February 2012
7 posts
Why we started Sherpaa
sherpaa:
If our healthcare industry functioned like a true System, Sherpaa would be irrelevant. The definition of a system is:
A set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network.
Healthcare in America doesn’t work together. And it is disconnected, not interconnected.
There have been many attempts to make health(care) simple. There’s ZocDoc doing wonderful...
Top five regrets of the dying
nevver:
I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
I wish that I had let myself be happier.
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Also, read The Life Reports.
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January 2012
25 posts
WatchI love this Kickstarter project:
Many of the 12 million Americans living in recovery have found cooking to be a powerful ritual in their commitment to recovery. However, since the only effective treatment for alcoholism is total abstinence, cooking with wine is not an option. So the challenge is this: create a non-alcoholic cooking wine that retains the color, flavor, and aroma of wine without...
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What if you knew that it would take 50 minutes of... →
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Are you a doctor in NYC?
I’m starting a new company called Sherpaa.
We’re hiring exceptional doctors. Let’s work together.
“A cause is not a fact— it’s a fiction that helps us make sense of...”
– Jonah Lehrer in “Trials and Errors: Why Science is Failing Us”
December 2011
20 posts
Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us →
This assumption—that understanding a system’s constituent parts means we also understand the causes within the system—is not limited to the pharmaceutical industry or even to biology. It defines modern science. In general, we believe that the so-called problem of causation can be cured by more information, by our ceaseless accumulation of facts. Scientists refer to this process as reductionism....
“I know I’ve debated with Jay before but if you know me, you know I think debate...”
– A comment made about my post about needing an intern. And, yes, that is my goal in life— to always do something that pushes healthcare for the better. And no matter how difficult it is to do something interesting in the health space, I’ve got drive. But trust me, it’s difficult.
I need an intern.
Next month, we’ll be launching a new company, Sherpaa. I’m looking for a medical student who wants to learn a few things about starting a health company. You must be:
tech savvy and can navigate your way around web apps
entrepreneurially-minded
in NYC
curious
ready to go ASAP
Send me an email if you’re interested. Let’s talk.
UPDATE: I found a really great intern....
