ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Solve a Problem People Will Actually Pay For: Make ThisMake Sense ep14 Rachel Braun Scherl
Healthcare entrepreneur and growth strategist Rachel Braun Scherl joins Make This Make Sense for a wide-rangingconversation about women’s health, entrepreneurship, workplace culture, and what it really takes to build a business people will pay for. From the unglamorous reality of being a founder to Gen Z rewriting the rules of work, Rachel brings decades of experience—and a refreshingly practical perspective—to why solving women’s health problems isn’t just good for women, it’s good business.
The conversation gets especially real about working motherhood, boundaries, trusting your gut, and the myth that entrepreneurs—or women—can somehow “have it all.” Rachel’s bottom line: women’s health isn’t a niche; it’s foundational to the health of men, women, and families.
Topics
👩⚕️ Why women’s health is everybody’s health 💰 The business opportunity in women’s health 🚀 The unglamorous truth about entrepreneurship 🎯 Solve a problem peoplewill actually pay to solve 🧠 Why intuition comes from experience 🤝 Choose people you trust over work you love 💼 Gen Z is rewriting workplace rules 🧘 Boundaries vs. getting the job done 👩👧 The reality of being a working mom ⚖️ Why “having it all” was always a myth 💵 Using economics to change healthcare 🩺 Building a better women’s healthsystem
About Rachel Braun Scherl
Rachel Braun Scherl is a healthcare entrepreneur, growthstrategist, and women’s health expert with more than 25 years of experience building businesses and brands. A three-time founder, she has raised millions in venture funding and helped launch dozens of category-leading products.
Rachel began her career at Johnson & Johnson and her experience includes work with major healthcare companies including Pfizer, Merck, Bayer, Allergan, Church & Dwight, and Reckitt, as well as numerous venture-backed startups.
Today, Rachel leads Spark Solutions, a boutique strategicgrowth and marketing strategy firm focused on driving top-line growth and transactions. Over the course of her career, much of her work has centered on women—as healthcare decision-makers, consumers, and an increasingly importantfocus of healthcare innovation—leading to her belief that, broadly speaking, everything really is about women’s health.
🔗 Connect with Rachel
Connect via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelbraunscherl/
Connect on Instagram/Threads: @rbscherl
Spark Solutions for Growth: https://sparksolutionsforgrowth.com/
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Chapters
0:00:00 Welcome to Make This Make Sense 👋0:00:25 Meet Rachel Braun Scherl 👩⚕️0:01:48 Spark Solutions & Pragmatic Growth Strategy 📈0:02:47 From Johnson & Johnson to Women’s Health 💊0:04:28 The Unglamorous Truth About Entrepreneurship 🚀0:06:00 Solve a Problem People Will Actually Pay For 🎯0:08:37 Finding Your “Why” as a Founder 💡0:12:34 Taking Control of Your Financial Future 💰0:14:21 Trust Your Gut: Why Intuition Comes From Experience 🧠0:17:10 Gen Z Is Rewriting the Rules of Work 💼0:23:54 The Economics Driving Better Women’s Health 🩺0:29:09 Working Motherhood & the Myth of “Having It All” 👩👧0:31:48 What Rachel Is Building Next 🔮0:35:48 Women’s Health Would Make Sense If… ❤️
