This week, six ventures will complete for up to $50,000 in the 2020 Global Impact Award. We are thrilled to introduce the scalable, sustainable, and quick-to-market ventures with proof of concept and a broad impact. Today’s feature is Enhearten.

About Enhearten

The Enhearten software suite seamlessly connects patients with the care they need, when and where they need it.

Industry: Health Technology

Number of Employees: 2

Total Funding (as of March 2020): $100,000

About the Founding Team:

Micah Goodman, CEO, graduated from WashU in 2017 with a degree in computer science. He builds software that helps people make healthy behavior changes.

Dr. Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, CSO, is a professor of psychiatry at Washington University’s School of Medicine and is a leading researcher of the intersection between mental health and technology.

What problem is Enhearten solving?

Systemic barriers prevent people from entering into and succeeding in treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), making the opioid epidemic more deadly than it has to be.

What is the biggest lesson you’ve learned since starting your venture?

Everything is a hypothesis that needs to be tested. Any time you face a decision, you should figure out the simplest test that will point you in the right direction.

What do you love about being an entrepreneur?

Getting to build products that directly help people throughout the world.

What words of advice do you have for those interested in starting a venture?

You have to start by developing a deep understanding of your customers and the problems they face -- this means going out and talking to them. Your product and business will suffer if you don’t.

Website: www.enhearten.io

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