Listening to Your Users

In theory we all know that we should listen to our users… but how do you listen to users when you don’t have any? And how do you filter out the chatter of early adopters from critical information? At our Thursday workshop, Jae Chung, founder of goBalto...

bringing the food revolution to medical prep

By Leslie Ziegler No one tells you that the worst part of your first colonoscopy isn’t the six feet of rubber tubing going where no tubing should go. (You can’t even feel it!). Oh no. It’s the 24 hours before the procedure, at which point you must fast, drink...

HealthFoo Recap

Last weekend a group of us Rock Healthers trekked to Boston for the first ever Health Foo.   Health Foo is a spin-off of Foo Camp–  a no-structure, no plan, weekend unconference hosted by Tim O’Reilly and co.  It was co-sponsored by the amazing RWJF and...

Cooper Workshop: Research, research, research

Last night marked our second design workshop with Cooper, and we covered research, research, research. Our entrepreneurs have complicated problems to solve, from the gym to the emergency room, and it’s incredibly important that they conduct efficient and...

quantifying sex, dating & disease

By Leslie Ziegler Go ahead. Giggle at the article Sexual Activity Tracked by FitBit Shows Up in Google Search Results (discovered by Rock Health mentor Lee Byron). Then reflect for a moment on the huge potential of that data, even just in the world of online dating....