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Most clinicians who join early-stage healthcare startups are expected to operate in complex business environments they were never trained to navigate. The Early Hires, hosted by clinician and healthcare leader Helen Tanner, equips clinician leaders in health tech and healthcare startups for these pivotal roles. Through honest conversations with the early hires who build these companies, and a community of shared experience and collective insight, you will find the practical leadership guidance to lead with clarity and confidence. Learn more and join the conversation at theearlyhires.com.
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Signup to Generate a PitchMost clinicians who join early-stage healthcare startups are expected to operate in complex business environments they were never trained to navigate. The Early Hires, hosted by clinician and healthcare leader Helen Tanner, equips clinician leaders in health tech and healthcare startups for these pivotal roles.
The Early Hires: Clinicians in Startups is hosted by Helen Tanner. The show has published 18 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "How a Psychologist Brings Clinical Judgment to AI for Psychiatry with Sophie Klarskov Petersen" (21 October 2026, 30 minutes), "What Clinicians Actually Do in Product, and When Clinical Input Changes the Build with Caitlyn Tivy, PT, DPT" (23 September 2026, 46 minutes), and "Once You Are Inside: 5 Things Clinician Leaders Need to Know about Startups" (9 September 2026, 26 minutes).
The Early Hires: Clinicians in Startups publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 18 episodes.
Booking probability for The Early Hires: Clinicians in Startups is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Early Hires: Clinicians in Startups requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Early Hires: Clinicians in Startups's contact route on record: verified email.
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Helen Tanner hosts The Early Hires: Clinicians in Startups, a business podcast with 18 episodes published.
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Episode #17
What does a clinician actually do inside a startup building AI for mental health? In psychiatry, the most important clinical data is not a lab value. It is a patient’s story, told across long sessions and many visits...
What does it actually mean when a clinician "works in product" at a healthcare startup? Product is where a lot of clinicians land once they are inside a startup, and it can mean a lot of different jobs: content and...
What do clinician leaders in healthcare startups need to navigate once the offer is signed? In part two of this solo mini series, host and startup leader Helen Tanner walks through the five things that matter after you...
Before You Sign: 5 Things Clinician Leaders Need to Know In part one of this two-part solo mini-series, host and startup leader Helen Tanner walks through the five things every clinician leader should work through...
Hannah Lowe, NP, RD, CDCES, is a nurse practitioner, registered dietitian, and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist whose career spans both frontline clinical care and digital health startups. After joining...
Why Servant Leadership Needs an Asterisk with Laura Demuth, MSN, NP-BC Laura Demuth, MSN, NP-BC, joined Curology, then known as Pocket Derm, as employee number 12 nearly a decade ago. Today, she serves on the executive...
Episode #10
Clinical Onboarding as Infrastructure in Healthcare Startups with Anna Ballard, PA-C Anna Ballard, PA-C builds clinical onboarding and learning systems inside healthcare startups that are scaling quickly. Her work sits...
How a Founding Dean Is Rethinking Clinical Education at the Edge of Silicon Valley — with Dr. Amy Bronson, Pepperdine University Most episodes of The Early Hires feature clinicians who stepped inside a startup. This one...
From ER to Space Medicine: How Clinicians Create Systems Where None Exist Dr. Marsh Cuttino is an emergency physician who turned curiosity into systems impact. Trained at Kennedy Space Center, he raised his hand early...
From Primary Care to Startup Leadership: Why Clinicians Matter Most in Early Chaos Andrew Shiflett, PA-C, brings more than a decade of experience in complex primary care and was one of the first clinical hires at a...
Leading Without a Playbook: Why Executive Coaching Matters in Early-Stage Startups Lupe Prado is an executive coach who works with leaders across startups, private equity, and corporate organizations. For over seven...
Episode #5
Clinical Leadership in Healthcare Startups: What Clinicians Learn Navigating Growth, Risk, and Operational Strategy Helen is joined by Tim Talbert, nurse practitioner, veteran, and healthcare executive who spent more...
In this episode, Helen sits down with Dipu Patel, DMSc, MPAS, ABAIM, PA-C, educator, innovation leader, and immediate past president of the PA Education Association. Dipu serves as professor and vice chair for...
From Underserved Care to Startup Leadership: Why Gap-Closing Translates Across Both Worlds In this episode, Helen sits down with Dr. Neil Patel, a family physician with more than 20 years of clinical practice and over...
Just because you are doing everything right clinically does not mean the organization will survive. In this episode, Helen sits down with Katie Davis, a nurse practitioner and clinician executive who has spent more than...
Episode #1
Patient safety is job one. Everything else is negotiable. The Early Hires launches with Dr. Adam Perry — a geriatrician and ER physician who has helped build home-based and senior care models across early- and mid-stage...
The Early Hires: Clinicians in Startups
Hosted by Helen Tanner, MPH, PA-C, The Early Hires Podcast centers the voices of clinicians building healthcare startups from the inside. Helen brings years of clinical and executive experience, translating real-world...
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author of a new book for MIT Press called Technology's Child: Digital Media's Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up, Jo (assumed to be Johns Hopkins University or similar based on context)
executive director, nonprofit focused on connecting students with mentorship
Curology
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