Why Healthcare Should Be a Product, Not a Service

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Adrian Allen is the founder and CEO of forward, a company that focuses on solving problems rather than finding solutions. In his view, there's nothing redeeming about obsessing over ideas or solutions. He says every idea is merely the foundation for the next better iteration of that idea. This week he explains why healthcare should be a product and not a service.

This week we’re profiling Adrian Aoun, who founded Forward into 2017 to turn healthcare from a service into a product and reach 1B+ people globally. Before founding Forward, Adrian served as the Director of Special Projects for Google CEO Larry Page, founded Sidewalk Labs, and served as an advisor to the White House on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Here are the 3 big ideas in this week's Cheat Sheet:

Principle: Be problem obsessed, not solution obsessed.

Framework: How to predict the future from first principles.

Insight: Why healthcare should be a product—not a service.

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