  According to their website: 'Healthware International: is a global leader in healthcare agency services, Healthware is a unique blend of innovation, advisory, communications & marketing agency services and technology capabilities.' For more information on Healthware International, click here. Produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.

At the third annual health 2.0 WinterTech conference running during JP Morgan Healthcare conference week in San Francisco, Gregg Masters catches up with Direct Practice pioneer Erika Bliss, MD, CEO and co-founder of market leader Qliance, follow on twitter via @Qliance.  From the Qliance website: 'Qliance membership gives you health security with unlimited access to doctors, nurse practitioners and healthcare team experts for all of your primary care medical needs.' For a brief video introduction to Qliance vis Dr. Bliss, click here. Interviewed and produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.

At the third annual health 2.0 WinterTech conference running during JP Morgan Healthcare conference week in San Francisco, co-founder Matt Holt offers his key takeways sourced from the themes and topics generated from a power packed faculty and series of moderated sessions. Health Innovation Media co-host Jessica DaMassa engages this thought leader in a informative and timely conversation. Produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH forHealth Innovation Media.

During the JP Morgan 34th Annual Healthcare Conference Health 2.0 hosts the WinterTech conference which focuses on investment in the emerging digital health ecosystem. In this exchange, Health Innovation Media founder Gregg Masters chats Robin Berzon, MDFounder and CEO Parsley Health; follow on twitter via @parsely_health. Parsely Health is a hybrid 'mashup' of direct practice, consumer focused retail medicine and tech enabled functional medicine that says 'no' to a telephone deferring instead to tech access. For more information click here. Enjoy!  

During the JP Morgan 34th Annual Healthcare Conference Health 2.0 hosts the WinterTech conference which focuses on investment in the emerging digital health ecosystem. In this exchange, Health Innovation Media founder Gregg Masters chats with Jean Anne Booth, CEO and Founder of UnaliWear (follow on twitter via @UnaliWear). The UnaliWear Kanega watch provides: '...discreet support for falls, medication reminders, and a guard against wandering in a classically-styled watch that features an easy-to-use speech interface rather than buttons. Unlike traditional medical alert products, we work wherever you are, 24×7 – and unlike Apple Watch or Samsung Gear, we don’t require a smart phone. For more information, click here. Enjoy!

During the JP Morgan 34th Annual Healthcare Conference Health 2.0 hosts the WinterTech conference which focuses on investment in the emerging digital health ecosystem. In this exchange, Health Innovation Media founder Gregg Masters chats with Trein Schiffelbian the Managing Director of the Validation Institute a service of Care Innovations an Intel/GE joint venture specializing in telehealth, remote patient management, population health, the move to value based healthcare and the provision of actionable insights at the point of care. We also learn about the Validation Institute and the role it plays in both the claims made by digital health companies and how startups can prudently deploy investment capital.  Enjoy!

During the JP Morgan 34th Annual Healthcare Conference Health 2.0 hosts the WinterTech conference which focuses on investment in the emerging digital health ecosystem. In this exchange, Health Innovation Media founder Gregg Masters chats with Karissa Price,Chief Marketing Officer of Care Innovations an Intel/GE joint venture specializing in telehealth, remote patient management, population health, the move to value based healthcare and the provision of actionable insights at the point of care. We also learn about the Validation Institute and the role it plays in both the claims made by digital health companies and how startups can prudently deploy investment capital.  Enjoy!      

At Health 2.0 2nd Annual WinterTech Conference Gregg Masters, MPH CEO of Health Innovation Media chats with AthenaHealth CEO Jonathan Bush. For context and details see 34th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, including free registration for presenting company webcasts and slide decks. For AthenaHealth deck, click here. Enjoy!