F002 Is it possible to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone in the world?

The legendary investor Esther Dyson is not a big fan of technology. She is a proponent of big ideas, demanding projects with a long-term positive influence on society. Founders of StartupHealth Unity Stoakes and Steven Krein are serial entrepreneurs, driving positive change with innovators working on technological and other innovations for healthcare and medicine.

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At its inception, the idea behind StartupHealth was simple and very, very, very optimistic: to improve the health and well-being of every person in the world. If that seemed like a fantasy seven years ago, the organisation came a long way by now. StartupHealth connects 200 companies, so-called transformers, listed in 10 categories or as they call them — moonshots.

Steven Krein and Unity Stoakes

In this episode, Esther Dyson explains why she invested in the company at its very early days and how she sees problems society faces when it comes to health and wellbeing. Steven and Unity talk about the past, the future and the positive attitude one needs to keep trying even when things in business get tough.

Some of the questions addressed in the podcast:

• How can the environment be changed to improve population health? 

• Can we prevent unintended negative consequences of technology? 

• What is the relation between non-technological and tech innovations for population health improvement? 

• If the most significant determinant of children’s health are the parents, how can you improve children’s health? 

• What is the future of StartupHealth?

• How to be a successful entrepreneur in Healthcare?