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The Early Hires

Most clinicians who join early-stage healthcare startups are expected to operate in complex business environments they were never trained to navigate.

Podcast · By Helen Tanner · American English · Official site

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Sep 23, 2026
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Aug 12, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 23, 2026

    What Clinicians Actually Do in Product, and When Clinical Input Changes the Build with Caitlyn Tivy, PT, DPT (opens the original)

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    What does it actually mean when a clinician "works in product" at a healthcare startup? Product is where a lot of clinicians land once they are inside a startup, and it can mean a lot of different jobs: content and claims review, evidence checks, running a medical advisory team, sitting with designers, and translating between the clinical team and the engineers. Host Helen Tanner talks with Caitlyn Tivy, PT, DPT, a pelvic and women's health physical therapist who went from telehealth care del...

  2. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    Once You Are Inside: 5 Things Clinician Leaders Need to Know about Startups (Solo Mini-Series, Part 2 of 2) (opens the original)

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    What do clinician leaders in healthcare startups need to navigate once the offer is signed? In part two of this solo mini series, host and startup leader Helen Tanner walks through the five things that matter after you join: the first weeks, the first six months, and the first year inside a healthcare startup. She explains how to figure out whether you were hired to build or to learn, how to size clinical infrastructure to the company's stage instead of rebuilding your old health system, why ...

  3. Episode · Aug 26, 2026

    Five Things Every Clinician Should Know Before Joining a Healthcare Startup with Helen Tanner, PA-C, MPH (Solo Mini-Series, Part 1 of 2) (opens the original)

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    Before You Sign: 5 Things Clinician Leaders Need to Know In part one of this two-part solo mini-series, host and startup leader Helen Tanner walks through the five things every clinician leader should work through before signing an offer. She explains why startup stage matters, why you need to understand who owns and governs the company, how to become equity literate, why your clinical credentials don't automatically translate in startup environments, and how to define the clinical vers...

  4. Episode · Aug 12, 2026

    Family Physician and Executive Leader, Dr. Neil Patel on The Cheat Code to Innovation Is Starting Over (opens the original)

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    From Underserved Care to Startup Leadership: Why Gap-Closing Translates Across Both Worlds In this episode, Helen sits down with Dr. Neil Patel, a family physician with more than 20 years of clinical practice and over 15 years as an early clinical leader in healthcare startups. Neil was part of the founding team at Iora Health and later served as Chief Health Officer at Patina Health, carrying lessons across multiple stages of company building, including growth, scale, and closure. Neil...

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