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It was great yesterday to visit with Lance Armstrong. Fascinating. Great to also see mountain biking legend Brandon Frazier.
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It was great yesterday to visit with Lance Armstrong. Fascinating. Great to also see mountain biking legend Brandon Frazier.
Congratulations to Commure and team on their recent raise from General Catalyst.
Two of the most fascinating entrepreneurs I had the chance to meet recently our Bo G. and Andrew Gostine, MD, MBA. I am blown away by the energy and talent and brilliance of many of these physician entrepreneurs. I’m constantly thankful to two of the most brilliant digital tech entrepreneurs
Thrilled at Becker Business to launch the Becker Business Webinar and the Becker Business Podcast. Very excited and can’t wait. On the business side these will complement the Becker Private Equity and Business podcast. We are also growing the Becker Business newsletter. This all provides your annoyingly almost daily dose
My favorite podcast this week was with brilliant orthopedic surgeon at Endeavor Health Kiera A. Kingston M.D. I already shared the draft with Jordyn Agins and Chloe Becker. What a remarkable leader. Thank you Bill Ligas. And kudos to J.P. Gallagher CEO Endeavor. This week we featured on the podcast
We had an amazing group of speakers at the Becker’s Healthcare Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management Conf. Outstanding. I had the chance to moderate panels Friday with great surgeons Zwade Marshall, MD, MBA Jeff Lehmen and Nauman Chaudhry. We also had the chance to visit with and moderate with super
It was terrific this past week to visit with Dina DeMarco, Michael McGarry, Edward Lissack and Robert Lake.
We work extremely closely with Executive Podcast Solutions and Jeremy Corr Chanell Bunger and Grace Lynn Keller to produce the Becker’s Healthcare and Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. We love working with their team. To learn more reach Jeremy Corr.
Abridge co founder and CEO Shiv (Shivdev) Rao is one of most thoughtful and deep thinking and strategic and gracious leaders you will ever meet. LeanTaaS led by genius CEO Mohan Giridharadas continues surging as the market leader in operating room and infusion therapy room AI driven management. Bain Capital
I keep on losing money in golf to a guy who is so rich his family talks to the Rockefellers and the Carnegies. It’s so depressing both because I’m playing awful and he doesn’t need the money. They keep buying sports teams. I keep buying new golf shoes. It’s so
The markets point down this am as hopes for a quicker cease fire in the Mideast lessen. The mega private equity funds remain significantly down even though the public markets are on fire. Blackstone is down nearly 20% year to date. KKR is down nearly 16.5% year to date. Moderna
Microsoft and NVIDIA keep rising. Microsoft now has a market cap of $3.56 trillion. NVIDIA opens today right below that at $3.53 trillion in market cap. Circle Internet went public recently and has skied more than 400% since its debut. Hims & Hers continues to outperform and is up 147%
A business and a performance book that we recommend. Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Organize Tomorrow Today from Dr. Jason Selk. P.S. Melissa Szabad is an incredible leader we have had the great privilege to work with throughout her professional career. She now serves as General Counsel at
Becker’s Healthcare‘s 13th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable November 3 – 6, 2025 // Hilton Chicago. This is our limited size event that is the most desired event each year. Jessica Cole and Allison Warner and Haley Jones for more information.
Stellantis, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and Trump Media & Technology Group remain among the top 52 week stock losers. Each down 50 to 60%.
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