#4 Largest Public Bitcoin Holder: Why Semler Scientific Is Going All In on Bitcoin

In this episode, Natalie Brunell chats with Eric Semler, Chairman of Semler Scientific, a Bitcoin treasury company focused on developing innovative technologies to improve healthcare outcomes.

What you’ll learn about:
- Semler Scientific's mission and future, and the evolving landscape of healthcare innovation.
- How Eric learned from Michael Saylor and Strategy
- mNAV premiums
- How Semler Scientific balances healthcare innovations and its Bitcoin strategy
- Semler Scientific's QuantaFlo
- Semler's medical side helping buffer against any Bitcoin price drop
- Semler Scientific's aggressive Bitcoin adoption and accumulation

Guest Bio: Semler Scientific Chairman Eric Semler's background is in finance, investing, and technology, Eric brings a unique perspective to the medical device space. He is also the founder of TCS Capital Management and has extensive experience as an investor and entrepreneur across various industries. And Renae Cormier is the Chief Financial Officer of Semler Scientific, with extensive experience in finance, investing, and accounting. Before joining Semler in 2022, she was a partner at Aravt Global and previously worked at PwC.

Natalie Brunell was recently appointed to Semler Scientific's Board of Directors.

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*IN THIS COIN STORIES EPISODE*
00:00 Semler Scientific's vision
2:13 Semler Scientific's priority, Bitcoin treasuries
3:37 Adopting a Bitcoin strategy
8:19 Bitwise
8:49 Bitdeer Technologies Group
9:11 Investors metrics, mNAV
12:00 Who is Renae Cormier?
14:25 Buying more Bitcoin
15:16 "Volatility is vitality"
16:47 Balancing the healthcare innovation vs. Bitcoin
18:46 What is QuantaFlo?
20:43 Casa Business
21:13 Bitkey
21:33 The Bitcoin Way
21:55 Coinkite
22:10 Speed.app
22:26 Identifying systemic health issues
23:47 Dr. Herb Semler's lifesaving invention
26:00 Aggressive Bitcoin strategy
27:42 How to buy more Bitcoin
28:13 "Bitcoin Treasury Pioneer"
28:33 Is Bitcoin misunderstood?
31:15 Bitcoin in 10 years
34:23 Eric Semler's obsession with baseball

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Semler Scientific https://www.semlerscientific.com/

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Producer: Aron Bender https://www.linkedin.com/in/aron-bender/
Editor: Silas Foley

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