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Martha Mercogliano

Sep 21, 2026

3:25
And what is it about the industry, the regulation, the pays or incentives that kill startups, right, that would have thrived anywhere else?
3:34
I love my industry of healthcare.
3:37
It saves lives.
3:39
It keeps us healthy.
3:40
But our U.S. healthcare industry is probably the most complex healthcare industry in the world.
3:47
I do believe that we have unnecessarily complexities in it.
3:52
And it is just innate of how we do things here in the US.
8:02
So when you look at a healthcare startup as an investor, what actually makes you lean in? And on the flip side, what's the thing you see over and over that tells you a founder doesn't understand the industry they're trying to disrupt?

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