FemInnovation

The FemInnovation Podcast is designed to break barriers in women’s health technology by facilitating the hard conversations necessary to chip away at the stigma and taboo surrounding women’s health. Host Bethany Corbin speaks about critical issues that impact women’s health and provides legal, practical, and ethical insights to women’s health founders and supporters. With an exciting lineup of guest speakers, FemInnovation offers invaluable insights into the challenges plaguing women’s health, changemakers addressing these challenges, the future of femtech, and how to navigate the lifecycle of a women’s health startup.

Episodes

24 episodes

Ep. 21: Conceiving Change: At-Home Insemination Innovation with PherDal

The fertility journey can be a heartbreaking, time-consuming, and costly experience for many individuals worldwide. Globally, 1 in 6 people are affected by infertility, with 19% of women aged 15 to 49 unable to get pregnant after one year of tr...

June 05, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 21 • 34:03

Ep. 20: The Femtech Entrepreneurial Journey: Expert Advice & Insights from Catherine Hendy (ELANZA)

As a women’s health founder, creativity is the backbone of your company’s success. This is particularly true in an industry where less than 4% of all venture capital funding goes towards women’s health. Using innovative and community-driven tac...

May 22, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 20 • 32:15

Ep. 19: Biased Algorithms, Sexist Apps & Humane Leadership in Tech with Sara Wachter-Boettcher

This episode of FemInnovation offers a revealing look at the tech industry, including the sexist apps and biased algorithms that may harm women and minorities and the need for inclusive and humane leadership in the tech industry. Host Bethany C...

May 08, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 19 • 36:40

Ep. 18: All in Her Head: Unpacking Women's Marginalization in Healthcare with Dr. Elizabeth Comen

The exclusion of women from modern medicine is a complex and pervasive issue that spans centuries of medical practice. Despite advancements in healthcare, women continue to face systemic barriers that hinder their access to accurate diagnosis, ...

April 24, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 18 • 24:05

Ep. 17: Building a Femtech Product Commercialization Strategy

Commercializing your femtech or healthtech product can be challenging, especially for early-stage founders. Bringing a product to market often involves detailed customer research and product testing, developing impactful launch and communicatio...

April 18, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 17 • 36:22

Ep. 16: Enhancing "Techquity" in Digital Health: Why Digital Health Equity is Essential to Femtech

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, digital health tools have proliferated as a way for consumers to access care virtually and monitor their health conditions at home. State and federal laws have been modified to expand care settings and ...

March 21, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 16 • 34:49

Special Episode: Women's Digital Health Network

On International Women's Day 2024, FemInnovation is dropping a special episode with a special announcement: the launch of the Women's Digital Health Network (WDHN)! The WDHN is committed to driving meaningful and innovative advancement in healt...

March 08, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 16 • 15:16

Ep. 15: The AI Question in Femtech: Evaluating Data Readiness

Determining whether and how to integrate artificial intelligence into your femtech product can feel like a daunting task. In today’s world of AI, big data, and machine learning, it can be tempting to assume that your product needs to incorporat...

February 15, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 15 • 29:39

Ep. 14: Going Beyond the Paper Gown with Mitzi Krockover: Clinical, Payer & Investment Insights into Femtech

Navigating the pitfalls and challenges in the femtech industry can be daunting. From raising capital (in an environment where less than 4% of research and development funding goes to women’s health) to ensuring clinical accuracy of femtech prod...

February 07, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 0 • 31:47

Ep. 13: Make Your (Fem)Tech Talks Better with Bobbie Carlton

Many femtech entrepreneurs want to enhance their presence as recognized public speakers who get paid to share their insights with audiences worldwide. The reality, however, is that only 32% of professional public speakers are women and only 25%...

January 18, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 13 • 41:45

Ep. 12: The Titanic Effect: Navigating the Icebergs that Can Sink Femtech Startups

Many entrepreneurs assume that the Titanic sunk because it hit a single iceberg. But the truth is that the Titanic’s fate was the result of a series of missteps and misguided choices that prevented the ship from recovering once it struck the ic...

November 15, 2023 • Season 1 • Episode 12 • 38:50

Ep. 11: The Power of Investing in Female Founders: Moving Beyond "Charitable" Funding

It’s no secret that female founders remain extremely underfunded in today’s entrepreneurial world, receiving only 2% of total venture capital dollars. On the flip side, studies consistently show that female founded companies over-deliver result...

November 03, 2023 • Season 1 • Episode 11 • 34:00

Ep. 10: Protecting Your Genius with Trademarks: An Inside Conversation with Attorney Kelli Jones

Curious about protecting your intellectual property through trademarks but don’t know where to start? In this episode of FemInnovation, host Bethany Corbin sits down with attorney Kelli Jones to demystify the trademark process. Kelli runs her o...

October 18, 2023 • Season 1 • Episode 10 • 29:29

Ep. 9: Women's Health and Biotech: Funding Insights and the Future of Endometriosis Diagnostics

In this episode of FemInnovation, host Bethany Corbin sits down with Somer Baburek to discuss women's health in the biotech industry and the future of endometriosis diagnosis. Somer is the CEO of Hera Biotech, an early-stage women's health comp...

October 05, 2023 • Season 1 • Episode 9 • 42:15

Ep. 8: Building a Winning Sales Mindset in Femtech: Strategies for Success from a Sales Superstar

Host Bethany Corbin engages in an enlightening conversation with Jocelyn Chong about how femtech and women’s health companies can approach the sales side of their businesses with confidence and power. Jocelyn, a certified life and business coac...

September 20, 2023 • Season 1 • Episode 8 • 39:22

Ep. 7: Data Donation and AI in Women's Health: A Conversation with Ligia Kornowska

In this episode of FemInnovation, host Bethany Corbin sits down with Ligia Kornowska, an internationally recognized leader in AI in medicine, telemedicine, and medical data, and 2x Forbes 30 under 30 honoree. Ligia is the Managing Director of t...

September 06, 2023 • Season 1 • Episode 7 • 31:54

Ep. 6: Femovate: UX Design for Women's Health Founders with Theresa Neil

On the sixth episode of FemInnovation, host Bethany Corbin dives into the fundamentals of user experience (UX) design with guest Theresa Neil. Theresa is the founder and CEO of Guidea, a women-owned, women-led UX consultancy with extensive prod...

August 24, 2023 • Season 1 • Episode 6 • 36:14

Ep. 5: Building Your Femtech Empire Through Scaling with Veronica Kirin

Join host Bethany Corbin and guest Veronica Kirin as they dive into the importance and practicalities associated with scaling an early-stage femtech company. Veronica is an anthropologist, author, and serial entrepreneur who works with business...

August 03, 2023 • Season 1 • Episode 5 • 32:07

Ep. 4: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Preterm Birth Landscape with Pamela Bonnett

More than 1 million children across the globe die every year from preterm birth complications, with U.S. healthcare costs for preterm births exceeding $30 billion per year. But what if artificial intelligence could change this landscape through...

July 12, 2023 • Season 1 • Episode 4 • 32:31