🙌 This week, our CEO, Adrianne Nickerson, participated in the Female Founders in Healthcare panel hosted by Female Founders Fund. Exciting to be part of such a powerful lineup of founders and share the stage with other inspiring women. 💪✨
My absolute favorite takeaways from the Female Founders in Healthcare panel hosted by Female Founders Fund on 10/7 💎 (sponsored by Sequoia): Adrianne Nickerson, CEO of Oula, on their “why”: The pregnancy and postpartum care system was “perfectly broken” for all stakeholders—the OBs, the hospital systems, and, most of all, the patients. There was a wide-open door to reimagine the experience for everyone with a holistic, patient-centric care model. Melanie Goldey, CEO of Tally Health, on the early days: Consumers are super sophisticated. They need to trust what they put in their body, so authenticity, transparency, and grounding the brand in scientific rigor are critical. Wendy Tsu, CEO of Branch Care, on managing risks: Don’t build fast; build intelligently. Embed yourself with your stakeholders—know their needs inside out and partner with them to test your solutions thoroughly—because, in healthcare, a “broken” thing can have a life-altering impact on a patient. Opportunities for the future of building in healthcare: - Nickerson: Almost nothing has been "tapped" yet. There are so many solutions still to build. - Tsu: Follow the money: Wherever providers are spending heavily (for admin or overhead), it's likely an area of inefficiency. If you can solve that and lower costs for all, that's a business. - Goldey: There’s a movement happening toward preventative wellness, not just treatments. And finally, Tsu, on the founder mindset when fundraising: Bring your “hot girl energy” to the process. "You have to believe you're a mf bad*ss b***h!" 🎤⬇ 💎 As Goldey pointed out, the common thread for all these successful ventures is leveraging data, personalizing the patient experience, and contextualizing health metrics so patients feel informed and empowered while receiving care.