MediCircle: Jack Shaeffer

Meet Jack, a student at Brown University and life-long entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of MediCircle, a startup that repurposes leftover cancer prescriptions to create equitable cancer care by leveraging financial waste in the healthcare system to address disparities. Recently, after twelve hours rehearsing a 4min pitch, Jack and his co-founder won first place ($25K) and fan favorite in the Brown Venture Prize. Listen to Jack share the intense research process of cold calling 150 long term care facilities, conducting 250 market research interviews with stakeholders, and becoming an expert in pharmaceutical redistribution in the oncology space. Jack highlights the importance of advisors, the pros and cons of for-profit and non-profit, and emotional anecdotes from his interviews. As a 20 year old trying to disrupt the medical industry, Jack has been called "a little bit insane," but after visiting a long term care facility and "seeing boxes of biomedical waste filled to the brim" with valuable medication, Jack "felt something in my heart" and committed to addressing this unmet need. If you want to join MediCircle and their mission, Jack shares multiple collaboration opportunities towards the end. Reach out to Jack on IG @jack_schaeffer29, and visit their website: https://medicircle.org/