Innovating Individual Ownership of Healthcare Information with Jenny Diggles and Michael Nova of JennyCo

In this episode, the yWhales team speak with the co-founders of JennyCo, Jenny Diggles and Michael Nova. Jenny and Michael discuss how JennyCo will change healthcare by putting the consumer in charge with Web3.0. They talk about how the JennyCo app collects and aggregates medical records and preferences, securely and privately on the blockchain and how they will protect user data. 

 

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Email Jenny Diggles: jenny@jennyco.com

Michael Nova’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michael-nova-827677

Email: michael@jennyco.com

JennyCo Website: jennyco.com

Twitter: twitter.com/JennyCoInc

Telegram: t.me/JennyCoOfficial

 

About Guests

Jenny Diggles is an entrepreneur with experience and passion for emerging industries. Her relentless curiosity has led her to found multiple companies in technology, creative services and cannabis. She was a partner in a digital and social media agency that was acquired by Deloitte Digital in 2012 and developed an iPhone game that garnered her a spot on Apple’s first TV show called Planet of theApps. Her personal medical journey brought her into the nascent cannabis industry prior to recreational legalization where she built multiple cannabis investments funds and first connected with Dr Nova. Jenny lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and two dogs.

Michael Nova is a co-founder and CEO of JennyCo. He was previously the Chief Innovation Officer of Pathway Genomics and was a founding team member of the company. He was the inventor of the Pathway-IBM/Watson Deep Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence mobile application: Panorama/OME. He was also the founder and CEO of Discovery Partners Inc. (Nasdaq: DPII), which completed a successful $150M IPO. He is the 2005 WorldEconomic Forum (WEF) Technology Pioneer Award Winner and was a member of the IBM Watson, Metagenics, and Salk Institute Neuro AI Advisory Boards. Michael is a physician of record on the first person to ever have their entire genome sequenced by Illumina (2009). His scientific career began as a research associate at the Salk Institute in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Roger Guillemin. 

 

You’ll learn about:

• JennyCo, the app that collects and aggregates medical records and preferences, securely and privately on the blockchain
• How JennyCo will change healthcare by putting the consumer in charge with Web3.0 and how they will protect user data
• Use cases and who this app is benefitting
• The first places they will look for adoptions and the biggest challenges ahead of mainstream adoption
• The services they offer through the app including telehealth medicine

 

Timestamps

[01:46] Jenny’s background

[02:35] Michael’s background

[03:22] Entering the Web3 world

[05:55] What is JennyCo

[08:12] Best use cases for JennyCo

[09:34] Web2 dynamics

[12:12] Biggest misconceptions when pitching this concept

[13:59] The true size of the market

[15:37] Overview of JennyCo’s structure

[22:07] The services they offer including telehealth medicine

[27:40] Solving the critical issue of personal health data storage

[31:59] Protecting user data

[34:55] User adoption 

[37:22] Biggest challenges ahead of mainstream adoption

[42:02] Outlook on the Web3 future

[46:44] How to contact Jenny, Michael and JennyCo

DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.