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We finished up June 19 to June 21 the Becker’s Healthcare Orthopedic Spine and Pain Management Conf. Fantastic physician speakers. And great exec leaders from surgery centers and more. We also launched the Behavioral Health Summit. Great work by the whole Beckers Healthcare team. Super thrilled for our upcoming fall

Always try and frame things to “I get to do it vs I have to do it.” No good deed goes unpunished. Learn to say no and be intentional re your time and your energy. Busy with purpose and intent is the goal. Becker Business is always looking to feature

FTI Consulting recently issued a fascinating report on PE’s lack of focus on mergers and acquisitions this year. See https://lnkd.in/gMCQts4C. See “FTI Consulting Survey: Majority of Private Equity Leaders Say M&A Is Not a Top Priority for 2025”. PR Newswire.

Carvana is up 50% year to date and its reach in buying cars at scale and its software are paying real dividends. While there are a lot of long-time skeptics, it may be past the smoke and mirrors phase. See https://lnkd.in/g_Q8yz3N. See “Is Carvana’s Bumpy Ride Finally Over?” The Motley

Nabla raises $70 million in a Series C fund raise from VC firms. See Stat News. “Artificial intelligence developer Nabla has raised $70 million as the company looks to expand its software that automates clinical note-taking to additional applications, like billing.” The fundraise was led by HV Capital. Congratulations to

RH is down 50% year to date and continues to struggle despite possible tariff relief. Is it the tariffs or is it the management? See “RH Stock Slides 23% in 3 Months: Should You Buy the Dip or Wait?” https://lnkd.in/g_QeHm88 Astera Labs jumped more than 9% yesterday. It remains down

NVIDIA hit a record high yesterday and surpassed Microsoft as the market cap king. Nvidia is at $3.76 trillion. Microsoft is at $3.7 trillion. See “Nvidia is fueling the AI Revolution– Can it hit $5 trillion?” https://lnkd.in/gwRHA-GC Amazon is up nearly 14% this month and is back to nearly even

A shout out today to Munjal Shah of Hippocratic AI. Their name came up today and amazing what they are accomplishing.

Healthcare startup Abridge tops $5 billion valuation in A16z-led financing round. – Reuters “The latest funding round, aimed at improving revenue cycles and bridging the gap between clinicians and billing teams, was led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz – also known as A16z – with participation from Khosla Ventures.”

Large PE funds Apollo Global Management, Inc. and KKR are surging today and back to down less than 15% year to date.

Career Builder + Monster file for bankruptcy. Amazing how this leader has fallen. Apollo Global Management, Inc. is an investor in the firm. “CareerBuilder + Monster, which once dominated online job boards, file for bankruptcy” – Reuters.  https://lnkd.in/gEr5ZiNB

No one saw this coming– Apple is the worst performing of the magnificent 7. It’s down 20% year to date. Tesla is down 15%. Alphabet Inc. is down 12%. Amazon is down 3%. Microsoft is up 16%. NVIDIA is up 9.5%. Meta Platforms is up 20%. Meta takes a shot

The ups and downs of being a white collar young professional. There was a period of time during Covid and the end of Covid where the white collar job market was soaking up jobs so fully that it was an employee’s market. Now we see big accounting and consulting firms

The scary reason the ride share companies are surging. Uber is up 50% year to date and Lyft is up 22% year to date. Tesla is rebounding for a similar reason. Each company increasingly sees a future with cars and not drivers. While there may be no way around this,