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Anand Shah
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Success in business and life begins with belief—but it takes the right partnerships and execution to make it real. In this energizing keynote, Marcus Whitney shares the three principles that have guided his journey from self-taught entrepreneur to venture capitalist and co-founder of Nashville Soccer Club. Audiences will learn how to believe in their creative power, partner up to scale their vision, and orchestrate the systems that turn big ideas into lasting results.
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How to turn belief into purposeful, sustained action
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Why collaboration is the true engine of innovation and growth
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A practical framework for orchestrating success in business and life
Innovation isn’t just a business strategy—it’s a mindset that transforms how we lead, create, and live. Drawing from his journey as a self-taught entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of Nashville Soccer Club, Marcus Whitney shares a powerful framework for building innovation into every layer of your organization and your personal life. In this energizing keynote, he helps audiences unlock their own creative power to drive growth, adapt to change, and create lasting impact.
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How to develop a personal and organizational mindset that embraces change and experimentation
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Lessons from launching and scaling innovation in highly regulated industries like healthcare
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How to transform constraints into catalysts for creativity and progress
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Practical tools for leading with purpose, resilience, and imagination in a rapidly evolving world
Health is the foundation of every thriving individual, organization, and community—yet it’s often treated as an afterthought. In this thought-provoking keynote, venture capitalist and healthcare innovator Marcus Whitney explores why health is the ultimate driver of human and economic potential. Marcus reveals how prioritizing health—physical, mental, organizational, and societal—fuels creativity, resilience, and long-term success.
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Why health should be viewed as a strategic asset for individuals and organizations alike
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How innovation in healthcare impacts every industry and every person
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Lessons from groundbreaking entrepreneurs transforming the future of health
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Actionable insights for cultivating a culture of well-being that drives performance and growth
Biography
Marcus Whitney is the Founding Partner of Jumpstart Health Investors (JHI), the most active early-stage healthcare venture capital firm in America. After more than a decade building software and companies in the digital marketing space, he partnered with Vic Gatto in 2015 to launch JHI’s first healthcare venture fund, Jumpstart Foundry, which invests in high-potential pre-seed stage healthcare companies nationwide. Since then, JHI has grown to three funds with more than 150 portfolio companies and over 10 successful exits.
Marcus leads Jumpstart Nova, JHI’s institutional, strategic healthcare seed fund which is focused on investing in diverse founders. Fund I closed at $55M in 2020, and Fund II launched in 2024. He also co-founded and is a minority owner of Major League Soccer’s Nashville Soccer Club.
An advocate for building healthcare innovation communities, Marcus created the Health:Further conference (2015–2018), which brought together thousands of startups, investors, and industry leaders to collaborate on advancing healthcare. In 2019, he was selected as a Nashville Health Care Fellow, joining executives from major healthcare organizations such as HCA, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Ascension, and LifePoint Health. That same year, he delivered his first major healthcare keynote at the HFMA Annual Conference, where he spoke about the inevitability of disruption in healthcare. He has since become a sought-after keynote speaker for organizations including America’s Essential Hospitals, BOMA, and AHIMA.
Marcus is the author of the Amazon #1 best-selling book, Create and Orchestrate, about claiming creative power through entrepreneurship. His work has been featured by Entrepreneur, CNBC, Inc., NPR, Fast Company, and The Atlantic. In 2022, he joined the national board of the Healthcare Finance Management Association and was named an Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow. He also serves on the boards of Celtic Bank, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation, OZ Arts, and the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation.
Beyond business, Marcus actively competes in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a three-time IBJJF Masters World Champion and trains on the competition team at Renzo Gracie Nashville under Shawn Williams.
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