Mental Health Telemedicine Opportunity

A mental health telemedicine platform that capitalizes on multiple market inflection points to build a billion-dollar business.

Key Inflection Points That Enable The Business:

  • Regulatory Changes:
    • Mental health coverage now required as part of healthcare packages
    • Telemedicine regulations loosened/changed
  • Cultural Shifts:
    • Mental health becoming destigmatized
    • Famous people openly discussing mental health
  • Pandemic Impact:
    • Forced everyone to try video visits
    • Hospitals now know they need telemedicine
    • Doctors willing to provide care virtually
    • Patients have experienced virtual care

Business Model Requirements:

  • High velocity customer acquisition model needed
  • Likely requires venture funding (not bootstrapped)
    • Need to hire A+ players
    • Need strong mission to attract talent
  • Market timing aligns with multiple inflection points
    • Regulatory
    • Cultural
    • Technological
    • Healthcare industry readiness

The business leverages these converging trends to provide mental health services through telemedicine, with the market now ready to support this model at scale.

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Shaan Puri

Host of MFM

Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.

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