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At MVF, we live and breathe healthcare. And every now and then we feel the need to write about it as well! This is a collection of articles, blogs and news posts from our team, our advisors and our partners. Feel free to interact with us here or drop us a line on our social media accounts if something catches your fancy.
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Top Ten Reasons to Enter a MedStartr Crowd Challenge
We designed the Crowd Challenges we have run since 2013 for the one goal (which a 2 person startup called Medable won) – helping startups...
Alex Fair
May 18, 20203 min read
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COVID 19 Challenge is ON
COVID-19 is running rampant throughout the world, and we need your help to fight it. Innovators, Experts, and Emergency Response leaders,...
Alex Fair
Mar 30, 20203 min read
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MedStartr Announces Winners of MedMo17 – its annual Healthcare Pitch Contest
New York City – December 7, 2017 – MedStartr, Inc. the healthcare-only crowdfunding and investment platform today announced the winners...
Alex Fair
Dec 7, 20173 min read
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The Winners of MedStartr Momentum 2016
We are very pleased to bring you the winners from the MedMo16 Mega Crowd Challenge, our first Equity Crowd Challenge and our 10th...
Alex Fair
Dec 4, 20163 min read
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Healthcare Innovation Rule # 8: Passion is Not Enough
Today we continue our series on 10 Rules for driving health innovation faster with another post in the lead up to our CyberMonday...
Alex Fair
Nov 27, 20152 min read
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Healthcare Innovation Rule # 9: Do One Thing Well
In preparation for our first full day event, Momentum 2015 we are writing out our ten secrets to Healthcare Innovation Success. To...
Alex Fair
Nov 23, 20152 min read
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Badass Billionaire Addict
But if that was the only lesson to take away from the Walter White character, I probably wouldn’t be writing about him today. Indeed, I...
Alex Fair
Oct 31, 20143 min read
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GET PUMPED! AHA Chicago is running an Innovation Challenge
We helped the New York Chapter run a similar Challenge this Spring and the results were fantastic, especially for the startups. Like...
Alex Fair
Aug 6, 20141 min read
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A Cure for Adoption Deficiency Syndrome
Once contracted, ADS can spread to a medical community at large and is highly virulent and can kill millions. In a notable case from the...
Alex Fair
Aug 2, 20142 min read
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Making the Rock Health Year in Review
[slideshare id=29616276&doc=rockhealthrockreport2013yearinreview-140101180712-phpapp02] We are proud and happy to make it into the year...
Alex Fair
Jan 2, 20141 min read
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Open Season for Funding Healthcare Startups
This is why we started MedStartr just after the JOBS act passed in the first place. The JOBS act puts in place several rules that make...
Alex Fair
Sep 27, 20132 min read
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Trusted Patient Resources
I always enjoy a good tweetchat and tonight I stopped by #HCSM while trying to avoid some spreadsheet stuff that was boring me. As usual...
Alex Fair
Aug 25, 20131 min read
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How to Reach Millions: The Crowds Care Challenge Case Study
Here at MedStartr we have learned many things and love to share them as part of our MedStartr School with our clients and innovators...
Alex Fair
Aug 25, 20133 min read
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We need your help to reach 14 million Cancer Survivors
To make the best new apps for cancer care, we want to get feedback and insight from patients and doctors who want to give or get better...
Alex Fair
Jun 14, 20138 min read
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How to Make Innovation Go Faster
What is your cost per Innovation? There are many ways to drive innovation faster and better. I talked about this at HIMSS this year and...
Alex Fair
May 21, 20135 min read
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Crowds Cure Terrorism?
I am perpetually amazed by the power of crowds. In light of how the Boston Marathon Bombing played out, powered by mobile and private...
Alex Fair
Apr 20, 20134 min read
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Endogoddess and the Space Elevator
Why “only” $8000 to Build a Space Elevator? We’ve gotten critiques from our friends that “we’re not asking for enough…” The (usually...
Alex Fair
Sep 5, 20122 min read
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MedStartr School: The Difference between Facebook and Twitter
At MedStartr, we’ve found that projects using social media for outreach and marketing have a better chance of achieving funding goals....
Alex Fair
Aug 2, 20121 min read
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MedStartr School: How to drive everyone to your project: Get emBedded!
Crowdfunding isn’t something you learned in your school days, so we are starting our own Crowdfunding Academy, a MedStartr School....
Alex Fair
Jul 21, 20122 min read
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