Marching Together as One Global Army for Good
StartUp Health founder letter #2 (from the archives)
To many, an “Army” conjures up a vision of soldiers preparing for battle. It’s a charged yet powerful concept, often associated with the heavy weight and pain of war.
At StartUp Health, we are investing in a different type of army. An army for good, akin to other forces like the Peace Corps, Red Cross and Salvation Army, all on missions dedicated to improving people’s lives around the world. Ours is an army of Health Transformers—superhero entrepreneurs—who have the mindset, commitment and passion to make the extraordinary possible.
What makes an army so powerful is the collective strength of people marching together towards common goals with purpose. The StartUp Health Army is on a mission to accomplish an audacious dream: to achieve 10 Health Moonshots that can each improve the health of at least a billion people. The success of our army is measured by our ability to better the wellbeing of everyone on the planet.
Yes, we realize the scale of this goal sounds impossible, even crazy. But we believe that networked together we can make exponential progress by collaborating as one force for good.
We hope you, too, will join the movement to transform health. StartUp Health is on a world tour visiting dozens of countries and cities meeting with fellow Health Transformers and innovators who want to be part of our army for good. You can learn more about it at startuphealth.com. Whether you are an entrepreneur who wants to be in StartUp Health, or someone who wants to support Health Transformers on their moonshot missions, we need your help. Together, we can and will reinvent the future of health.