Recording of the Everything Marketplaces Group Chat #126 (3/7) with Iman Abuzeid, who's the Co-founder & CEO of Incredible Health. Incredible Health is a leading healthcare marketplace that's helping change the way full-time nurses & healthcare workers are hired. It's a breakout marketplace that's scaled to being used by 500+ hospitals. They also recently announced their $80M Series B round (at a $1.65B valuation), with backing from top investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Obvious Ventures, NFX, and more.
0:06 Intro
1:11 Iman's background
2:37 Iman's previous experience that helped shape her journey to becoming a founder
4:59 The ideation stage & first steps for starting Incredible Health
10:00 How Incredible Health solved for the chicken & egg in the early stages
11:50 An overview of Incredible Health as a leading hiring & healthcare career marketplace
13:37 How Incredible Health uses a reverse application process where hospitals apply to interview nurses
15:17 The future & opportunities for Incredible Health as a career marketplace
16:28 The new market launch & expansion playbook for Incredible Health
18:00 Onboarding hospitals to Incredible Health
19:36 Challenges with building a startup in the healthcare space
21:46 The fundraising journey & raising $80M+ from top investors
23:59 Group Q&A on the importance of marketplace specific investors & board members
27:27 Group Q&A on the top advice Iman would give to marketplace founders just starting today
30:56 Group Q&A on how to educate a market when building a disruptive marketplace
Iman on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/imanabuzeid
Incredible Health: https://www.incrediblehealth.com
Connect with Iman in the Everything Marketplaces community.