Conferenced Out: How We Can Do BetterFor any professional, conferences serve as a wonderful concentrator to meet new people, catch up with prior connections and learn something…Apr 9, 20231Apr 9, 20231
Published inVerge HealthTechThe World’s Largest Medical TradeshowAnd… I’m not talking about Medica in Dusseldorf — no, the largest medical tradeshow in the world is none other than Arab Health in Dubai…Feb 17, 2023Feb 17, 2023
Published inVerge HealthTechHealthy Governance, Healthy ReturnsI recently had the fortune of being asked to speak at the APEC Business Ethics for SMEs Forum on the topic near and dear to my heart —…Sep 13, 2022Sep 13, 2022
Published inVerge HealthTechStop Pitchin’I confess — I have the attention span and memory of a gold fish. I am also more ambitious and optimistic with how to allocate my time than…Jul 2, 2022Jul 2, 2022
Published inVerge HealthTechRwanda: The Singapore of Africa?An intense 8 day adventure to find the answerMay 11, 2022May 11, 2022
Rediscovering Long-Form MediaI had a problem. I kept buying books but I never read them. The Japanese coined a term to describe this malady — tsundoku, a portmanteau…Sep 9, 2021Sep 9, 2021
Published inVerge HealthTechReflecting on the Pandemic (so far…)It’s been 536 days since I landed at Changi Airport, the iconic landmark that helped put Singapore on the map as an international travel…Aug 4, 20211Aug 4, 20211
Published inVerge HealthTechRealising the promise of true telemedicineI am probably starting to sound a little repetitive here, but we made a commitment to universal access to health in 1948 and we’ve had…Jul 13, 2021Jul 13, 2021
Not so fast — 7 days without caloriesI decided to stop eating for 7 days, or 168 hours starting from midnight July 1st to midnight July 8th, which in isolation sounds a bit…Jul 7, 2021Jul 7, 2021
Published inVerge HealthTechHere we go again: Chapter II and the need to pause.A few weekends ago, we had our annual shareholder meeting where we discussed our inaugural fund’s performance to date, presented a few of…Apr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021
Published inVerge HealthTechThe long-held promise of point of care diagnosticsThere’s an old saying that 70% of medical decisions are based on lab diagnostics and it makes sense — there’s only so much a doctor can…Apr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021
Published inVerge HealthTechThe Need For Coordination of Health Data and Sweet Tropical FruitsI briefly wrote about the importance of having healthcare data standards a couple of months ago, but I didn’t really talk about the ‘how’…Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021
Published inVerge HealthTechReflecting on RejectionAs a VC, I am drowning in an metaphorical ocean of rejection — rejecting others and getting rejected myself.Feb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
Published inVerge HealthTechGlobal Healthcare Data Standards — A Matter of Time?You’re likely reading this article on a web browser or the Medium app, either of which are delivering this content to you effectively…Dec 6, 2020Dec 6, 2020
Published inVerge HealthTechReflections On Raising Our First VC FundI had promised in my prior startup fundraising article that I would talk about our own journey as a first time fund manager and how we…Dec 6, 2020Dec 6, 2020
Published inVerge HealthTechYou’ve been Pwned!I had a nightmare recently, where I was using my computer (yes, I have very exciting dreams) and suddenly all of my windows started…Sep 22, 2020Sep 22, 2020
Published inVerge HealthTechReflecting on 2,000 startup pitches and how to get to ‘yes’TL;DRAug 12, 20201Aug 12, 20201
Published inVerge HealthTechReflections on the Family We ChooseThey say that friends are the family you choose, but I‘m not sure I fully agree with this, and let me explain why — family, to me, implies…Jul 6, 20201Jul 6, 20201
