Dr. Siyu Shi: Investor at F-Prime & Healthcare Venture Capital
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Siyu Shi, MD, MBA. Dr. Shi is an investor at F-Prime Capital, the independent venture capital subsidiary of Fidelity Investments. She has over 10 portfolio companies, across healthcare sub sectors including MedTech, IT, and therapeutics, in which she led or co-led the investment. She also collaborates with Eight Roads, F-Prime’s sister company, based in Asia to work with Chinese startups. She talks about her experience both as an internal operator and an outside investor and why she ultimately chose F-Prime. This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in becoming a physician entrepreneur and in understanding how a hard science background can be useful for a career in finance.
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This episode was hosted and edited by David Park.
Timestamps
(01:10) Why choose a business career over residency?
(02:25) Working as a founder vs. investor
(03:40) Transferable skills of science to venture capital investing
(05:10) F-Prime’s investment capabilities and range
(06:04) Eight Roads and working with Chinese startups
(07:59) Sourcing startups
(08:40) F-Prime’s differentiator within the VC industry
(09:51) AI hype
(11:11) Engrail Therapeutics: most recent investment
(13:10) Startup accelerators at Stanford
(15:52) Assessing entrepreneurial DNA
(16:44) IPO successes
(19:02) Advice for future investors and founders
(19:55) Weightlifting
4 Mar 2024
Dr. John Whyte: CMO of WebMD & Healthcare Information
In this episode, our guest is Dr. John Whyte (https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjohnwhyte/), MD, MPH, and CMO of WebMD. Dr. Whyte brings years of experience from working for the FDA, CMS, and Discovery Channel to WebMD and helps create high level strategy. Focusing on healthcare mis/information, we discussed the role of AI, drug advertising, challenges during the pandemic, and consumerism in healthcare. This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in taking agency over their health information or becoming a physician-businessperson.
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This episode was hosted and edited by David Park.
Timestamps
(01:08) Role of CMO at WebMD
(02:17) Balancing corporate and clinical work
(06:10) Med school to health policy space
(08:45) Choosing the right content for WebMD
(11:35) AI in healthcare delivery
(14:35) Health is wealth
(15:30) Growth strategies and initiatives
(18:31) Direct-to-consumer drug advertising
(21:55) Misinformation and transparency
(24:23) Data trends from search engines
(26:29) Challenges and opportunities during the pandemic
(27:45) Controlling social media algorithms
(33:03) Retail healthcare and consumerism
(36:10) Personal goals
1 Feb 2024
Dr. Reid Waldman: Forbes 30 Under 30 & Dermatology Innovation
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Reid Waldman, M.D., Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2024, dermatologist, and founder and CEO of Veradermics. With over $40 million raised, Veradermics is looking to change the fact that there has been little to no innovation in dermatology in recent years. Dr. Waldman took a huge risk by jumping from medicine to the startup space. He talks about how he can make a much larger impact on patients’ lives through Veradermics than by being an individual physician. This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in becoming a physician entrepreneur and understanding how a medical background can provide an edge in starting and growing a successful business.
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doctors!
This episode was hosted and edited by David Park.
Timestamps
(01:16) Background
(02:45) Hacking Dermatology to $40M raised
(04:23) Meeting his lead investor during Series A
(05:10) Why has there been little innovation in dermatology?
(07:07) Physician entrepreneur
(08:42) Taking risks: from medicine to startup
(10:49) Goal of Veradermics
(11:39) Veradermics differentiator
(13:40) Challenges
(14:51) Learning on the job
(19:49) Thought partners
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