Opinion

January 21, 2020

The best healthtech startups are founded by clinicians

Healthtech startups need a clinician at the helm, argues Pando cofounder and NHS paediatrician Lydia Yarlott.


Lydia Yarlott

4 min read

I find it kind of crazy when a healthcare company isn’t founded by somebody who has worked on the frontline, or else experienced the problem they’re working on first-hand — viscerally, directly and painfully.

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Photo of Pando cofounders Barney Gilbert Lydia Yarlott & Philip Mundy
Pando cofounders Barney Gilbert, Lydia Yarlott and Philip Mundy
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