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Jan 28, 2025

Tara Raffi is the founder and CEO of Almond, a full-service, tech-enabled ObGyn. While working as a management consultant for large hospitals, Tara found herself unable to book an ObGyn appointment when she needed one. Massive amounts of money is spent on healthcare every year, but the experience wasn’t improving for patients. “It didn’t make sense to me,” Tara says. Creating Almond was her way of revolutionizing the way women’s healthcare is delivered. Almond’s goal is to “co-create a health journey that is designed around our needs.” Listen in!

 

Timestamps:

01:01 Tara’s Story

03:13 The Maternal Health Crisis in the U.S. 

04:28 Revolutionizing OBGYN Care

13:16 Challenges

15:48 Future Plans

22:33 How Almond Works

32:06 Balancing Entrepreneurship and Personal Life

33:28 Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

 

Links:

Almond’s Website: https://www.almondobgyn.com/

Almond’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/almondobgyn/

Almond’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@almondobgyn

Almond’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/almond-obgyn/

Check out their Linktree: https://linktr.ee/almondobgyn