Listen "Jonathan Hershon from Pathway Medical"
Episode Synopsis
Jonathan Hershon is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pathway Medical. Pathway is a health tech company working on helping clinicians and patients access important medical information more effectively throughout the care journey. They leverage AI and big data to create a medical knowledge platform and software solutions that drive evidence-based medicine into clinical practice.
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In this episode, we discuss...
Building an end-to-end encrypted social network in 2013 called Syme
Jonathan's mindset when Syme had to be wound down
Launching a digital agency called MILE END
Building a health tech company and navigating the regulatory environment
Why they initially bootstrapped and then decided to raise capital
His thoughts on product market fit
The impact of AI and LLMs on Pathway's product and healthcare industry
How Jonathan thinks about product-led growth, specifically in health tech
His favourite bagel place in Montreal
My podcast supporter!
Fasken's Emerging Tech and Venture Capital practice is comprised of 80+ dedicated legal professionals across the Canadian market. We're deeply involved in the startup ecosystem and have worked closely with founders from startup to scale-up to exit. Our team is a leading Canadian law firm for VC financings and tech M&A and act for many of the best-in-class startup and scale-up innovation-based companies and entrepreneurs in Canada.
Given this experience we understand market trends and can assist in guiding your company forward as you scale – we take a holistic and strategic approach to helping our clients achieve their goals and provide the full suite of services including corporate, corporate finance, M&A, commercial, IP, data and compliance, employment, tax and beyond. We are excited to help the next generation of unicorns!
Jonathan's Twitter
Pathway's Twitter
In this episode, we discuss...
Building an end-to-end encrypted social network in 2013 called Syme
Jonathan's mindset when Syme had to be wound down
Launching a digital agency called MILE END
Building a health tech company and navigating the regulatory environment
Why they initially bootstrapped and then decided to raise capital
His thoughts on product market fit
The impact of AI and LLMs on Pathway's product and healthcare industry
How Jonathan thinks about product-led growth, specifically in health tech
His favourite bagel place in Montreal
My podcast supporter!
Fasken's Emerging Tech and Venture Capital practice is comprised of 80+ dedicated legal professionals across the Canadian market. We're deeply involved in the startup ecosystem and have worked closely with founders from startup to scale-up to exit. Our team is a leading Canadian law firm for VC financings and tech M&A and act for many of the best-in-class startup and scale-up innovation-based companies and entrepreneurs in Canada.
Given this experience we understand market trends and can assist in guiding your company forward as you scale – we take a holistic and strategic approach to helping our clients achieve their goals and provide the full suite of services including corporate, corporate finance, M&A, commercial, IP, data and compliance, employment, tax and beyond. We are excited to help the next generation of unicorns!
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