Best Gregory Hanson Podcasts (2025)

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From Taking Ozempic for Weight Loss to Practicing Weight-Inclusive Medicine with Dr. Mara Gordon 35:10

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Physician and writer Mara Gordon joins us to discuss diet and wellness culture among medical doctors, why she took Ozempic for weight loss (and what made her quit), how she came to practice weight-inclusive care, and lots more. Behind the paywall, we get into why she was initially reluctant to write about weight inclusivity, her perspective on Ozem…

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"Food Addiction" + Ultraprocessed Foods + Disordered Eating with Marci Evans 1:09:26

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Eating-disorders dietitian Marci Evans joins us to discuss the current science on “food addiction” (sometimes called “ultraprocessed food addiction”)—and what’s changed since I first interviewed her about this topic for Food Psych back in 2016. We get into how food addiction is defined and measured (and what that definition leaves out), the overlap…

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Secrets of the Notorious "Camp Shame," a Hotbed of Disordered Eating and Deception 1:13:10

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Filmmaker and podcaster Kelsey Snelling joins us to discuss her new podcast, Camp Shame, which exposes the troubling history of a notorious weight-loss camp. We get into the effects of deprivation and starvation, the cult-like nature of the camp, how it weathered its many scandals, whether it’s possible to run a camp for larger-bodied kids that’s w…

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#337: Why Ozempic Isn't a Miracle Weight-Loss Drug with Amanda Martinez Beck 34:47

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Author and activist Amanda Martinez Beck joins us to discuss her experience of taking Ozempic for diabetes while also working to accept her body and break down anti-fat bias in society. She shares her history of dieting and disordered eating, how chronic conditions including diabetes as well as fibromyalgia and post-Covid syndrome have impacted her…

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#336: Dispelling Diet-Culture Myths About Blood Sugar and Diabetes with Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones 41:16

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Registered dietitians and diabetes educators Jessica Jones and Wendy Lopez join us to discuss why weight loss isn’t necessary for managing blood sugar, why the popular wellness-culture notion of diabetes “remission” or “reversal” can be harmful, how the popularity of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs as diet drugs is affecting people who use them for d…

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#335: GLP-1 Hype, Handling Haters, and Dating in a Larger Body with Virginia Sole-Smith 39:04

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Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith joins us to discuss how GLP-1 hype has changed the conversation about diet culture, the importance of body autonomy, how “bro” diet culture became public policy, how she handles haters, the “fed is best” approach to parenting, and lots more. Behind the paywall, she shares her experience of weighing herself for the fir…

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#334: “Adrenal Fatigue” + Anti-Inflammatory Diets + Eating-Disorder Recovery with Oona Hanson 43:22

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Parent coach Oona Hanson joins us to discuss how going to a physical therapist for back pain led her down a wellness-culture rabbit hole, why dietary restrictions to “fight inflammation” just ended up harming her relationship with food and her body, how she got the dubious diagnosis of “adrenal fatigue,” and more. Behind the paywall, we get into ho…

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#333: Blood-Sugar Myths and Intuitive Eating for Diabetes with Janice Dada 31:31

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Dietitian and diabetes educator Janice Dada joins us to discuss why there’s so much stigma and blame on people with diabetes, the wellness-culture belief that people can “reverse diabetes” by restricting foods and taking a bunch of supplements, why people don’t “give themselves diabetes” by eating too much sugar, the myth that people with diabetes …

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#332: "All Instinct, No Rational Thought," and Other Myths About Intuitive Eating - with Elyse Resch 35:50

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Registered dietitian and INTUITIVE EATING co-author Elyse Resch returns to help dispel myths about intuitive eating, including that it means *only* listening to instinct and not the rational brain, that it’s incompatible with eating-disorder recovery, that it’s impossible in an environment rife with “ultraprocessed” foods, and more. She also shares…

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#331: How Is Your Relationship with Alcohol? Ft. Jenna Hollenstein 41:01

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Dietitian and author Jenna Hollenstein joins us to discuss her experience with alcoholism and recovery, the intersection of disordered eating and disordered drinking, the sobriety trend in wellness culture, Dry January, mindful drinking, “food addiction,” and more. (This episode is cross-posted from our other podcast, Rethinking Wellness.) Paid sub…

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#330: Fashion for Every Body, Functional-Medicine Failings, and Finding Your True Style with Dacy Gillespie 39:09

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Anti-diet personal stylist Dacy Gillespie joins us to discuss diet and wellness culture, her bad experience with functional medicine (and what attracted her to it in the first place), how she’s dealing with her chronic symptoms now, and why she doesn’t think clothes should be “flattering.” Behind the paywall, we get into how to shop for clothes aft…

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#329: Challenging the Hype About Gut Health and Ultra-Processed Foods with Laura Thomas 38:28

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Registered nutritionist, author, and friend of the pod Laura Thomas joins us to unpack the problematic notion that you need to eat a ridiculously large number of plants per week for gut health, and what we actually know about how plant foods affect the gut microbiome. We also get into how to distinguish good science from hype, how ultra-processed f…

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#328: Escaping Diet and Wellness Culture in Fashion and Dietetics with Shana Minei Spence 31:26

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Registered dietitian and author Shana Minei Spence joins us to discuss how a career in fashion affected her relationship with food and her body, her experience with a holistic provider who recommended elimination diets, how values and social norms influenced her use of alternative medicine, her disordered motivations for becoming a dietitian, and m…

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#327: Hormone-Health Myths and Facts with Endocrinologist Gregory Dodell 49:16

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Endocrinologist Gregory Dodell joins us to discuss myths and facts about hormones, including the problems with doing diets and supplement protocols for “hormone balancing,” why weight-loss recommendations aren’t helpful for hormone health, how to manage thyroid conditions without falling prey to wellness fads, the truth about “adrenal fatigue,” the…

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#326: Body Image: What the Evidence Really Says, with Charlotte Markey 43:01

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Psychologist and body-image researcher Charlotte Markey joins us to discuss myths and misinformation about body image, how chronic illness and pain affect perceptions of our bodies, the body positivity vs. body neutrality debate, the potential body-image harms of social media (and how to mitigate them), how the discourse about GLP-1 weight-loss dru…

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#325: Recovering in a Larger Body with Shira Rosenbluth 54:17

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Eating-disorders therapist Shira Rosenbluth returns to discuss how she was able to get into solid eating-disorder recovery after many years of struggling, her experience of recovering into a larger body and how she navigated weight stigma in that process, being a plus-size bride, how the hype around GLP-1s has affected her recovery (and her clients…

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#324: Weight-Loss-Industry Influence in "Obesity" Research with Alexis Conason 38:46

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Eating-disorders psychologist Alexis Conason joins us to discuss her background in “obesity” research, how she came to question the conventional weight paradigm and move to a weight-neutral approach, the industry influence behind the American Medical Association’s decision to classify obesity as a disease in 2013, the mental-health effects of baria…

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#323: The Hidden Risks of Weight-Loss Drugs: Behind the GLP-1 Hype with Ragen Chastain 38:48

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Writer, speaker, and weight-inclusive health/fitness professional Ragen Chastain joins us to discuss the potential side effects and other downsides of using GLP-1 drugs (like Ozempic and its ilk) for weight loss, the massive influence the manufacturers of these drugs are having on the public discourse about them, why the media don’t often report on…

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#322: From Picky Eating to Peace with Food: Feeding Kids with Heidi Schauster 57:54

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Dietitian and author Heidi Schauster joins us to discuss why putting kids on gluten-free diets or other elimination diets in the name of health often backfires; how parents can help kids develop a good relationship with all foods, including demonized ones like sugar; developmentally appropriate ways to talk to kids about nutrition; why pleasure is …

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#321: Eating-Disorder Healing and the Importance of Community Support with Akiera Gilbert 49:07

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Project HEAL CEO Akiera Gilbert joins us to discuss her relationship with food growing up, why she didn’t realize she had an eating disorder, how she finally began to find healing, the importance of community in disordered-eating recovery, what to do if community feels tricky to you, and more. Akiera Gilbert (she/her), CEO of Project HEAL, reminds …

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Preview: Let Your Community Be Your Compass with Akiera Gilbert 12:38

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In honor of Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW), we’re sharing a teaser of next month’s episode. It’s with Akiera Gilbert, the new CEO of Project HEAL, whose theme for EDAW is “let your community be your compass.” In this mini-episode, Akiera shares the importance of community when it comes to eating-disorder recovery, her goals with Project HEA…

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#320: Healing from Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating, and Body Shame with Judith Matz and Amy Pershing 1:00:57

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Therapists and authors Judith Matz and Amy Pershing join us to discuss our new collaboration, The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook; why the typical diet-culture response to emotional eating is unhelpful, and what to do instead; how to know if you’re a chronic dieter (as opposed to just a “healthy eater”); the ro…

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Are You Looking for Support with Intuitive Eating? New Course Enrolling Now! 3:20

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Hey there! It’s been a minute, but I wanted to pop in and let you know that my Intuitive Eating Fundamentals course is enrolling a new cohort now. I designed the course for anyone who wants to give up dieting, make peace with food, and see what life is like without diet culture in charge. The course normally has open enrollment, but if you join now…

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Flosonics CEO Joe Eibl 34:34

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Joe Eibl, the CEO and co-founder of Flosonics joins the podcast to discuss building a medical device for measuring blood flow non-invasively. The first prototype Raising that initial friends/family round Raising $20m Creating devices that actually benefit patients Publishing peer-reviewed literature Flosonics Medical -- https://flosonicsmedical.com…

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STS -- Ronak and Greg are back! 19:17

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Ronak and Greg discuss where they've been the past week or so and what they've been up to. Throw in a couple references to Bezos, Jobs, Buffett. And hear us discuss thinking through a new startup idea and whether we will do anything about it. Join the newsletter -- thephysicianjobboard.substack.com

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Airbnb/STR Deep Dive | Tools and Resources to know about to make your life easier 34:21

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Ronak interviews Greg on all the tools and resources he uses to get an Airbnb up and running smoothly! Using your brokerage account to your advantage -- Schwab Negotiate offers in this down market Find new ways to finance the home outside of traditional banks -- Better.com, Ally Tools to buy, store, and build furniture -- Minoan, Arnoff Price adjus…

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Angel Investing -- Beware of Fraud 13:10

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Greg and Ronak discuss a couple recent cases of overt fraud from startups trying to pitch us for an angel investing. How to perform due diligence on cold outreach How to test a founder to make sure what they are building is real Don't forgot to trust your gut -- if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is Join the newsletter -- https://gregory…

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SEC lawsuit involving Coinbase & Binance | Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, Solana, Pepe, Dogecoin | What is crypto good for? 28:48

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On today's episode, Greg and Ronak chat about the cryptocurrency industry with specific topics including: -What is value proposition of cryptocurrencies -Securities vs. Commodities -What makes Bitcoin different -How valuable is this space -Only invest in what you really know well

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Hippocratic AI Part 2 | Startup Founder leaves previous startup amid multiple vendor lawsuits 14:43

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Greg and Ronak discuss the a16z and General Catalyst backed startup -- Hippocratic AI -- after a new Forbes article details the founder, Munjal Shah's past with HealthIQ and the numerous lawsuits that have emerged from vendors. Forbes Article -- https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiejennings/2023/06/12/lawsuits-allege-this-startup-ripped-off-millions-f…

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Ronak's top 5 Business Biographies 14:54

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Jeff Bezos ( Amazon.com ) - Amazon Link Elon Musk ( Tesla and SpaceX ) - Amazon Link Steve Jobs ( Apple ) - Amazon Link Kobe Bryant ( Basketball ) - Amazon Link Michael Jordan ( Basketball ) - Amazon Link Phil Knight ( Nike ) - Amazon Link

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Homeward CEO Jennifer Scheinder, MD | Castlight -- Livongo -- Homeward | Being an EIR at General Catalyst and raising $70m | Homeward's approach to rural care 37:41

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Dr. Jennifer Schneider joins the podcast to discuss going from hospitalist to Director at Castlight and working her way up to Chief Medical Officer. Taking Livongo public PLUS the merger with Teladoc Joining General Catalyst as an entrepreneur in residence (EIR) and joining forces to create Homeward Homeward's approach to rural healthcare -- click …

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STS | Deep Dive into Mergers & Acquisitions | How To Sell Your Startup 31:24

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Greg and Ronak discuss M&A and how to position your startup for acquisition. Developing relationships with corp dev Using a new raise to create FOMO Are Investment Bankers worth their price? How to get the highest valuation possible Differences between acqui-hires, strategic acquisition, and revenue capture (Private Equity) Should you take cash or …

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Abridge Founder/CEO Shiv Rao, MD | Raising Capital from USV | Building an AI-native platform | Measuring Impact on Burnout/Moral Injury 40:05

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Greg interviews Shiv Rao, MD the co-founder and CEO of Abridge, an AI clinical documentation company that is focused on making physician's more efficient and reducing burnout/moral injury. Shiv's clinical training in internal medicine and cardiology Jumping into venture capital with UPMC Origins of Abridge and why he wanted to solve this specific p…

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Apple Vision Pro -- What does it mean for medicine and medical education? 15:33

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Greg discusses Apple's newly announced product -- Vision Pro -- which is an augmented reality headset. Watch the Apple announcement and marketing video here -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9qSaGXFyg Apple Vision Pro -- https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/ Join the newsletter -- https://gregoryhansonmdmph.substack.com/…

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Cold Sales Outreach | Tools you need to know | How to run founder-led sales | LinkedIn Sales Navigator to Cold Email Campaigns 33:06

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Greg and Ronak discuss a subject that probably should be talked about more often -- cold outreach to potential clients. It's not always fun to do it but it needs to be done to grow that startup from idea to revenue. LinkedIn Sales Navigator Octopus -- automate LinkedIn connecting and messaging SeamlessAI -- find any contact, anywhere, anytime YesWa…

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TPS + Chartnote Founder, Dr. Gerardo Bonilla 34:22

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Greg interviews the CEO and founder of Chartnote Bootstrapping Chartnote from 0 to 7000 users Why not raise venture capital? How ChatGPT/LLMs have changed Chartnote's product AI scribe plus a demo with a quick case of a 78F presenting with fever and cough Where does Dr. Bonilla want his startup to go? What is on the product roadmap Chartnote: https…

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Deep Dive -- Pitching VCs -- How to find them -- Writing that personalized email -- How to pitch 32:49

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Ronak and Greg dive into another fundamental aspect of building a startup - how to actually pitch investors. Resources to find active venture capitalists and angel investors -- TechCrunch, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, Google, Twitter/other social media How to research a venture partner/associate/principal to find the right person at a firm How do you get …

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Deep Dive into Pitch Decks 51:44

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Ronak and Greg go deeper into one of the fundamental components of building a startup -- the pitch deck. Go slide by slide to understand what needs to be in an early-stage pitch deck. Team slide -- who goes on it and what vital information do you need? Introduction -- what are you building Problem statement -- how well do you know the problem you a…

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Practical and Tactical Advice on Building a Startup from Scratch 31:13

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Ronak and Greg discuss some of the more practical and tactical advice on how to actually validate a startup idea and take it from nothing to MVP and beyond. Validating your idea -- how to test if someone actually wants it Building out landing pages or sending out messaging for the product before it's built How to get some initial revenue traction F…

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STS -- How Physicians Can Get Involved with Startups | Chief Medical Officer | Medical Advisor | Full-Time Jobs | Consulting 34:20

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Ronak and Greg discuss the variety of ways in which physicians can get involved with startups from pre-seed all the way through pre-IPO companies. Full-time employment Part-time/consulting Medical advisory board Board of Directors Chief Medical Officer Investing

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Kencor Health Leadership: Muthu Krishnan & Veeresh Nama | Remote Healthcare Management | Raised over $5m 38:04

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On today's episodes Ronak chats with the leaders, Muthu and Veeresh, from Kencor Health. They discuss entrepreneurship, technology, and how remote healthcare management can be game-changing in the way hospitals operate. Kencor Health: https://www.kencorhealth.com/ Muthu Krishnan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muthu-krishnan-34968012/ Veeresh Nama: ht…

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STS | Who is the most powerful person in the world? | BlackRock | Larry Fink 37:03

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Ronak and Greg discuss who Ronak believes to be the most powerful/influential person in the world -- Larry Fink. BlackRock -- history, what they do, what investments have they made? ETFs -- who controls those voting shares? Buffet & Berkshire vs. Fink & BlackRock -- market cap discussion Larry Fink and his estimated net worth Why Fink only owns 0.7…

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ShinyDocs CEO Jason Cassidy | Information Management Software | Raised $16m Series A 44:55

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In today's episode, Ronak interviews the CEO of ShinyDocs, Jason Cassidy. ShinyDocs recently raised a Series A investment with First Ascent Ventures as their lead investor. This interview touches on the following questions: -Why can software companies iterate very quickly? -What is the primary product ShinyDocs offers? -How does ShinyDocs think abo…

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STS | Deep Dive into flipMD 32:08

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Ronak interviews Greg on starting, building, and ultimately selling flipMD to GoodRx. Going from initial idea to MVP Growing and scaling M&A interest to YouTube videos on how to sell a business Selling to GoodRx https://www.physicians.vc/

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STS | JEPI + Covered Calls and Options Trading 29:45

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Greg and Ronak discuss JEPI and the strategy of using a brokerage account to create truly, passive income. JEPI and 11.7% distribution yield Options trading -- practical information Black-Scholes Model Compounding Interest calculation How Ronak gets 30% annually from weekly options trading Black-Scholes -- https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/black…

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TPS | Newchip Accelerator Files for Chapter 11 | UnitedHealthcare Requiring Prior Auth for Surveillance and Diagnostic Colonoscopies 19:08

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Greg does a solo news show: Newchip Accelerator, which created a different accelerator business model by requiring startups to pay them files for bankruptcy Newchip took warrants, which are now worth approximately $489m Is Newchip a scam? UnitedHealthcare announces they will be requiring prior authorization for both diagnostic and surveillance colo…

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STS | Hippocratic AI -- A Healthcare LLM Comes out of Stealth with $50m Seed Round Led By a16z and General Catalyst 30:25

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Ronak and Greg discuss the funding announcement of a new healthcare-specific LLM company, Hippocratic AI. General Catalyst incubation $50m seed round Building propriety LLM vs. building on top of OpenAI/ChatGPT Datasets as moats in the expanding data wars General Catalyst strategy for their Health Assurance arm -- creating a network of health syste…

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STS News Roundtable | Fifth Third Bank M&A | AI in Health Systems | Define Ventures $460m digital health fund | Pharma Startup Comes out of Stealth | TikTok Health Misinformation 24:27

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Ronak and Greg chat about the news: Fifth Third Bank Acquires Big Data Healthcare Health Systems bringing in AI to ease clinical documentation Define Ventures Raises new $460m digital health fund Nido Biosciences comes out of stealth with $109m in funding TikTok and liver disease misinformation Fifth Third -- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/…

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Angel 101: Taxes | Short-Term and Long-Term Capital Gains | QSBS | Silicon Valley 21:54

2+ y ago21:54

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Ronak and Greg discuss startup taxes within the angel investing and founder worlds. Long-term Capital Gains Short-term Capital Gains Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) Puerto Rico as a tax haven? Silicon Valley and why it's the center of the startup universe https://www.physicians.vc/

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Debt | Debt-to-GDP Ratio | Debt Ceiling | Optimist vs. Pessimist 22:46

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Ronak discusses the US national debt and the implications within the macro-economic environment. Debt-to-GDP ratio US debt grows to $31.7 trillion Debt ceiling talks Fall of the American Empire? Optimist vs. pessimist portfolio Ray Dalio's Changing World Order https://www.physicians.vc/