Go Slow to Go Fast: Eliana Berger on Building Joyful Health

What does it really take to build in healthcare from the ground up? In this episode of First Builders, Amber Illig and Rachel Tsui sit down with Eliana Berger, co-founder and CEO of Joyful Health—a financial operating system for independent healthcare providers. Eliana has been a “first” more than most: first PM on Attentitve’s conversational messaging team, first PM at Charlie Health, founding PM at Moonbeam, and co-founder of Envision Accelerator, the first equity free accelerator for underrepresented founders. In this episode, Eliana shares more about: – Embedding herself inside practices as a fractional CFO– Become biller-certified to understand the messy realities of revenue cycle management (RCM) – How to build trust with clinicians in the era of AI skepticism – How community building, workshops, and radical transparency became Joyful Health’s GTM edge– Why going slow to go fast has been her core principle as a founderIt’s a conversation about tackling the messy problems in healthcare, diving in deep to understand the root problems, and creating a company that lasts. Follow Eliana BergerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elianaberger/ Joyful Health: https://www.joyfulhealth.io/ Careers at Joyful Health: https://www.joyfulhealth.io/careers#section-careers Make sure you follow us on all our social channels below and watch full episodes on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@firstbuilderspodSubscribe to our newsletter to get new episode drops in your inbox. https://thecouncil.beehiiv.com/subscribeFOLLOW THE COUNCIL & FIRST BUILDERSNewsletterYouTube: @firstbuilderspodInstagram: @thecouncilcapitalTwitter/X: @first_builders_TikTok: @firstbuilderspodLinkedIn: The Council