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Marcus Whitney
Co-Founder and Minority Owner of MLS team, Nashville Soccer Club; Founding Partner of Jumpstart Health Investors
- Author of Create and Orchestrate, an Amazon #1 bestseller
- Recognized for his leadership and impact in driving health equity and innovation at the national level
- Sought-after thought leader featured in major media including Entrepreneur, CNBC, NPR, Fast Company, Inc., and The Atlantic
- Inspires audiences to dream beyond their comfort zones and embrace failure as part of innovation
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Marcus Whitney is a Founding Partner of Jumpstart Health Investors (JHI), the most active early-stage healthcare venture capital firm in America. Of JHI’s funds, Marcus leads Jumpstart Nova, JHI's institutional, strategic, healthcare seed fund.
Marcus is also co-founder and minority owner of Major League Soccer team, Nashville Soccer Club.
Marcus is the author of the Amazon #1 best-selling book "Create and Orchestrate", about claiming your Creative Power through entrepreneurship. His work has been featured by Entrepreneur, CNBC, Inc., NPR, Fast Company, and The Atlantic.
Marcus is an Aspen Health Innovators Fellow, and a member of the board of the Healthcare Finance Management Association, Celtic Bank, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation, OZ Arts, and Scott Hamilton CARES.
Marcus actively competes in Jiu Jitsu, is a 3X IBJJF Masters World Champion, and trains on the competition team at Renzo Gracie Nashville under Shawn Williams.
He has an incredible, supportive family.
BE COURAGEOUS: DREAM BEYOND YOUR COMFORT LEVEL
Marcus moved to Nashville in 2000, he was a college dropout with a one-year-old son and a baby on the way. He waited tables and lived in a week-to-week efficiency hotel. From the outside, Marcus looked like the furthest thing from a budding success.
Flash forward, two decades later, Marcus is a successful venture capitalist, a bestselling author and co-founder and co-owner Nashville's Major League Soccer team.
This type of journey doesn't happen accidentally. Marcus walks you through his unlikely journey. He demystifies much of what keeps people from pursuing success, and he helps instill the necessary courage for you to dream beyond your comfort level. Making your dreams into your new reality.
THE INSIDE GAME OF INNOVATION
Success and innovation don't always look like we imagine.
There is no innovation without failure. Not only do you have to be OK with that, but you have to come to expect it, and know that when it arrives, you're close to the breakthrough you are seeking.
HEALTH DELIVERY TRENDS, TRANSFORMATION AND DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION
Health care delivery across the country is transforming, with a focus on the future. Even before the great health care disruptor -- COVID-19 -- hospitals and health systems have been innovating to meet the changing needs of their patients while harnessing the latest advances in science and medicine to provide the highest quality, most personalized care possible. In this talk, Whitney will talk through the high level trends that are driving meaningful change, and offer proof that now, more than ever, disruption is at the door of our industry.
