Michael Goldberg

We Have a Health Presence Problem. Over the last decade, health technology has made extraordinary progress in measurement. We can track heart rate, sleep, strain, stress, glucose, oxygen saturation, and dozens of other biomarkers continuously. We are better informed about our bodies than at any point in history. And yet, outcomes have not improved at the same pace. The reason is not a lack of data. It is a lack of presence. Most health systems today are designed to observe, analyze, and...

Most people don’t wake up expecting their health to change. It doesn’t arrive with warning signs or a countdown. It shows up in ordinary moments — during routine days, familiar routines, and lives that feel stable. One moment everything is manageable. The next, nothing is. Health challenges don’t discriminate by preparation, intention, or effort. They can emerge from genetics, from chance, from systems that fail quietly, or from bodies that change without explanation. You don’t have to do...

In business, we’re often taught that there’s a “right” way to structure deals. Standard terms. Familiar frameworks. Expected timelines. And while those conventions exist for a reason, some of the most durable, aligned outcomes we’ve seen didn’t come from following the script—they came from questioning it. Experience on both sides of the table has taught us that creativity in deal structure isn’t about being clever for its own sake. It’s about alignment. When parties take the time to...