#213: Ankit Gupta: Overcoming the Stigma of Opioid Addiction Using Telemedicine

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner, and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast talks with Ankit Gupta, founder, and CEO of Bicycle Health. Ankit looks back on his experiences with Pulse News and LinkedIn, sharing advice for people thinking about starting their own business. He talks about launching Bicycle Health and his passion for treating opioid use disorder. </span></p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ankit grew up in Mumbai, India. He always enjoyed writing code and programming. He discovered his passion for user-centric design while working on his master’s at Stanford. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ankit noticed when people read news online, they had to open and toggle between different tabs across various publications. To solve this problem, he created the mobile app Pulse News. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pulse News started as a standalone app and later became the foundation for LinkedIn’s news feed, which creates a personalized newspaper for users. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">When it comes to solving a problem, Ankit advises entrepreneurs to take user feedback to heart. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">He also believes a small team of dedicated people can create more value than a company with hundreds of employees.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ankit worked at LinkedIn for 3 years, integrating the news app and also working on startup projects on the B2B side of the company.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">He left LinkedIn and traveled for two years, pursuing educational opportunities and spending time with his family. During these two years, he learned about the problems in healthcare and technology while working on a project with a nonprofit in India.</spa