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Month: August 2014

Forget fitness. The real killer app for wearable health is rehab.

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I’m always a bit disappointed when I pitch Backtrack to someone, they seem to love the idea and nod along in agreement, and then cap our discussion with: “Imagine the potential when you break out into a bigger market, like fitness tracking!” I’m disappointed in these situations because it means I’ve failed at communicating our biggest talking point: the magnitude of the problem we’re tackling, and how much bigger the rehab opportunity is than they realize. In a recent meeting with Helge, our General Partner at TandemLaunch, he brought up… Read more Forget fitness. The real killer app for wearable health is rehab. →

Startup Wisdom from NPR’s Car Talk

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Recently while out running I’ve been listening to old episodes of Car Talk, with Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers that Americans will remember fondly from Saturday mornings on NPR. I wanted to share two reader-submitted letters that, while quite humorous, contain a great deal of wisdom relating to startups, ignorance, and the Modern Jackass Phenomenon (as it is now known, thanks to another great radio show, This American Life).  The first is a letter submitted by Andy, which led to creation of ‘The Andy Scale’, the scale against which all… Read more Startup Wisdom from NPR’s Car Talk →