Dr. Dereck Mush

CEO @Teknon / Smart people and capable businesses keep losing to louder ones. I fix that.→Helped 300+ leaders become Easier to Find, Trust & Choose | HealthTech

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

He believed he'd overdosed. His body agreed , nausea, dropping blood pressure, a racing heart. The pills were placebos. Told the truth, he recovered almost instantly. One of medicine's clearest proofs that the mind doesn't just influence the body. It negotiates with it.

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

Doctors tasted urine to diagnose diabetes.
"Mellitus" = honey-sweet. Literally.
Now a sensor tracks your glucose 24/7.
That's not progress — that's a revolution.
Which of today's practices won't survive the next 50 years?

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

China just deployed 2,200 AI doctors.
4-minute diagnosis. 95% accuracy. A real doctor still signs off.
The bottleneck was never knowledge , it was access.
The winners won't build the smartest AI.
They'll earn trust fastest.
Would you try it?

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

As a former doctor, I never once cared about model architecture mid-shift.
I cared about making the right call, faster, with confidence.
HealthTech companies that understand this win.
Stop explaining features. Start showing transformation.
What's your take? 👇

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

AlphaFold 3 may be the biggest medical breakthrough of our lifetime.

It predicts how proteins interact with DNA, RNA, and drugs , giving scientists a blueprint to design better treatments faster.

As a doctor, this is our penicillin moment.

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

The biggest shift in medicine isn't a new drug.
It's knowing what's happening inside your body before you get sick.
From snapshots to streams of data.
From sick care → healthcare.

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

Retro Biosciences just dosed their first patient.
Target: aging reversal.
AI redesigned proteins that were too slow and inefficient for clinical use — 50x better, in a third of the time.
From Nobel Prize to human trial. Fast.
What disease do you hope AI cracks next?

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

The stethoscope was invented because a doctor was embarrassed.

Awkwardness > billion-dollar labs. 🩺

#FunFactFriday

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

40% of US doctors use an AI most people have never heard of.

OpenEvidence. $12B. 17M clinical questions/month. Embedded in 90% of US hospitals.

OpenAI showed up to a party that was already over.

In healthcare, accuracy beats speed. Always.

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

1 in 3 doctors want to leave clinical practice.

The roles exist. Healthtech. Pharma. Consulting.

They just don't advertise on clinical job boards.

The gap isn't credentials. It's confidence. 👇🏾

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

"Great post!"
…still no clients.
That's when I realised likes are not leads.
Every post needs a purpose:
→ Educate → builds audience
→ Agitate → generates leads
→ Prove → closes clients

What's your next post actually for?

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

A bottle of water costs $0.80 at the store, $2.50 at the gym, $4 at a stadium, and $7 at the airport.

Same bottle.

Different environment.

If you feel undervalued, don’t assume your value is the problem.

Sometimes you’re just in the wrong place.

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

I tracked 10 healthtech startups for 18 months.

All 10 failed.

Not because of bad tech.

Same 5 mistakes. Every time.

Most founders don't see them coming.

Here's what kills healthtech before launch 🧵

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

2,500 years ago: "exercise is medicine" sounded radical.
Today: elite footballers are walking data centres.
The biggest shift in sports medicine isn't a drug or surgery.
It's the move from treatment → prediction → prevention.
What do you think drives the next leap for athletes?

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

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[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

One of the things #marketing has taught me is “do what works.” This also applies to LIFE, deal with the fact that some things no matter how much you love them, they just don’t work. Do a reality check and do what works! Of course without breaking the law or morals 🙂

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

Society is designed to make you fit in, not stand out #inspiringhabits

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

In a world where people prefer to appear happy rather than being truly happy #socialmedia #dereckmush

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

@SimbarasheJosh that’s true, although we still miss that candy sometimes 😅

[Dr. Dereck Mush @dereckmush]

If you are still expecting an award, it’s not coming. It’s called adulting, you do things for your honor and integrity, not external validation #dereckmush