Greenhouse agriculture is a proven solution to sustainable, local, and climate-resilient food production, Source.ag claimed. Today almost half (46%) of our global habitable land is used for agriculture, according to the company. Greenhouse agriculture, however, produces up to 15 times higher yields without the need for arable land. Greenhouse grown... See more
“The smartest way to set a reasonable deadline is to make sure it’s not too stressful for those involved, to tailor it individually to all players, and also to break it up,” writes Amy Herman, founder of the Art of Perception, in her book Fixed .
Augustus thought “nothing more derogatory to the character of an accomplished general than precipitancy and rashness.” To quash such impulses, Augustus trained his generals to instead make haste slowly and that “the cautious captain is better than the bold.”
Finding your way in life is like unlocking the combination of a safe. You have to go forwards and backwards. Life is not a direct march from A to B. The twists and turns are progress, not regression. What feels like a setback in the moment is later revealed to have been part of the path all along. Each move was necessary to get to your end goal.
FarmboxRx founder Ashley Tyrner, 39, sees healthy food as a form of health care. In 2014, she launched Farmbox Direct, which shipped boxes of fresh food anywhere in the U.S. In 2019, she pivoted to focus on the health care market, partnering with Medicare Advantage and private health insurance plans to offer produce boxes as a benefit to members, a... See more
Food as benefit for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage members could be a space to leverage
A framework for evaluating opportunities in digital health
Here are some of the diligence questions I have collected over the years, that I share with my students. They are broken down into categories of risk: Market, Execution, and Product.
Market risk
At a high-level, does this address a real problem in healthcare (cost, quality, access)
How to evaluate investment opportunities in digital health space
Augustus further signaled his devotion by minting an aureus, a type of gold Roman coin, with his personal branding of festina lente . On the side that didn’t include his face — because what leader isn’t going to slap his visage on some coin? — he imprinted the image of a crab hoisting a butterfly. The butterfly represented speed, the crab caution a... See more
This section includes both healthcare-specific funds, as well as individual investors who exclusively focus on healthcare at funds that invest across multiple industries.
The generic drug supply chain sprawls across the globe and is pretty opaque. Manufacturers are required to report to the FDA when there’s a disruption that could impact supply, but the details aren’t always shared with the public and can be protected as proprietary information