Learning with Rishad
by Rishad Usmani United States
I’m an artist, physician, angel investor and entrepreneur. On this podcast I talk with investors and founders in the healthcare space.
Podcast episodes
Season 1
Thoughts on the Canadian venture ecosystem - Meryeme Lahmami (Pender Ventures)
In this episode I discuss the Canadian venture ecosytem with Meryeme Lahmami, principle at Pender Ventures 00:00 introduction 02:10 First startup, radio frequency for vitals 09:00 Path to venture capital 14:30 Diligence process 18:30 Founder vs market 21:33 Impact of US tariffs 27:12 Is entrepreneurship innate? 30:40 Founder red flags 36:20 Intuition vs structure in investing 43:50 How should we increase early stage healthcare funding in Canada? Meryeme Lahmami: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meryeme-lahmami/ Pender Ventures: https://www.penderventures.com/ Rishad Usmani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishadusmani/ HealthTech Investors: https://www.healthtechinvestors.com/
AI adoption in hospitals - Michael Page (Unity health)
0:00 Introduction and childhood 2:34 Pursuing a bachelors in arts 5:46 From arts to business and AI 12:30 Thoughts on “Hire slow, fire fast” 14:25 How to avoid bad hires 20:30 Thoughts on remote work 24:55 If you could change one thing about Canadian healthcare, what would you change? 27:10 With infinite funds, what would you build in healthcare? 30:28 How do we deal with AI errors and drift? 34:45 Should AI be explainable? 37:45 Why aren’t hospitals innovative?
Physician burnout and quitting medicine - Chris Borth
Chris is a urologist, senior partner and Linivan advisory group. He completed his bachelors and M.D. at Queens University and his MBA at Wilfred Laurier. He previously ran clinical trials, has been a practicing urologist for 17 years and routinely advises medical startups. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-borth-md-mba-219a8383/ Rishad Usmani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishadusmani/