Well Purposed. The commercial case for a healthier world
The fortnightly letter on health systems, economics, and what it actually takes to build and scale in HealthTech - read by 7,500 founders, investors, and operators.
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The full VITAL Framework - five stages of HealthTech commercial scale, in one place
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This is the full version of the LinkedIn series introduced over the last five weeks. The series ran one stage per Monday: Validate, Identify, Target, Articulate, Land.
The VITAL Framework is what I use with the Series A HealthTech founders I advise through Well Purposed. It is the operational c...
by Sara Roberts —
Jun 01, 2026
customer
healthtech
scaleup
vital framework
The Reflective Founder
In 2023, I lost my company after being targeted by fraudulent investors. It wasn’t just the numbers or the contracts, it was the culmination of years of work, a £10m ARR pipeline, and a team I believed in. And in a matter of weeks, it was gone.
I’d lost not only a business, but also my identity.
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Sep 15, 2025
founder journey
grit
resilience
scaleup
Design-Led Innovation in Health: A Lesson from 10+ Years Ago That Still Guides Me
Over a decade ago, I was living in Kenya, immersed in a vibrant, complex landscape. During that time, an external team from the UK flew out to work on a new innovation project. They were bright, motivated, and deeply committed to making a difference.
But within weeks, the project started to falte...
Jul 22, 2025
culture
design
innovation
scaleup
startup
Well Purposed. The commercial case for a healthier world