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Mike Venerable reposted thisMike Venerable reposted thisComplication rates tell you what went wrong. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) tell you how members really feel about their recovery. That’s why Lantern has made PROs part of its robust approach to quality. Over the past year, Lantern partnered with LainaHealth to collect patient-reported outcomes from before surgery through a full year after. The great news? Lantern members tell us they're getting better. A few results from our first year of collection: ✅ Knee replacement members gained 26 points of function within six months, significantly above the bar clinicians use to call a result meaningful ✅ Hip replacement members gained 35 points of function, with pain down 83% ✅ Hip and knee surgeons in the Lantern network earned a Net Promoter Score of 90 ✅ Bariatric surgery members lost an average of 23% of their total body weight within six months, 2 to 4 times faster than the typical timeline. As for what happens next, we'll continue hearing directly from members about their recovery. And what we learn feeds straight back into how we curate our Network of Excellence. Download the report for a full breakdown of results—and why these numbers matter: https://lnkd.in/esfe8X3V
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Mike Venerable reposted thisMike Venerable reposted thisSome campsites get compared to others but this is pretty incomparable. Here's Aegis #73 parked above Salmon Glacier, BC with ice stretching out for miles below. These vans are made to Work, Play, Travel… Anywhere. How will you be Remote? #RemoteVans #RollingNomads #AdventureVans #VanLife #WorkPlayTravel
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Mike Venerable reposted thisMike Venerable reposted thisA big thank you to Hank for sitting down with our President Andrew Cooley recently on the Van-nois-seur PodcasT. They cover a lot including where Remote Vans is headed over the next few years, what the Class B adventure van market looks like from the inside right now and where it is going. What serious buyers should actually be asking when they walk into a dealership and why Remote Vans is doing something in this space that has not really been done before. A huge thank you to Hank and Lola for having us on the show. It was a genuinely great conversation. Watch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/e4GbThze #RemoteVans #VanLife #AdventureVans #RollingNomads #ClassBAdventureVan #WorkPlayTravel
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Mike Venerable reposted thisThe best physical therapy in the world doesn't work if you can't get to it. Meet Julie: 56, high school Spanish teacher, total knee replacement. Twelve weeks, 42 sessions, pain down from 6 to 0. Zero trips to a clinic.Mike Venerable reposted this🎥 Patient Case Study: Julie had her knee replaced last August, right as the school year was getting going. She's 56 and teaches high school Spanish. The knee had been failing for years: a torn meniscus, then arthritis, then surgery. She knew she needed physical therapy afterward. She also knew that getting to a clinic on a teacher's schedule wasn't going to happen consistently. So she did her PT with LainaHealth instead. She was paired one on one with a dedicated physical therapist, who built her an interactive care plan she could work through whenever her day allowed. Twelve weeks later: 42 sessions completed Knee pain: Down from 6 to 0 Knee function: 102% Improvement (KOOS JR) 78% lower cost than a traditional outpatient PT episode 0 trips to a clinic "LainaHealth fit into my schedule. After school, on weekends, whenever I could." 👇 Julie's full story is below, in her own words.
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Mike Venerable reposted thisMike Venerable reposted thisPatient Case Study: Physical therapy gets complicated when surgery happens in one state and recovery happens in another. That was the case with Stephon, 44, from Atlanta. A car accident left him with a hip fracture that wouldn't heal on its own, leading to hip replacement surgery in Houston. Once back home in Atlanta, there weren’t any physical therapy options connected to his surgeon, and limited mobility made it difficult to find a new in-person clinic to support his recovery. Tech-enabled, virtual PT with LainaHealth closed that gap. Over the next twelve weeks, Stephon experienced: - Direct, consistent access to his licensed clinical physical therapist - A daily therapy plan, guided step-by-step by through the Laina platform - Built-in reminders that kept him accountable, even on weekends After completing his course of care, Stephon’s balance was fully restored and his cane permanently retired. Even his aunt, a physical therapist with 30+ years of experience, was impressed by the level of care. "When I found out my PT could be virtual with LainaHealth, that was exactly what I wanted." Watch Stephon's story below.
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Mike Venerable reposted thisWe’re excited to announce an investment in Stack Health Inc., a Columbus-based company building an independent health plan platform for small businesses. On the investment, Mark Kvamme, Co-Founder & CEO of The O.H.I.O. Fund, said: “Fro is a proven founder who knows what it takes to build and scale a company, and we’ve had the opportunity to see that firsthand through his experience building Beam here in Columbus. He’s an ambitious thinker, a strong operator and someone who isn’t afraid to take on a big, complicated problem. We’re excited to see him building his next company here in Ohio and to support Fro and the Stack team as they take on an enormous opportunity in healthcare.” Stack today announced a $21 million seed round led by 8VC, with participation from a private fund managed by The O.H.I.O. Fund, A*, Heartland Ventures, JobsOhio Ventures, Ohio Angel Collective, and others. Founded by Alex 'Fro' Frommeyer, co-founder and former CEO of Beam Benefits, Stack is focused on helping employers transition from traditional group health insurance to individual coverage. Through its platform, employers set a monthly allowance, and employees can choose and own a personalized health plan based on their individual needs. Congratulations to Fro and the entire Stack team on this milestone.
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Mike Venerable shared thisStacey Barnes was such a great colleague and friend during our shared years at CincyTech. Determined, focused, always seeking to be the best, but with a great sense of humor and tolerance of my disorganized work style! Such a huge contributor to the organization, community, and the world at large. The world needs more like you, Stacey!Mike Venerable shared thisEMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: STACEY BARNES Today, we feature Stacey Barnes, who leads Business Operations at CincyTech. From helping Cincinnati pursue an Olympic dream to returning to college in her 50s, Stacey has built a remarkable, varied career. From 1996–2001, she worked with the group seeking to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to Cincinnati. The experience showed her what was possible when cities, businesses, sports organizations and people across a region rallied around one ambitious goal. It also gave her a new appreciation for Greater Cincinnati and the power of sports and tourism to transform a region. In 2001, with her two children approaching high school, she stepped away from her career to focus on her family. She became a football mom, cheerleader mom, dog trainer and walker, household manager, quilter and gardener—all while continuing her roles as a wife and mother. When her children left for college, a familiar question surfaced: What’s next? First, she returned to work, helping Nick Vehr launch his own PR firm. Then, in 2009, she went back to finish something she had started more than 30 years earlier: college. As the only student over 50 in her program, she enrolled at Northern Kentucky University. She started in business, but an encounter with algebra sent her toward journalism—and an unexpected new chapter. While writing for The Northerner, NKU’s student newspaper, her article “Love Won’t Keep You Safe” won first place in the Society of Professional Journalists’ regional Mark of Excellence Awards and second place nationally among more than 4,600 entries. In 2013, she graduated cum laude, capped by a study-abroad experience in Barbados. That led to another chapter at the Greater Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber and, in 2016, to CincyTech, where she manages CincyTech’s state reporting and business operations. We salute Stacey for her service to CincyTech and so many other organizations in our region. Emma Scharfenberger Off, Kerry Hull, CPA, MBA, Stacey Barnes, Sean Kwiat, Kenny Morand, Logan Hille, Liam McAllister, 1819 Innovation Hub, John M. Rice, Jan Rosenbaum
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Mike Venerable reposted thisMike Venerable reposted thisInstead of relying on printed layouts and manually placed fixtures, what if an automated system precisely located and drove pieces into place, then tacked everything together? Our technology does exactly that. Intelligent software verifies conformance to each customer requirement.
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Mike Venerable reposted thisMike Venerable reposted thisYou may have heard, Remote Vans made the Inc. Magazine list! We are super stoked about it. Catch up with our team on what this means to all of us here at HQ. #RemoteVans #Inc5000 #Cincinnati
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Congratulations Tomo Kamil Allen, and for Tomo's excited parents! Was always good to hear the lastest updates on Tomo's career from Eric Allen at LISNR board meetings! Awesome next step for all!
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This a great and important milestone for this much needed technology. Neonates have traditionally faced significant barriers to state of the art imaging. Congratulations to all involved. I first met Charles Dumoulin in the basement of the original Cincinnati Children's science building (Back to the Future!) a decade ago and saw his prototype. It resonated immediately having spent time in a NICU as a parent. To see that potential reach this milestone is awesome. Thanks to supportive investors, clinician leadership from Brian Coley, Philips for huge contributions. Finally, thanks to the persistent and dedicated @Eyas team and for Matt Storer leadership. The last six years have been incredibly challenging for many life changing medical technologies. More to do to get this capability deployed around the world, but this unlocks that potential. Also, thanks to Paul Jenny and many others at Cincinnati Chlldren’s that have been so supportive over the years!
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Mike Venerable liked thisMike Venerable liked thisEvery year when I’m in the game, I always get Madden. 58 overall. "Depth Filler." Morale: 50%. Do I agree with that, absolutely not. Brutal. But fair. The simulation team did their homework. Then I got to the mindset section… Focus: Financial. EA must be searching LinkedIn because they got that one right 🤣
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Mike Venerable liked thisMike Venerable liked thisMeet the inaugural cohort of the Cintrifuse Emerging Founder Residency. Selected from applications spanning 26 states and 11 countries, these founders relocated to Cincinnati to spend the next year building full-time with the backing of Cintrifuse Capital. Meet the five companies and the founders behind them: 🔹 SurgicalRx — Building a pre-surgery nutritional guidance platform to improve post-operative recovery. Led by Dylan Bourelle, CEO, and Dr. Ryan Miller, CMO. 🔹 Deep Variance — Auditing and optimizing GPU performance in real time without added infrastructure. Led by Girish M Saraswathipura, CEO, and Saai Vignesh Premanand, CTO. 🔹 MyFutureSelf — An AI-powered consumer app helping users set goals, track milestones, and get always-on coaching. Led by Giancarlo Sarti, CEO, and Kaya Hickin, CTO. 🔹 Plasmole — An AI-native workspace that unifies experiment tools for scientific lab research. Led by Aditya Kulkarni, CEO, and Paul Yoo, CSO. 🔹 AI Echo — Built to support consumers’ emotional recovery and growth in relationship development. Led by Sanij Shrestha, CEO, Oshan Maharjan, COO, and Aakrish Poudel, CMO. Each company receives $300K in early investment capital, a full year of 1:1 mentorship, hands-on support from the Cintrifuse Capital team, and access to investors and corporate partners. Welcome to Cincinnati, EFR Cohort 1. 👏 https://lnkd.in/euA2NkqdCintrifuse Launches First Emerging Founder Residency Cohort - CintrifuseCintrifuse Launches First Emerging Founder Residency Cohort - Cintrifuse
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Mike Venerable liked thisMike Venerable liked this🧠 100+ patient procedures. 18 medical institutions. FDA clearance secured. Precision Neuroscience just raised significant capital to make brain-computer interfaces mainstream. Precision Neuroscience, based in New York, closed an oversubscribed $250M Series D, co-led by Pershing Square Inc. and the Ackman Oxman Institute, with ARK Invest, Mubadala Capital, Invus, and B Capital, bringing total funding to $430M. Founded 2021 by CEO Michael Mager, it's building the only BCI designed to be minimally invasive, safely removable, and high-bandwidth. Its Layer 7™ Cortical Interface holds FDA clearance, has demonstrated recording across 4,096 electrodes, and powers an industry-first Medtronic partnership. Precision runs the largest clinical footprint in BCI, spanning Penn Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, and Mount Sinai. Congrats to Michael and the team! 🎉 It's your turn to raise. Get access to 440K+ investor profiles. Link in the first comment 👇 #BCI #Neurotechnology #HealthTech #VentureCapital #MedTech #SeriesD
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Mike Venerable liked thisWe are excited to celebrate this next chapter for Latigo Biotherapeutics, which made its public market debut on Friday. Latigo is a true Westlake BioPartners® “born and raised” company—launched by Westlake in 2020 right in our backyard in Los Angeles, with a bold vision for a world without reliance on opioids. The company went on to announce its Series A in 2024 alongside 5AM Ventures, Foresite Capital, and Corner Ventures, followed by an oversubscribed Series B in 2025. We are especially grateful to our Operating Partner, Desmond Padhi, who served as Latigo’s interim CEO during an important period in the company’s development, and to the entire Latigo team for the tremendous work that brought the company to this milestone. Congratulations to Nima Farzan, Neha Krishnamohan, Neil Singla, MD, Bryan Moyer, Julia Chapman, Caroline Dougherty, Holly Carlisle and the entire Latigo team on a successful offering. We’re incredibly proud of what you’ve built and excited for what comes next. Onward!Mike Venerable liked thisToday marks a new chapter for Latigo Biotherapeutics as we officially begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LTGO. We’re excited to ring the bell today and officially become a public company! This achievement reflects the dedication of an exceptional team, the support of our investors and partners, and our shared commitment to advancing innovative, non-opioid medicines for people living with pain. We look forward to this next chapter as we continue working to develop potential new treatment options for patients. Image credit: Nasdaq, Inc./ Vanja Savic #IPO #Biotech #Innovation #PainManagement #NonOpioid
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Mike Venerable liked thisMike Venerable liked thisIt was around a year ago I started to grind on LinkedIn. Posting content, making connections, engaging with community, and sharing my work. Seeing “impressions” are fun, but what I find the most interesting is reaching over 775,000 members. I’ve played in front of 110,000+ people, so to think that our content is making it to 7 “Beaver Stadiums” is awesome! If this is what one year looks like, I cannot wait to see year 2. LETS GO!!! The New Era Fund
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Mike Venerable liked thisMike Venerable liked thisIn July 2025, Michael Saadine and I wrote about the The O.H.I.O. Fund, a remarkable effort to aggregate and deploy wealth generated in Ohio back into growth opportunities in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and all parts of the 7th largest state in the U.S. At the time, the Fund’s aspiration was to aggregate over $500M in capital in 3 years from in-state private institutions, corporations, foundations and family offices. It has now raised over $693M in just over 2 years … and deployed $315M across 48 investments and 20 counties in companies, real estate, infrastructure, and funds. This is phenomenal progress, with lessons for places all over the U.S. which tend to export their wealth and ignore investment opportunities in their own backyard. And it only scratches the surface. Ohio’s largest public pension funds, for example, hold approximately $220B and only invest 1-2% in Ohio projects or companies. To understand what’s happening and what it means for other states and metropolitan areas, we talked with the two individuals who catalyzed this organizing of capital — Mark Kvamme , the inaugural director of JobsOhio under Governor John Kasich and Ray Leach, the founding CEO of Cleveland’s JumpStart Inc. Read this interview! The potential for Place Capital is boundless if we think differently about investment opportunities in our communities and organize networks of institutions and people with capital and market knowledge. https://lnkd.in/gehjdmJNPlace Capital: A Conversation with The O.H.I.O. Fund’s Mark Kvamme and Ray Leach - The New LocalismPlace Capital: A Conversation with The O.H.I.O. Fund’s Mark Kvamme and Ray Leach - The New Localism
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Mike Venerable liked thisAmerica’s #1 Top state for business is also where the Space Sector’s best and brightest can reach new heights. At the Ohio Defense and Aerospace Forum, Senator Bernie Moreno announced a bold concept for the opportunity for our state to become home to the U.S. Space Academy, an initiative to develop the nation's next generation of space leaders. Many thanks to Senator Moreno, Congressman Mike Turner, Wright State University President Susan Edwards, Jeff Hoagland and the Dayton Development Coalition for putting Ohio’s Space advantage front and center on the national stage today. JobsOhio will work alongside Governor DeWine, our Team Ohio partners, Senator Moreno and the Congressional Delegation as the state develops its proposal and makes the case for Ohio’s role in preparing America’s future space workforce. Ohio has the talent, assets and aerospace heritage to support this mission. We’re ready to help make the case for why the next generation of America’s space leaders should be trained right here in Ohio. https://lnkd.in/es78RUrU Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Jim Tressel, Lydia Mihalik, Ohio Department of Development, Mike Duffey, Ohio Department of Higher Education, Matt Dolan, Team NEO, Jim Free, Joe Zeis, Meghan Wadsworth Benes, John Horack The Ohio State University
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Mike Venerable liked thisMike Venerable liked thislong read today: in honor of Beam Benefits recent acquisition by Principal Financial Group, 'There are few places worse to pitch a serious healthcare company than Derby week in Louisville. Everyone is dressed for horse racing, moving between brunches and parties. The entire city is in costume. But this is also how things actually happen; not through Sand Hill Road partner meetings, but from someone who can get you into the same room as the people you need to meet, while everyone is holding a mint julep.'
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