While not in the healthcare space, I have the same default view of many industries. In many cases, the entrenched problems are not specifically technical in na

While not in the healthcare space, I have the same default view of many industries. In many cases, the entrenched problems are not specifically technical in nature, and just waiting for some smart person to point out "feature X will solve Y!" and everything falls in to place. Yet... in many cases when I'm talking to startups, this seems to be the mentality. I tend to notice it in younger folk (probably moreso as I get older), but it's actually a little bit annoying (or can be - not always so). I did a bit of work with some guys who wanted to do a focused "udemy for medical students" - extremely focused content from top professors. "We really need this - no one's thought of this before!, etc". I pointed out that very likely the professors had some sort of IP/publishing tie with their universities which would at least require approval (if not in fact prevent such deals from happening). "Oh no, we've got professors lined up already - we're ready to get moving!" 3 months in... a sum total of 10 minutes of content was produced - poorly. Most of the professors, when pressed, admitted they had to get approval because they had IP deals - not specifically with their universities, but many with existing publishers (note: don't ask published medical professors to create web content for you, as it'll likely be a conflict of interest with their publisher). The team didn't want to have lesser-known professors - only top published name-brand professors... so it all died. "This was a lot harder than we thought it would be" was the final parting discussion, and was my initial point I'd made when we first started - "this is going to be harder than you think it is. the core idea is brain-dead simple - there's a reason it's not being done the way you want it done, and it's not because the two of you are the first humans on the planet to think of it". Sounds a bit harsher in retrospect when writing it, but back to healthcare - yes, the current mess is not due to a lack of smart people - it's those existing people with industry knowledge and experience not being able to work effectively.