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I'm Derek Flanzraich, a mission-driven business leader passionate about making health accessible and affordable for everyone.Along with incredible teams, I built Greatist into the largest health & wellness media site on the Internet for millennials, reaching 10-20M unique visitors per month through fact-checked, shareable health & wellness content (acquired by Healthline/Red Ventures in 2019). I also built a health-first credit card company from scratch with Ness (unfortunately shut down in 2023.)
Healthyish Ventures
Over the years, I've become a truly full-stack health & healthcare marketer, growing and engaging consumers (or key B2B decision-makers) at scale across almost every channel—all packaged into a builder mindset of a successful 2x startup founder.At the moment, I mostly help friends out with marketing, content, commercialization, growth, & GTM strategy. I've had the privilege of consulting, advising, and/or investing in amazing companies like Galileo Health, GoodRx, Particle Health, Bobbie, Midi Health, Parsley Health, Oshi Health, Elion, Elo Health, 305 Fitness, Greatness, Allara Health, Elektra Health, Kingdom Supercultures, Alula, Walnut, First Dollar, CertifyOS, Photon Health, Ours, Two Front, Undivided, Guaranteed, Monument, Recess, Sanzo, NOCD, and Peloton through Healthyish. I'm an active Venture Partner at Lakehouse Ventures and LP at Everywhere VenturesI'm also a proud Advisory Board member of STOKED, an incredible nonprofit bent on empowering underprivileged youth through adventure sports.
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Follow me on Twitter, on LinkedIn, and read some of my longer-form writing on Medium, including a time I got six-pack abs in six weeks and hated it.I live in Austin, Texas with my wife, Sara, and I'm a proud Girl Dad of two. I love theme parks and theme bars. And I once performed on Broadway in drag, but who hasn't right?Every Thursday, I send a newsletter with 5 health-related things I feel strongly about called 5HT: 5 Healthyish Things. Subscribe!
Press & Speaking
I've been featured as a millennial marketing & consumer health/healthcare expert in everything from Forbes, Fortune, the WSJ, and Inc to major national TV like The Today Show.I've also spoken at conferences like Affiliate Summit West (keynote), SXSW, Consumer Health Summit (keynote), CardCon, Hustle Con (keynote), Digiday Publishing Summit, Content Marketing World (keynote); schools like Boston College and Harvard Business School; and companies like Target, JustWorks, and Vertex.Want to reach out/invite me to speak somewhere? Always happy to hear more, so don't hesitate to reach out below.