The Ripple Effect: Creating Successful Startups
Doug Galen of RippleWorks on connecting fledgling startups with accomplished entrepreneurs
“RippleWorks is my fifth startup,” said Doug Galen, CEO & Co-founder, RippleWorks. “Something I’ve learned in all five is if we’re lucky enough to get the product market fit to scaling stage, the number of people that have actually sat in our seat and experienced scaling is [small].
In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Doug Galen chats with Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, at the Health 2.0 2017 Conference in Santa Clara, California. He shares the mission and vision of RippleWorks and explains how startups like those in StartUp Health’s portfolio can benefit from being part of a RippleWorks project.
“Finding experts who have gone from small to big is a really hard thing to do, and as a CEO, you have no degrees of freedom to make mistakes,” said Galen. “So, RippleWorks was created out of those experiences, to help CEO’s find shortcuts and scale faster.”
StartUp Health and RippleWorks both share the same mission, supporting emerging companies devoted to transforming healthcare. Through the StartUp Health Moonshot Academy, entrepreneurs gain valuable long-term coaching and support via workshops and an extensive peer community. Just like RippleWorks is collaborating with startups to add the most value, StartUp Health is committed to supporting startups in their portfolio at every stage; entrepreneurs whose moonshot goal is the reimagining of health and wellness.
“There are hundreds, if not thousands, of people who want to give back and make the world a better place, but haven’t figured out how,” said Galen.“RippleWorks connects those people to help CEOs solve very specific problems.
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