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#TXHealthTech Chat’s Top Takeaways Plus A Guide And Resources For Health Tech Startups

If you’re looking to kick your health tech startup into high gear, Dallas-Fort Worth is a sweet spot to set up shop. Among DFW’s offerings: , startup meetups galore and top medical schools, to  name a few.

 

How do you navigate the goods? Here’s a list of resources to help out.

  • , the go-to spot for DFW startups and entrepreneurs.
  •  (the DEC), a business-support structure for entrepreneurs providing a location where they can receive training, education, mentorship, promotion and access to capital.
  • , a group of Dallas innovators who meet regularly with the mission to cultivate and propel health and technology within our community.
  •  (NBIA), an organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

Health Tech Incubators & Accelerators 

  • , a Dallas-based mentorship-driven healthcare seed accelerator. The 12-week accelerator program runs in the fall starting August 2013 in Dallas.
  • , a New York City-based incubator that offers health IT startups an intensive three-month program.
  • , a fast-paced 16-week accelerator that takes place in various locations across the globe.
  • , a San Francisco-based not-for-profit incubator with a four-month program that focuses on funding for 15-20 companies per year.
  • , a New York City-based incubator with a long-term (three year) approach to help health and wellness entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses

Lauren Silverman was the Health, Science & Technology reporter/blogger at ĻӰԺ. She was also the primary backup host for ĻӰԺ’s Think and the statewide newsmagazine  Texas Standard. In 2016, Lauren was recognized as Texas Health Journalist of the Year by the Texas Medical Association. She was part of the Peabody Award-winning team that covered Ebola for NPR in 2014. She also hosted "Surviving Ebola," a special that won Best Long Documentary honors from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI). And she's won a number of regional awards, including an honorable mention for Edward R. Murrow award (for her project “The Broken Hip”), as well as the Texas Veterans Commission’s Excellence in Media Awards in the radio category.