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Going from 0 to 1 in Health Care with Siva Namasivayam, CEO of Cohere Health

As an entrepreneur, you have to find the customer that is willing to push the envelope and truly, truly wants to make a change. You need to find the first mover, because in a category like health care, not every hospital or health system will be that innovative

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Siva Namasivayam, Co founder and CEO of Cohere Health, joins the show to talk about

  • Starting companies in chaos and a family full of MDs.
  • The inefficiencies that exist in the operational side of Health Care.
  • Identifying early adopters and the nuances of doing that in a more conservative market like Health Care.
  • Raising capital in health care and the traction you need and expectations you need to set before going out to raise capital in Health Care.

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Siva Namasivayam

CEO and Founder of Cohere Health

In his third entrepreneurial healthcare venture, Siva Namasivayam is passionate about building companies that are focused on improving the healthcare system. Prior to co-founding Cohere Health and serving as its CEO since 2019, Siva was a founding partner of SCIO Health Analytics which served over fifty Fortune 500 healthcare organizations. Siva has more than 20 years of experience in utilizing technology and data to improve healthcare processes. He holds a master’s in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh, as well as an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

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