#20: Mission-driven startup advice from 4X growth star Anna Lindow and what she’s doing next with Brave Health

Decoding Healthcare Innovation

What you’ll get out of this episode

Rebecca talks to Anna Lindow, CEO & Co-Founder of Brave Health, which is a virtual clinic on a mission to expand access to high-quality, affordable care for mental health and addiction.

Prior to Brave Health, she was able to 4x the venture-backed tech education company General Assembly in just 3 years. And she's got a track record of consulting and advising mission driven startups like her own.

In this episode you’ll hear about Anna’s experience building a healthcare innovation business and how her company is addressing the unique challenges of making mental health care accessible to the country's Medicaid population. Plus:

• What the biggest challenges facing the behavioral health industry are today
• Why more healthcare entrepreneurs don’t start with Medicaid
• How the industry can help address the digital divide, including broadband access, in rural health

If you’re a mission-driven startup founder, a mental health advocate, an addiction treatment provider, or a telehealth innovator, then you’ll especially benefit from this conversation.

Tweetables

“There’s this enormous amount of $ and attn on the broad category [of mental health] but 1:4 ppl have Medicaid & get almost nothing.” @BraveHealth1 Ep20 @DecodingHealth1 @NixonGwitlLaw https://sliceofhealthcare.com/category/decoding-healthcare-innovation/

Discussing mental health access on Medicaid and how it intersects with “equity” with @BraveHealth1 on Ep20 @DecodingHealth1 w @NixonGwitlLaw https://sliceofhealthcare.com/category/decoding-healthcare-innovation/

“It’s our job to take the people who need [mental health] services and remove all the barriers to getting those services” @BraveHealth1 on Ep20 @DecodingHealth1 w @NixonGwiltLaw https://sliceofhealthcare.com/category/decoding-healthcare-innovation/

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• Learn more about Brave Health
• Follow Anna Lindow on LinkedIn
• And be sure to listen to Episode 19 with Dr. Tom Insel and Episode 16 with Dr. Vik Bakhru to complement this discussion on the importance of data in mental health care services, as well as our pre-podcast “partner chat” on the explosion in behavioral health investment

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