Tim DraperFounder and Managing Partne, Draper Associate · I back the ideas that look crazy first

Can a single founder beat a multi-billion dollar hospital chain? 🏥

8 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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An RN founder defends her startup against investors skeptical she can compete with billion-dollar hospital chains. She's completing a master's in biomedical entrepreneurship at Johns Hopkins and argues that grit, not just clinical expertise, drives successful companies. The panel debates whether her venture is truly an entrepreneurial opportunity or a problem hospitals should solve.

So you're an RN. Yeah. That's good for what you invented, but it is not necessarily good for who is the person to run the business forever. Why are you the right person for this?
Yeah.
And how are you gonna learn how to run a business?
The best, most successful companies are always run by the founder. I'm finishing up my master's at Johns Hopkins in biomedical entrepreneurship to strengthen that. But I think the thing that it has taught me is how to work quick under pressure and how to be determined to make something happen. And at the end of the day, I think grit is the thing that drives companies the most.
To me, the question I'm trying to figure out is, why is this an entrepreneur's opportunity and not something for, like, larger medical companies or larger hospital chains and whatnot to be doing?