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Allon Bloch (K Health) - Founding two public companies, the future of health and how to approach which markets are ripe for disruption

Allon Bloch (K Health) - Founding two public companies, the future of health and how to approach which markets are ripe for disruption

FromThe Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands


Allon Bloch (K Health) - Founding two public companies, the future of health and how to approach which markets are ripe for disruption

FromThe Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands

ratings:
Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Thank you Daniel Gulati for the introduction to my guest today [Allon Bloch](https://www.linkedin.com/in/allon-bloch-70b1223/), founder and CEO of [K Health](https://www.khealth.com/). K Health is where you can get personalize heath answers and fast. It's the closest doctor's office is in your pocket, Trusted by over 4 million patients. Allon is also a serial entrepreneur who founded not one but two companies that went public - Wix and Vroom. On this show, we ask what's his process to determine whether or not to start a company, how he thinks about markets, why he wanted to innovate within the health sector and much much more. Without further ado, here's Allon.

Questions I ask Allon:

1. What was your attraction to be an entrepreneur?
2. What compelled you to start Wix, Vroom and K Health?
3. What makes a market attractive for you to want to start a business?
4. Why health?
5. Walk us through how healthcare currently works?
6. Why has disruption been slow healthcare?
7. What is the biggest problem with healthcare in your mind?
8. Since you didn't come from a healthcare background, how do you approach building a company in an industry that you're new to?
9. What led to the founding of K Health?
10. What was the first problem you wanted to solve?
11. What were the effects of COVID when it came to innovation within healthcare?
12. What is telemedicine and how is K Health different?
13. How do you partner with Primary Care doctors and hospitals?
14. How does the use of AI help primary care doctors?
15. What’s next for K Health?
16. What was your approach to fundraising?
17. What are some of the important habits that you've developed?
18. What's one thing you would change about venture capital?
19. What’s one book that inspired you personally and one book that inspired you professionally?
20. What’s the best piece of advice that you’ve received?
Released:
Sep 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Consumer VC takes a look into early-stage consumer investing and venture capital. If you are interested in learning about consumer trends, have a b2c business and interested in learning about the fundraising process at the early stage, you have come to the right place.Mike interviews some of the top venture capitalists in the world that focus on B2C and consumer type companies or have a deep track record investing in these categories such as marketplaces, SaaS, social, CPG and non-tech subscription.Mike also interviews founders that are building some of the most disruptive consumer facing companies in the world. The conversation usually includes the insight the founder discovered, fundraising strategy, and the pitch.This podcast also includes bonus episodes. Each bonus episode dives into a particular subject that might not have to due with the fundraise or venture capital, but still would be helpful to founders. For example, a bonus episode on brand strategy or how to construct a board of directors. All bonus episodes will be clearly labeled.For all episodes, please visit www.theconsumervc.com. For updates, you can follow @mikegelb on Twitter.