Jen Goldsack’s Journey from Olympian to CEO, Declining a 20x Offer to Stay True to the Mission, and Leading Through Cancer
CEO Pajama Time by Sari Kaganoff
Episode notes
Jen Goldsack has spent six and a half years building the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) into a trusted voice for healthcare's digital transformation. In this conversation, she shares the inflection points that shaped the organization. And the real story behind them. Like the time a family office offered $4 million if DiMe would pivot to focus only on cancer. She said no. Then sat on the floor crying with her dog, knowing she'd just made everything harder. Or the org structure she championed for two years that wasn't working. And the courage it took to acknowledge it and rebuild. This year, she's been navigating all of it while fighting late-stage colon cancer. She talks about the brutal self-talk that preceded her diagnosis, what being a patient has taught her about the system she's trying to fix, and why the work feels more urgent than ever. ...