Jack Stockert, MD is the Managing Director at Health2047, the venture studio founded by the American Medical Association (AMA) to build, fund, and scale startups transforming healthcare from within. With a background that bridges medicine, consulting at McKinsey, and entrepreneurship, Jack brings a rare perspective on how to align medical insight with innovation and investment.

With years of experience helping founders tackle foundational healthcare challenges — from chronic disease and obesity to AI-driven diagnostics — Jack offers a deep look into how Health2047 is shaping the future of healthcare through system-level design and strategic venture building.

In this episode, he discusses his journey from practicing medicine to redefining it through entrepreneurship, how the AMA-backed studio chooses which problems to solve, and what the future of healthcare might look like by the year 2047.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

00:00 Early Medical Journey

03:18 Combining Medicine and Business

04:33 Lessons from McKinsey

05:35 Becoming a Founder

07:46 Moving to Silicon Valley

09:43 The Origin of Health2047

10:08 Why the AMA Created a Venture Studio

12:28 Identifying and Incubating Startups

13:16 The Four Strategic Pillars

14:36 Building Fewer, Deeper Companies

16:17 Problem Framing and Greenfield Innovation

18:11 Portfolio Highlights: Mineta, Hopper, Phenomics, Scalerax

20:09 The AMA’s Role and Mission Alignment

22:50 Why the Year 2047

24:00 Blind Spots in Digital Health

26:19 Healthcare in 2047

29:39 Balancing Investor Returns and Clinician Impact

31:57 AI and Wisdom in Medicine

33:09 The Human Element in Healthcare

35:38 The Smartest “No” Health2047 Ever Made

38:58 Policy Fast Track: GLP-1 Therapies

42:00 The Systemic Shift

43:18 Closing Reflections

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Joe Zanca is the Managing Partner of Deal Gen Partners, where he helps private equity funds, independent sponsors, and PE-backed operators source proprietary deals.

Previously, he built and exited On Demand Storage, launched a top-rated business podcast, and most recently joined Bullpen Technology Partners. With founder-operator chops, a banker’s Rolodex, and a nose for off-market opportunities, he offers insights into buy-side sourcing, valuation in lower-middle-market software and services, and the real terms that make (or break) a deal. In this episode, he discusses why founder empathy beats spreadsheets, how multi-channel outreach actually lands sellers, and the tradeoffs between clean cash at close, earn-outs, equity rolls, and seller financing.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

00:01 Introduction

00:41 Origin Story

04:12 Operator Lessons That Shape Sourcing

08:31 Why Start Deal Gen Partners

11:46 Launching the “Behind the Deal” Podcast

14:08 Defining the Podcast Focus

15:18 Content to Relationships (Credibility Flywheel)

20:07 Sourcing Toolkit & Channels

22:26 Fee Model (Retainer + Success)

25:26 Process & CRM Hygiene

27:38 Where They Hunt (LMM Software & Services)

29:56 Valuing Software Today

30:47 What Expands or Compresses Multiples

34:04 Three $10M ARR Exit Scenarios

39:42 How Much Equity Should Founders Roll?

40:12 Offer Structures: Cash, Earn-Outs, Notes

44:36 Negotiating Aggressive Earn-Outs

45:03 Blending Terms to “Meet in the Middle”

50:35 Other Critical Terms (WC, Escrows)

55:34 Working Capital Deep Dive

56:33 Bullpen Technology Partners Overview

59:03 Closing Takeaways

01:00:50 Final CTA & Where to Reach Joe

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Anthony Jules is the co-founder and CEO of Robust AI, a robotics company pioneering collaborative systems that blend human and machine intelligence. A 30-year tech veteran and MIT alum, Anthony previously co-founded Sapient Corporation, helped scale it from three to 4,000 employees, and later worked at Google advancing robotics and AI research. With deep expertise spanning software, AI, and organizational design, he offers rare insight into building technology that’s both intelligent and human-centered.

In this episode, he discusses his journey from Trinidad and Tobago to MIT, the evolution of robotics from rigid automation to adaptable collaboration, and how Robust AI is redefining productivity through human-robot teamwork. Anthony shares lessons on scaling companies, designing ethical AI systems, and why transparency and feedback loops are essential for both machines and organizations.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

00:00 Intro & Origin Story

01:27 Founding Sapient Corporation

03:00 Lessons in Leadership and Culture

05:43 Transition to Robotics

06:12 Google Acquisition and Lessons Learned

09:00 Inside Google’s Robotics Vision

11:45 Leaving Google to Start Over

13:55 Founding Robust AI with Rodney Brooks

15:50 Early Challenges and COVID Pivots

19:00 Human-Robot Collaboration

22:00 Cameras vs. LiDAR

24:44 Sensor Debate: Tesla vs. Waymo

26:59 The Robust AI Tech Stack

30:07 Collaborative Productivity

34:14 Real-World Deployments

37:18 Powering Robots with NVIDIA

39:22 Practical Robotics vs. Humanoids

42:40 Partnership with DHL Supply Chain

46:15 The Next Five Years of Robotics

49:33 Synthetic Data and Simulation

51:07 Scaling Phase and Phase Shifts

53:02 Reflections on Growth and Systems Thinking

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