From Startup to Incumbent | Collective Health Founder & CEO Ali Diab

In this episode, Ali Diab, co-founder and CEO of Collective Health, discusses his journey in building Collective Health and solving the problem of complex and costly healthcare experiences. He also shares advice to founders from his experience scaling Collective Health, which is now a market leader.

We cover:

- When founders should (and shouldn’t) worry about incumbents

- The sales cycle to employers

- How to move from an oligarchical healthcare system to a free market one

- Why the health insurance industry loves information asymmetry and does not like self insurance

- How employers play a crucial role in the healthcare system and can drive positive change

- How transparency and interoperability are key to simplifying benefits and improving the healthcare system

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