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Build In Public Podcast

How To Navigate Pre-Seed Challenges: Insights from a HealthTech Investor (feat. Owen Willis)

Feb 24, 2023
38:50

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast.

Today's episode features Owen Willis, a prolific operator, community builder and investor in the healthtech space. He recently ran On Deck Health and previously was COO at Osmosis and a special education teacher through Teach For America.

In this chat, Owen shared valuable insights on:
●     The lesson on appreciating people, and the practice of gratitude
●     Owen’s career trajectory and inflection points
●     Common challenges in healthtech pre-seed
●     List of relevant advice on distribution and how founders should go about it
●     Other areas apart from health tech that interest Owen
●     Advantages of being a part of ecosystem/community and support systems
●     What Owen looks for in companies he invests in
●     Examples of companies to emulate and what Owen specifically liked about them

Build In Public Podcast is an interview show where KP chats with ambitious startup founders, CEOs, and top Internet creators to unpack their stories, insights, and lessons.

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Links:
Owen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jowenwillis
Owen’s Newsletter: https://longonhumanity.substack.com/
KP’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisiskp_
KP's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/KarthikPuvvadaKP

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