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Doug Scott shared thisSomething is happening here at SimplePractice. Independent private practices are the backbone of mental health care in this country, and offer a diversity of care options that meet people seeking care where they are. This connection needs to remain open and thriving for both clinicians and for people that are seeking care. Large corporations are sucking up all the impressions in the channels where independent practitioners have traditionally been found and, as a result, people seeking care are finding it harder and harder to find the right clinician for them. This partnership with Uprise Health is fighting back against that. It leverages SimplePractice's market leading relationship with over 250,000 independent mental health clinicians in the US to provide real access to care. Through SimpleConnect, our enterprise connectivity solution, we are building the future of how people will truly and seamlessly be able to access the care that is right for them, and independent practitioners will have the ability to compete with the big guys. This one's for the independent private practitioners out there!SimplePractice and Uprise Health Partner to Modernize Mental Health Care Access Through SimpleConnect - SimplePracticeSimplePractice and Uprise Health Partner to Modernize Mental Health Care Access Through SimpleConnect - SimplePractice
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Doug Scott shared thisGreat podcast with SimplePractice's own Lindsay Oberleitner, Ph.D., LP discussing some vital new research she conducted on the "State of Private Practice" which reveals the power, value, and, yes, some challenges, associated with being an independent private mental health practitioner. Lindsay is so thoughtful and Katie and Curt are deeply committed to helping therapists thrive, so this is a conversation not to be missed!Doug Scott shared thisIndependent private practice is often framed as the path to flexibility, autonomy, and professional freedom. But is it actually sustainable? In this week’s Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide episode, Curt and Katie talk with Lindsay Oberleitner, PhD, Head of Clinical Strategy at SimplePractice, about national data on therapist caseloads, insurance participation, burnout, and income trends. Using insights from the SimplePractice State of Private Practice report, they explore what the numbers reveal about the future of independent practice and what therapists need to understand to stay financially and professionally sustainable. Listen to the episode: https://lnkd.in/gQyKG5XD Image: Podcast graphic for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide, Episode 463. Title reads “Is Independent Private Practice Sustainable?” Background shows two white therapy chairs facing slightly toward each other. Includes a photo of guest Lindsay Oberleitner, PhD. Website listed: mtsgpodcast.com. #PrivatePracticeLife #TherapistCommunity #MentalHealthProfessionals #ModernTherapist
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Doug Scott shared thisThis is a really important role on our marketing team. Can't wait to bring someone on board to get cracking!Doug Scott shared thisI'm hiring for a Director of Product Marketing! This is a key lead on my team. The ideal candidate is someone with deep experience in 1) monetization, pricing, and packaging, 2) PLG product marketing, and 3) scaling SLG motions via enablement. This is a hands-on role with tons of opportunity for growth. Are you out there? 🦄 Feel free to apply directly and/or message me with questions.
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Doug Scott shared thisGreat article by Jonathan Seltzer (CEO of SimplePractice) in Med City News about the vital and unique value independent private practices create in mental health. He makes important points about how we can continue to remove complexity to even better facilitate the delivery of high-quality care. We don't have to default to mega-corp healthcare scale...there is a critical role for solo and small group clinicians in mental health. An incredibly important topic. https://lnkd.in/gGh_SiyNSustaining Clinician Independence: Why Simplicity, Not Consolidation, Is Key to Solving the Mental Health Crisis - MedCity NewsSustaining Clinician Independence: Why Simplicity, Not Consolidation, Is Key to Solving the Mental Health Crisis - MedCity News
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Doug Scott shared thisIf you have questions, why not have a direct conversation with the CEO? Let's get to it. Come on by. Or, if the time doesn't work for you, come to the next one. Jonathan Seltzer will be here, working to support independent mental health practices and psyched to hear from you.Doug Scott shared thisHearing directly from our community is how we ensure we’re building the right tools for your work. That's why we’re hosting Let’s Talk with Jonathan Seltzer — a live Q&A designed for real questions and open conversation. This isn't a corporate monologue. It’s your chance to share what's top of mind for your practice and hear directly from our CEO about where SimplePractice is headed. Bring your most pressing questions. We’re ready to listen. 💛 Register below. 👇
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Doug Scott shared thisReally excited for what this can do for independent practitioners and for helping people get the best mental healthcare. It's basically a win all the way around.
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Doug Scott reposted thisDoug Scott reposted thisRunning a private practice is a balance of delivering care and managing the day-to-day operations. That means measuring success not just in business growth, but in the moments that matter — from total therapy minutes delivered to the number of appointments held. We designed the 2025 Flightpath experience to help our customers visualize that impact. We’re humbled to be a small part of helping private practitioners help others. Flightpath 2025 is live in SimplePractice accounts today. #SP2025Flightpath
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Doug Scott shared thisSuch a fun day with SimplePractice teammates in San Francisco. And amazing milestone to celebrate: a quarter of a million clinicians on SimplePractice!Doug Scott shared thisSimplePractice now serves over 250,000 clinicians, and it’s time to celebrate! We call it: The Butterfly Effect. This week, we had a “no meeting day” so teammates in our hub cities (places where we have a high concentration of team members) could get together to mark this milestone. And for everyone else, we hosted virtual escape rooms. To our team: thank you for all that you do to support each other, our culture, and our customers. Here’s to the next quarter million thriving clinicians!
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Doug Scott shared thisVery thoughtful piece on the role of AI in therapy written by SimplePractice's head of clinical strategy, Dr. Lindsay Oberleitner, Ph.D., LP. She highlights how important this technology can and will be to the industry, while also detailing how important thoughtful safeguards and deliberate development will be in making sure that we realize the positive benefits of the technology and minimize harm. https://lnkd.in/gF9EjNRdAI Therapy Chatbots: The Tortoise, The Hare, and The Future of Mental Health CareAI Therapy Chatbots: The Tortoise, The Hare, and The Future of Mental Health Care
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Doug Scott liked thisIndependent solo clinicians and small group practices are competing with larger provider networks and digital mental health platforms for visibility in referral channels more than ever. At the same time, half of U.S. employees report moderate to severe burnout, depression, or anxiety. And yet, finding care is still one of the biggest barriers to getting help. That’s a system problem. And it’s one we’re working to fix at SimplePractice. Today, we’re announcing our new partnership with Uprise Health to modernize how people access mental health care. Through SimpleConnect, our enterprise connectivity solution, we’re transforming outdated provider directories into real pathways to care–allowing people to find the right independent practitioner based on their needs and book instantly. This creates direct value for clinicians by delivering pre-matched referrals into their existing workflows. By removing administrative friction and helping clinicians build sustainable practices, we’re ensuring they aren’t on the sidelines of the healthcare ecosystem, but at the very center. This isn’t just about access. Coming on the heels of our partnership with Findhelp, this is another step toward a more connected, more responsive future where clinicians have the infrastructure to thrive and clients can reach them when it matters most. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gp8SrCJ3 #IndependentPractitioner #MentalHealth #HealthTechSimplePractice and Uprise Health Partner to Modernize Mental Health Care Access Through SimpleConnect - SimplePracticeSimplePractice and Uprise Health Partner to Modernize Mental Health Care Access Through SimpleConnect - SimplePractice
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Doug Scott liked thisDoug Scott liked thisIn just two weeks, the SimplePractice team is touching down in Columbus, OH for #ACA2026. Our goal? To provide the support you need so you can spend the conference focused on what matters most: connecting with your peers and growing your craft. Scroll through the carousel below to meet some of the team members you'll see at Booth 217. From customer support to product development to sales, our team is ready to answer your questions. Stop by to talk shop, to say hello, or to get ready for your professional headshot. We're excited to meet you! 💛
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Doug Scott liked thisDoug Scott liked thisThe one-by-one administrative shuffle is a quiet drain on your clinical energy. Whether it’s an annual policy update, a new consent form, or a batch of intake packets, clicking through every individual client profile shouldn't be your afternoon's big project. You can now use Bulk Document Sharing to send those essential forms to your entire client list (or just a specific group) in one single action. This is about more than just efficiency. It’s about: ▪️ Protecting your time: Move from manual repetition to a single, secure batch. ▪️ Ensuring compliance: Confidently know every client has the paperwork they need without the "did I miss someone?" anxiety. ▪️ Reclaiming your capacity: Freeing up your admin staff to focus on the human side of care. Here’s to less time in the "paperwork woods," and more time for the work that truly matters. 💛 #SimplePractice #PrivatePractice #GroupPractice #PracticeManagement
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Doug Scott liked thisDoug Scott liked thisIndependent private practice is often framed as the path to flexibility, autonomy, and professional freedom. But is it actually sustainable? In this week’s Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide episode, Curt and Katie talk with Lindsay Oberleitner, PhD, Head of Clinical Strategy at SimplePractice, about national data on therapist caseloads, insurance participation, burnout, and income trends. Using insights from the SimplePractice State of Private Practice report, they explore what the numbers reveal about the future of independent practice and what therapists need to understand to stay financially and professionally sustainable. Listen to the episode: https://lnkd.in/gQyKG5XD Image: Podcast graphic for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide, Episode 463. Title reads “Is Independent Private Practice Sustainable?” Background shows two white therapy chairs facing slightly toward each other. Includes a photo of guest Lindsay Oberleitner, PhD. Website listed: mtsgpodcast.com. #PrivatePracticeLife #TherapistCommunity #MentalHealthProfessionals #ModernTherapist
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Doug Scott liked thisIn this episode we dig into the numbers behind independent private practice and ask the question directly: Is this model financially sustainable?Doug Scott liked thisIndependent private practice is often framed as the path to flexibility, autonomy, and professional freedom. But is it actually sustainable? In this week’s Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide episode, Curt and Katie talk with Lindsay Oberleitner, PhD, Head of Clinical Strategy at SimplePractice, about national data on therapist caseloads, insurance participation, burnout, and income trends. Using insights from the SimplePractice State of Private Practice report, they explore what the numbers reveal about the future of independent practice and what therapists need to understand to stay financially and professionally sustainable. Listen to the episode: https://lnkd.in/gQyKG5XD Image: Podcast graphic for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide, Episode 463. Title reads “Is Independent Private Practice Sustainable?” Background shows two white therapy chairs facing slightly toward each other. Includes a photo of guest Lindsay Oberleitner, PhD. Website listed: mtsgpodcast.com. #PrivatePracticeLife #TherapistCommunity #MentalHealthProfessionals #ModernTherapist
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Montgomery Singman
Radiance Strategic Solutions • 27K followers
Sensor Tower's State of Mobile 2026 report dropped at year-end, and the numbers tell a clear story: non-game apps overtook mobile games in revenue for the first time in history. Global IAP revenue hit $167 billion (+10.6% YoY), while games grew just 1.3% to $81.75 billion. The China Factor Here's what often gets overlooked: China iOS alone generated $22.1 billion in 2025, ranking second globally behind the US. But Sensor Tower only tracks iOS revenue for China—the actual market is significantly larger. China has over 100 Android app stores due to Google Play's absence, with major players like Huawei AppGallery, Tencent MyApp, Xiaomi, Baidu, and Vivo controlling the majority. These Android channels contributed more than $75 billion in 2025, and China's total mobile app user spending reached approximately $217 billion, making it the world's largest mobile app market. Chinese developers accounted for 37.8% of the top 100 global mobile game publishers' revenue in January 2026, with 36 companies collectively earning $2.18 billion in a single month. Mobile app publishers really can't afford to not enter China—the doors are open. Look at Duolingo: China became their fastest-growing international market and second-largest market for daily active users after entering in 2018. China is now the largest source of test takers worldwide for their English Test product. They established their first international office in Beijing and continue expanding their local team and product offerings. Their revenue hit $483 million in H1 2025 (up 40% YoY), with China growth accelerated by strategic partnerships like Luckin Coffee, which sold over 10 million Duolingo-branded beverages across 26,000 outlets. US Market Reality Most mobile game genres are hitting saturation points in the US market. Downloads fell 7.2% to 50.41 billion, and growth now depends less on adding users and more on expanding lifetime value from existing bases. Time spent in games grew only 0.9%, while engagement patterns diverged—US time spent rebounded after 2024 declines, but China mainland fell. The Monetization Shift Three apps crossed the $1 billion IAP threshold in 2025: ChatGPT, CapCut, and WeTV. Notably, no games made this list. Hybrid-casual was the only gaming segment showing IAP revenue growth, while strategy games saw a 20% revenue surge to exceed $20 billion, driven by titles like Whiteout Survival and Last War. If you have mobile products—games or apps—that aren't monetizing in China yet, let's talk. I've spent years bringing Western products into Asian markets and can help you replicate the Duolingo model in China. Drop me a DM. https://lnkd.in/ge4adfAW #MobileGaming #ChinaMarket #BusinessDevelopment #GamePublishing #MobileApps #SensorTower #MarketIntelligence #AppMonetization #GlobalExpansion #GamingIndustry
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Chris Erwin
RockWater Industries LLC • 12K followers
Fever is a live events x media co. They bought DICE, a ticketing platform. Below video explains 3 deal insights 👇 1. Fever connects experience discovery with ticketing to curate demand-driven events aka a content x commerce flywheel. 2. This is Fever’s second ticketing platform acquisition in the last couple months. 3. This is part of a broader M&A theme we’re observing: the combination of media and non-media companies. Linked in comments is our full M&A deal analysis 👇 -- I'm the founder of RockWater Industries. We do M&A and strategy advisory for creator economy and digital / audio agencies. My DMs are open.
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Paul Pastor
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A fun morning at CES with Bloomberg News talking about 2026 Media Predictions 1. Streamers Will Own Their Discovery Feeds Vertical scrolling feeds move inside streaming apps. Short form becomes the front door, not a distraction. 2. AI Moves from Shiny Object to The Operating System. The experimentation phase is over. AI becomes the connective tissue linking recommendation engines, ad tech, CMS, and analytics into a single intelligence layer. 3. Broadcasters Become Community Aggregators. Traditional broadcasters reinvent themselves by combining subscription tiers, shorts, UGC, and hyper local content. In a fragmented landscape, community wins. 4. Consolidation Is Coming - Build Technical Value Should Not Stop. M&A pressure is mounting but regulatory timelines are long. Smart companies drive technical agility into the stack now instead of waiting for deals that may take years. #AI #CES #M&A
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Tilmann Gruber
Truth in Data - AI • 16K followers
BREAKING: S&P just downgraded Warner Bros. Discovery to junk status (BB+) Why this matters: This downgrade reflects serious concerns about WBD's financial health three years after the Warner Media acquisition. With debt still weighing heavily on its balance sheet, the company faces critical strategic decisions. Key details: → S&P maintains a "negative" outlook on WBD's credit rating → Linear TV operations seeing accelerated revenue/cash flow declines → EBITDA forecast lowered to $9B for next three years → Leverage expected to remain above 3.5x until 2027 → Potential company split viewed as "credit negative" This downgrade highlights the ongoing transformation in media. Companies with significant linear TV exposure face mounting pressure as viewers shift to streaming. WBD's situation is particularly challenging with: • Higher exposure to general entertainment content • Weaker portfolio of domestic sports rights • Loss of NBA broadcast rights after 2024/2025 • Smaller ad-supported streaming subscriber base than competitors My analysis: WBD faces a classic innovator's dilemma - invest in growing its streaming business (HBO Max) or focus on debt reduction. While streaming represents the future, the debt burden threatens financial stability. The company's reorganization signals potential separation, but S&P clearly views this as risky from a credit perspective. How should legacy media companies balance growth investments against debt reduction in this challenging environment? 👉 Follow me for more media industry analysis and updates. 🔄 REPOST to help others understand these complex media business dynamics.
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Field Garthwaite
IRIS.TV • 9K followers
CES 2026 recap and one big prediction Everyone’s all blah blah AI blah AI AI AI blah blah But humans still run into the hard realities of making things work. Anyone who’s built, anything, knows that things break. Things break all the time. After seeing a presentation on all the new technologies coming out…and AI…this QR code breaking reminded me how humans in the loop are still THE core requirement to making anything work. This is true with AI as well. It’s not some magical fix, it needs to be utilized by people to save time…not replace them. So many small problems require humans to do the last mile work to ACTUALLY deliver a desired result. Founders, operators, managers, directors, and C-suite, … The people that don’t just have ideas - the ones who ACTUALLY do the work - this one prediction is for you. You need to remember and most likely you will need to remind everyone around you that at the end of the day someone needs to be responsible for things working in the organization. Including any operation or report or task given to AI. Or else things break. And when they break, who’s responsible? Who’s checking the automation? How? What’s the process? AI replacing people forces more work on the people who ACTUALLY deliver substantial value. The people who’s time is the most valuable and often undervalued because the just get shit done. You know who you are. AI forces more problems onto you. More, onto people higher up in the org, which burns them out faster, and doesn’t keep value in the organization. The result is value actually leaves your company which is more significant than the deminimus cost savings (DOGE and the false promises / real problems are Unfort. an evergreen case study on this for years to come). That value - people’s time - is lost. At the end of the day - it’s HOW people use AI, and finding ways to save time that matters. “AI” is a sham if someone can’t explain the exact type of tech (LLM, reinforced learning, generative task automation etc.) and AI can help do more work, but it should be viewed as a tool to help people do more - ESPECIALLY junior employees who can help drive transformation in doing the difficult and painful work that can’t be automated. Training employees to leverage AI will enable companies to grow faster. BUT, any leader, team, or company who primarily takes a cost savings POV with AI will end up losing to their competitors. Those companies will see their best people burn out, become unsatisfied, and leave faster. If someone doesn’t believe you - share this post with them because chances are you’re one of the people who just gets shit done and other people don’t always understand how or even need to ask. Companies focused on cost savings with AI alone will grow slower than competitors, and by the time they realize their mistake, it may be too late for the to course correct to use new innovations to drive growth (IDE, agentic solutions, spec driven design…)
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Franklin Kostenko
KingsRock Advisors • 2K followers
At PacRim Labs LLC — Today Film financing landscape is undergoing a transformation. Mainstream capital is only now catching up with what independent producers and global storytellers have known: the opportunity in media is real and under-invested. Investors such as my friends at Upstart Co-Lab are calling this out, events like the International Film Finance Forum are validating new models of cross-border structure, tax incentives, and risk-aware production finance. At PacRim Labs LLC, we are positioning the company at the intersection of production, finance, technology and global sourcing— deploying capital into quality pre-sold theatrical and streaming content offering package investors access via well-structured proceeds, security and upside. I believe this is how the next generation of film-fund managers and producers will operate — rigorous finance meets creative vision. A few key differentiators: -Financial discipline and investment structuring -Global production sourcing and incentive optimization -Distribution & sales funnel aligned from day one -Investor-oriented mindset with transparency, oversight and control
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