Stigma Podcast - Mental Health
93 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsStephen Hays is a recovering addict, living with type-1 bipolar disorder. He spent years living in addiction, and with untreated mental illness while he went from West Point graduate, to Wall Street Banker to nearly taking his own life when he hit bottom. On this show you will hear stories of addiction, mental illness, recovery, hope, and wellness. You will also hear from clinicians, experts, doctors, entrepreneurs and others who are trying to lead other people to wellness. We would love to hear your story too!
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#92 - Jane Technologies Founder Soc Rosenfeld on the Future of Cannabis Retail Tech
December 13, 2021 22:09 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBWhat is the future of legal cannabis from a retail / e-commerce perspective? Today's guest, Socrates Rosenfeld, Co-Founder and CEO of Jane Technologies explains. Jane is an e-commerce solution for the Cannabis space that supports nearly 3,000 dispensaries and handles more than 20% of the legal Cannabis transactions in the U.S. each year. Prior to founding Jane, Soc was a consultant at McKinsey and Company. Before that, he served in the US Army as an Apache Helicopter Pilot from 2004-20...
#91 - Modern Health Co-Founder and CEO Alyson Watson
November 02, 2021 14:20 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBAlyson Watson is CEO and co-founder of Modern Health, a mental health unicorn! Modern Health is a global mental health benefits solution for employers that covers the spectrum of mental wellbeing needs from tech enabled solutions to professional support solutions on one platform. You can connect with Alyson here: LinkedIn What If Fellowship: https://whatif.vc/fellowship HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT: Alyson shares her background with mental health, her education, ...
#90 - Spring Health CEO April Koh - On Building a Mental Health Unicorn
October 26, 2021 22:56 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBApril Koh is the youngest female founder to ever take a startup from just an idea to unicorn status. We are so excited that she’s accomplished this in the mental health space, and we are excited for you to meet her and learn more about her Company, Spring Health! For those who may not be familiar, Spring Health is a provider of mental health benefits to employers for their employees, and their employees’ families. Spring Health’s product is a "precision mental healthcare" platform that ...
#89 - The Future of Precision Psychiatry with Dr. Amit Etkin of Alto Neuroscience
October 16, 2021 22:43 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBDr. Amit Etkin is pioneering a revolution in the way mental health medications are designed, developed, prescribed, and brought to market. Precision psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment and Dr. Etkin is leading the way with his drug development platform, Alto Neuroscience. In this episode, Dr. Etkin explains why psychiatric drugs have failed, what he is doing about it and why it will work. Prior to Alto Neuroscience, Dr. Etkin was a tenured professor in the Department of ...
#88 - _able Partners Founding Partner Amanda Eilian - A Pioneer in Mental Health Investing
September 13, 2021 16:41 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBAmanda Eilian, Founding Partner of _able Partners joins us to talk all things mental health startup investing. _able Partners is an early-stage VC firm supporting visionary founders in the positive living space. Their investments focus on companies that improve the daily lives of people, making them healthier, happier, and making their lives more meaningful. Some specific investment areas include mental health, addiction, women’s health, sexual wellness, wellness broadly, coaching and contin...
#87 - Brain Computer Interfaces - A Primer with John Donoghue
August 30, 2021 14:35 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBToday’s guest is John Donoghue. He is well known for his groundbreaking work developing Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) to restore movement for people with paralysis, known as ‘BrainGate’. BrainGate was the original BCI system created by a company called Cyberkinetics, of which John was a co-founder. In this episode, John gives us a primer on BCIs. What are they? How do they work? When will they be widely adopted? Are they safe? How do we know? We cover these questions and much more. ...
#86 - Elyse Cohen - VP Social Impact at Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez
August 18, 2021 00:08 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBToday’s guest is Elyse Cohen, VP of Social Impact and Inclusion at Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez and a mental health advocate. Elyse is an expert on purpose driven brands, social impact, and has been hand selected by Selena Gomez to lead the impact efforts at Rare Beauty and the Rare Impact Fund addressing mental health. Previously Elyse has worked at the White House for First Lady Michelle Obama as Deputy Director of the former first lady’s legacy Let’s Move initiative, the U.S. Chamber of C...
#85 - Measuring Mental Health with Ksana Health Co-Founder Nick Allen
July 20, 2021 17:53 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBYou can’t fix what you don’t measure. Measurement and testing of our mental health lags the same capabilities in physical health care. Dr. Nick Allen, our guest today, is building a mental health measurement solution for clinical use. Today we talk to him about the challenges, and opportunity for his startup, Ksana Health. Nick is leveraging the tools and technologies that he developed as the Director of University of Oregon’s Center for Digital Mental Health into products and services...
#84 - Veterans Mental Health with Dr. Anthony Hassan, CEO of Cohen Veterans Network
July 07, 2021 08:07 - 39 minutes - 36 MBDr. Anthony Hassan, President and CEO of the Cohen Veterans Network (CVN) joins us today. CVN is a network of 25 non-profit mental health clinics providing care to veterans and their families. The facilities are located in or around historically dense veteran and active duty military communities. Dr. Hassan is a veteran of the United States Army and Air Force with 30 years of experience in military behavioral health. He holds a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the Univer...
#83 - Psychedelic Treatment Cured My Alcohol Addiction - Jon Kostakopoulos
June 28, 2021 18:12 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBToday’s guest is Jon Kostakopoulos who was the first study participant in the NYU Psilocybin clinical trial. After years of struggling with alcoholism and after trying other options including in-patient programs, out-patient programs, AA, and pharmaceutical treatments, nothing was working for him. Finally, at age 25, Jon joined the clinical trial and underwent three different Psilocybin treatment sessions and has not craved alcohol since his first treatment session. Jon has been interviewe...
#82 - Eating Disorders - Prevalence, and Lack of Solutions with Courage Therapeutics Founder Dan Housman
April 23, 2021 15:25 - 42 minutes - 41 MBToday’s guest is Dan Housman. He’s the co-founder and CTO of Courage Therapeutics. We met Dan when he came through our first cohort of the What If Fellowship Program. His startup is a biopharma drug development business focused on eating disorders (anorexia nervosa specifically). You can connect with Dan here: LinkedIn, Courage Therapeutics Website Links mentioned in the show: NEDA, Feast, Daniel Le Grange Research What If Fellowship Program: https://whatif.vc/ HERE ARE SOM...
#81 - Is Meditation Really Hard? - with Chorus Meditation Founder Ali Abramovitz
March 30, 2021 19:43 - 28 minutes - 26 MBToday’s guest is Ali Abramovitz. She is the co-founder of Chorus Meditation and she is here to talk about the work she is doing to make meditation a group activity. In this episode, we will talk about why group meditation is beneficial, how to do it, and what exactly the benefits are. You can connect with Ali here: Linked In, Chorus Website, Facebook, Instagram What If Fellowship: https://whatif.vc/fellowship HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT: Ali shares about her ba...
#80 - Lyra's VP of Partnerships (early employee) - Sean McBride
March 10, 2021 14:14 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBSean McBride, VP Partnerships at Lyra Health joins us in this episode to talk about Lyra, behavioral health care broadly, and he experience working to reform the healthcare system throughout his career. Sean was the first employee at Lyra Health and shares with us about how the Company has scaled into a unicorn over the last 6 years. Lyra Health is focused on making behavioral health care more accessible and easier to find. Prior to Lyra, Sean worked at Castlight Health, The White House’s...
#79 - Matthew Cooper on Stepping Down as CEO for His Mental Health
February 25, 2021 04:26 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBIn this episode, we are talking about entrepreneur mental health. Our guest, Matthew Cooper, stepped down from his role as CEO of EarnUp after growing the business successfully for 7 years after creating it. When he stepped down, he cited mental health as the primary driver and wrote an incredibly authentic, vulnerable and amazing blog post about his decision on December 18, 2020. You can connect with Matthew here: Blog, Twitter, Linked In What If Fellowship: https://whatif.vc/fellows...
#78 - Esther Dyson: Building a Healthier Society by Investing in Healthcare Startups
February 21, 2021 23:13 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBIn this episode we chat with long time healthcare startup investor, Esther Dyson. Esther has been very influential in the healthcare investing space for quite some time. It’s very hard to run into anyone doing anything meaningful in the broader healthcare space and not find a connection to Esther in some way. She’s the executive founder of Way to Wellville, a non-profit dedicated to demonstrating the value of investing in health, including how the benefits of investing in health accrue o...
#77 - Central Nervous System Drug Development with Industry Expert Dr. Errol De Souza (Chairman @Bionomics)
February 15, 2021 02:47 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBIn this episode we speak with Dr. Errol De Souza, PhD, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Bionomics. Bionomics just raised nearly $16mm to conduct clinical trials on their revolutionary drug to treat PTSD. Dr. De Souza is one of the premier entrepreneurs in the biotech space with a special focus on development of therapeutics for treatment of Central Nervous System disorders. During his career as an entrepreneur, Dr. De Souza has raised several hundred million dollars in ca...
#76 - Cybin CEO: Doug Drysdale on The Future of Psychedelic Treatments
January 24, 2021 22:36 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this episode, we chat with Doug Drysdale, CEO of Cybin. Cybin, is a life sciences company advancing mushroom based psychedelic pharmaceuticals and non-psychedelic nutraceutical products as potential therapies for psychiatric and neurological conditions. Cybin is developing technologies and delivery systems aimed at improving bioavailability to achieve the desired effects of psychedelics at low dosage levels. Doug is an extremely accomplished and experienced CEO who has chaired a NASDA...
#75 - Mental Health Startup Valuation Trends and Investor Sentiment in 2021
January 09, 2021 19:51 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this mental health market update episode, we are covering valuation trends, investor sentiment, and our 9 key takeaways from the mental health startup market heading into 2021. We cover public and private market valuation trends impacting mental health startups, and we dig into results from a 150-investor survey we recently conducted on valuation expectations and market sentiment. We also share our 9 key takeaways on the mental health startup market going into 2021 based on our 2020 e...
#74 - Pray.com CEO Steve Gatena on the Digitization of Faith
December 13, 2020 15:56 - 36 minutes - 33 MBSteve Gatena is the founder of Pray.com, the word’s #1 app for daily prayer and faith-based audio content. Prior to becoming an American Entrepreneur, Steve was an NCAA Champion. He played football for the University of Southern California where he won a Rose Bowl Championship as well as UC Davis where he won a Great West Conference Championship. As a young entrepreneur, Steve started his first company at 22 which was a video agency. In 2012, he launched his 2nd company which quickly grew....
#73 - Tom Insel Addresses What If Fellowship Cohort #1 on The Future of Mental Health Care
November 24, 2020 17:06 - 58 minutes - 54 MBTom Insel is the mental health “czar” of the State of California, he’s a co-founder of Mindstrong Health, and formerly Director of the NIMH. Tom is someone I look up to greatly as a trailblazer in the mental health space around what can be done, what is being done and what could be done to improve access to high quality care. Tom has a rare combination of skills as a highly experienced neuroscientist, founder, entrepreneur, and investor in mental health startups. His advice and thought ...
#72 - Headspace's Chief Strategy and Science Officer - Megan Jones Bell
November 01, 2020 19:06 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBToday’s guest is Megan Bell, Chief Strategy and Science Officer at Headspace where she directs a team focused on global corporate strategy, technology strategy, and new ventures including Headspace’s digital therapeutics subsidiary, Headspace Health. She also oversees medical and clinical affairs, behavioral science and clinical research, and design research including implementation of a human-centered design process in product and content development. Prior to Headspace, she was chief s...
#71 - Calm Co-Founder, Michael Acton Smith a Pioneer in Mental Health and Wellness
October 23, 2020 05:15 - 42 minutes - 39 MBMichael Acton Smith, co-Founder of Calm joins us to talk about building the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation, with over 75 million downloads and over 700,000 5-star reviews. Michael tells us about how the idea was born from his own personal discovery of the power of meditation. In our conversation he tells the Calm founding story, and talks about the journey to making medication accessible to tens of millions of people while taking on stigma around meditation and mental health l...
#70 - How Psychedelic Treatments Work with Ronan Levy, Founder of Field Trip Health
September 15, 2020 16:23 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBRonan Levy is co-founder and the Executive Chairman of Field Trip Health, a psychedelic assisted treatment business. Ronan joins us to talk about how psychedelic treatments work, what all the hype is about, where we are by way of regulation in the industry and the future use cases of psychedelic treatments. Prior to Field Trip, he was an early pioneer in the medical cannabis industry which gave him a unique perspective on launching the world’s first integrated company in legal psychedeli...
#69 - "Suicide Girl" - How One Founder Was Labeled by an Investor Due to Her Past
September 08, 2020 15:45 - 29 minutes - 27 MBAimee-Louisse Carton, founder of KeepAppy, shares her story with us which includes getting cornered in a bathroom by an investor at a startup event, where the investor called her “suicide girl.” This investor continued to tell Aimee she would never be able to raise money because of her past suicide attempt. In this episode, Aimee talks to us about her struggles with mental health and how they did lead her to an attempt on her own life and how that moment has ultimately led her to buil...
#68 - "Peloton of the mind" - Training for Mental Fitness with Sail Founder, Johnny Chen
September 03, 2020 16:53 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBToday’s guest is Johnny Chen, founder, and CEO of Sail. Sail is a coaching community that empowers men to be more vulnerable. The focus of their platform is the “Peloton of the mind” specifically for men. Sail currently offers several 4-week coaching programs designed specifically for men. These programs are comprised of four, 90-minute sessions on specific topics such as leadership, relationships, emotional intelligence, etc. The groups are comprised of 10 like-minded men who are seek...
#67 - Video Games as Medicine with Dr. Adam Gazzaley, Founder of Akili Interactive
September 01, 2020 03:05 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBDr. Adam Gazzaley, founder of Akili Interactive joins us to talk about the intersection of molecular and experiential treatments for mental health conditions. Akili is the maker of the first ever video game to be approved by the FDA as a digital therapeutic treatment for a clinical condition. We talked about how Adam and his team figured out how to use video games in this manner, how they got approval to do so and the science that proves a video game can help improve cognitive function. ...
#66 - Jessica Carson, Author of "Wired This Way" on Entrepreneur Mental Health
August 24, 2020 16:47 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBJessica recently published a book called “Wired This Way” on finding mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being as an entrepreneur. The book has been called “the essential user’s manual for the entrepreneurial spirit.” I got so much out of this conversation personally, and I am truly humbled and honored that we get to share it with you. I hope you will get as much out of it as I did. Jessica Carson is the Director of Innovation at the American Psychological Association where...
#65 - Mental Health Investing Legends - Charlie Hartwell and Maureen Pelton of Bridge Builders Collaborative
August 19, 2020 01:27 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBCharlie Hartwell and his wife, Maureen Pelton, MSSW, join us this week to talk about their experiences in the mental health space. Charlie is the Managing Partner at Bridge Builders Collaborative, the most active investor in the mental health startup space over the last decade by far and co-founder of the ShiftIt Institute. Maureen is a Co-Founder of the ShiftIt Institute, is a pioneer in the field of embodiment - aligning our true nature, attuning our highest potential, and holding spac...
#64 - Founder Spotlight #1 (Mental Health Startup Pitches)
August 16, 2020 23:49 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBWe are trying something new. We want to leverage our platform to tell the story of those entrepreneurs who are building in the mental health space that do not get the air time they deserve. In this new segment, you will hear from a handful of mental health startup founders. Each of these entrepreneurs has been given 3 minutes, uninterrupted, un-edited, to tell their story. They will explain why they are working in this space, what are they building, and how far along are they. We in...
#63 - Psychedelic Focused VC: The Conscious Fund with Richard Skaife
August 12, 2020 02:39 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBToday’s guest is Richard Skaife. Richard is Founder of the Conscious Fund which invests in early stage startups pioneering plant powered medicine with a focus on psychedelics. To date, they have invested in startups such as ATAI Life Sciences, Bexson Biomedical, Cybin, Gilgamesh, Hive, Microdose, Numinus and more. Richard talks about how he found his way into VC, and gives a great summary of the psychedelic startup ecosystem including an overview of the current regulatory environment. ...
#62 - Market Update: Teladoc Announces Acquisition of Livongo 8/5/2020
August 06, 2020 03:00 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBMental Health Market Update: 8/5/2020 – Teladoc Acquisition of Livongo Big news today, August 5th, in the world of disruptive healthcare companies, Teladoc is acquiring Livongo for a valuation of approximately $18.5 billion dollars. In this episode we do a little bit of analysis of the deal then talk about what it means to entrepreneurs in the digital health space. Links mentioned in the show: What If Ventures rolling fund: https://angel.co/v/back/what-if-ventures/ Join webinar with ...
#61 - Learning to Breathe, A Path to Wellness with Breathwrk Founders Max and Addie
August 03, 2020 16:07 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBHow we breathe can have a profound impact on our mental health and wellness. Humans are one of only a few species that can proactively manipulate our breathing patterns and those patterns are associated with various emotional states of being. In today’s episode we learn about the physiological and psychological impacts of breathing Max Gomez and Addie Conner, created their early stage startup, Breathwrk, to help people consciously improve their breathing in order to achieve health and we...
#60 - Behavioral Health Innovation with UHS Divisional VP Nicki Tessler (Psy.D, MBA)
July 26, 2020 00:37 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBToday’s guest is Nicki Tessler (Psy.D, MBA) the Divisional Vice President for Behavioral Health at Universal Health Services (UHS) where she provides senior-level leadership for multiple hospitals across multiple stages for UHS. She joins us to talk about innovation in the behavioral health space and how UHS is leading the way with their “Innovation Hub” that supports behavioral health entrepreneurship. Nicki is an extremely accomplished, and experienced Behavioral Health Executive with ...
#59 - Former Universal Health Services Executive on The Behavioral Health Industry Evolution
July 21, 2020 22:02 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBMartin Schappell spent 15 years as a leader at Universal Health Services (the largest inpatient psychiatric hospital operator in the United States) as a Senior Vice President in the Behavioral segment. He joins us to talk about the behavioral health care industry, how care has evolved over the last 30 years, and the impacts of our current climate on the mental health of the seniors in our population. In this episode we talked at length about why behavioral healthcare has changed so much, ...
#58 - Market Update 7/17/20: 2Q 2020 Digital Health Earnings Preview with Teladoc, Livongo and One Medical
July 17, 2020 03:10 - 13 minutes - 18 MBMental Health Market Update: 7/17/2020 – 2Q 2020 Disruptive Healthcare Earnings Preview – With 2nd Quarter 2020 earnings announcements just around the corner, I thought it would make sense to take stock of where our disruptive healthcare peers are trading, how they have performed so far this year and what to expect and watch out for as their release earnings in the coming weeks. In today’s episode we are focused on a subset of our “Disruptive Healthcare” peers which as a group broadly, i...
#57 - Eric Dresdale - An Early Pioneer in Addiction Startups
July 11, 2020 21:07 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBEric Dresdale joins me to talk about building startups in the mental health and addiction space. Eric was one of the earliest entrepreneurs to build a startup in this space called “Next Step” which he sold to True Link Financial back in 2016. He now spends a lot of time advising startups in the mental health space and has some unique insights into care models, care delivery, addiction treatment, and where entrepreneurs can find opportunity to innovate today. Links: Eric on LinkedIn, KN...
#56 - Teladoc Analysis - Company Overview, Valuation, M&A and Positioning on the Mental Health Market Update 6/26/2020
June 26, 2020 17:53 - 24 minutes - 35.8 MBMental Health Market Update: 6/26/2020 – Teladoc Overview: Teladoc (Ticker: TDOC) provides integrated healthcare services including telehealth, mental health, expert medical services remotely. In today’s market update, we dig into the company’s primary business units, its growth, valuation, M&A history, growth prospects and what we in the behavioral health startup ecosystem can learn from digging into the numbers around Teladoc. SOME OF WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: What exactly...
#55 - Market Update 6/19/20: Universal Health Services - Recent Performance and Implications for Mental Health Startups
June 19, 2020 14:16 - 9 minutes - 13 MBMental Health Market Update: 6/19/2020 – Universal Health Services Overview – Universal Health Services (Ticker: UHS) is the largest inpatient psychiatric hospital operator in the United States. In this episode, we give an overview of the business, scale, the differences between their acute care and behavioral segment and talk about how much better performance has been through the downturn within their behavioral segment than the acute segment. We discuss what all of this means for those...
#54 - How to Use Technology to Prevent Suicide with Amanda Johnstone, Founder of "Be a Looper"
June 15, 2020 15:12 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBHow can we use technology to stop suicide? How can we leverage technology to encourage vulnerability and connectivity to help people deal with difficult times? We dig in to these ideas today with Be A Looper Founder and CEO, Amanda Johnstone. Amanda and I met during a mental health tech conference (Transformative Tech Conference) in Palo Alto during November 2019. We had such a great conversation about suicide prevention, mental health, tech, and other stuff that I just had to ask her...
#53 - Market Update 6/12/20: Acadia Healthcare - Valuation, Earnings, Trading, and Implications for Behavioral Startups
June 12, 2020 15:07 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MBMental Health Market Update: 6/12/2020 – Acadia Healthcare Overview – One of the largest providers of behavioral healthcare services in the world reports some of the best data on demand, market dynamics, payment trends, and other macro insights that can be extremely insightful for startups building within the mental health space. In this episode, we give an overview of the business, their geographic footprint, growth and margins across segments, trading levels, demand data, recent manage...
#52 - Unwanted Sexual Behavior: What the Research Shows with Jay Stringer
June 09, 2020 14:07 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBJay Stringer joins us to talk about unwanted sexual behavior (pornography, buying sex, affairs, etc.). Jay is a licensed mental health counselor, ordained minister, author, and speaker on the subject – his research revolutionized my view of this topic. His research shows a strong tie between past experiences, and sexual behavior and what we can learn from that connection. He’s spent the last decade helping men and women gain find freedom from unwanted sexual behavior by helping them ident...
#51 - Sobriety is a Superpower with Venture Capitalist Steve Schlafman
June 03, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBSteve Schlafman is a friend, mentor, a sponsor of sorts to me, and a very experienced Venture Capitalist who also has 5-years of sobriety under his belt as of today, June 5th, 2020. After 1 year of sobriety, Steve wrote a blog post under a pen name (which you can find here) explaining his experience getting sober and what it meant to him. Today, he’s sharing that blog post under his own name, for the first time. Steve talks to me about how important it is to share openly because that’s ...
#50 - Black Men & Mental Health with Henry Health Founder Kevin Dedner, MPH
June 02, 2020 13:48 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBKevin Dedner is co-founder and CEO of Henry Health. Henry Health is a digital community that provides self-care support and culturally sensitive teletherapy. Henry Health's initial target audience is black men who have the lowest life expectancy of any population. In fact, the stated goal of Henry Health is to increase the life expectancy of black men by ten years within the next twenty-five years. Kevin has over 15 years of experience in public health (he also has a Masters in Public H...
#49 - KoreVoices Founder Jesse Stern
June 01, 2020 02:54 - 35 minutes - 33 MBIn this episode I spoke with Jesse Stern, founder of KoreVoices. KoreVoices is a community of over 200,000 people overcoming mental health issues by sharing stories and offering support. The mission of KoreVoices is to build a movement that allows people to find solutions to their mental health issues, while also helping others. Here at the Stigma Podcast we feel their mission aligns very closely with ours! Jesse built KoreVoices after spending nearly 10 years producing issue driven do...
#48 - Market Update 5/29/20: Who are the Investors Putting $850mm into Mental Health Startups So Far in 2020?
May 29, 2020 17:18 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MBMental Health Market Update: 5/29/2020 – Who is Investing in Mental Health Startups? Investors have placed over $850mm into mental health startups in the first 5 months of 2020. This far outpaces 2019 mental health startup funding for the entire year. Q1 2020 Mental Health Funding Article is here: https://whatif.vc/blog/explosion-of-mental-health-startup-funding-in-q1%C2%A02020 Link to the investor list is located on our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/stigmapodcast Original blog...
#47 - Bipolar-1 - Public Perception Versus Reality - Examples of Lived Experience With the Illness w/ Jason Finucan and Stephen Hays
May 25, 2020 15:08 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBJason Finucan and I both live with type-1 bipolar disorder. We have had vastly different experiences with the illness. In this episode, we explore what this disease looks like, how it manifested itself in our own lives and how we got better. We challenge the public perception of bipolar disorder and how the media portrays it. One of the key takeaways from this conversation is how differently two people can experience the same mental illness. Today, Jason is an author, mental health ...
#46 - Market Update 5/22/20: Mindstrong Raises $100mm Series-C
May 22, 2020 17:27 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBMental Health Market Update: 5/22/2020 – Mindstrong Raises $100mm Series-C Mindstrong Health announced a series-C investment of $100mm in a press release dated yesterday, Thursday 5/21/2020. This funding round included capital from What If Ventures, General Catalyst, Bezos Expeditions, Foresight, ARCH, 8VC, and others. Press on TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/21/with-an-ex-uber-exec-as-its-new-ceo-digital-mental-health-service-mindstrong-raises-100-million/ Mindstrong job post...
#45 - Starting a Business From Prison with Emily O'Brien Founder of Comeback Snacks
May 20, 2020 01:44 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MB“I launched a Company While Serving Time for Coke Smuggling” – Emily O’Brien I’m so inspired by our conversation with Emily O’Brien. Emily is a keynote speaker, entrepreneur, consultant and convict. Emily is an entrepreneur, who started her current business from prison. She overcame far more than most entrepreneurs have to deal with, to start her business. She is the founder of Comeback Snacks where the website proudly proclaims, “We broke the law, but we fix good snacks!” In this ep...
#44 - My Sober Compass Founder Arielle Dyment
May 17, 2020 15:56 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBArielle Dyment is an influencer in the recovery community, and a highly sought-after sober coach. She joins us to talk about addiction, getting sober, and how she’s helping people who are falling through the cracks of the existing recovery solutions in the market. Arielle built a recovery coaching platform called My Sober Compass in order to help people get sober and stay sober. In this podcast, she tells her story of addiction, how she found her way to recovery, and why she started a pl...
#43 - Market Update 5/15/20: How Big is The Mental Health Market and What Does One Medical's Earnings Mean for Founders
May 15, 2020 03:00 - 15 minutes - 21.4 MBMarket Update 3 – Sizing the Mental Health Market & What Can We Learn From One Medical's Q1 Earnings Report? We dig into 8 research reports on various sub-markets of behavioral health that I believe add up to give us the size of the mental health market. Overview of One Medical's Q1 earnings report and what founders in the mental health space can learn from key metrics around volume, virtual mix and reimbursement, etc. Links to public sources: NAMI Stats What If VC (mental health s...