Healthcare
Co-founder and CEO of Happy Head, an online hair growth medicine provider
“More medicines is good for patients.”
Benjamin Katz co-founded Happy Head, an online provider of customized hair growth medicine prescribed by board-certified dermatologists, in 2020 and has been CEO since 2021. Benjamin trained as a nurse at the University of Pennsylvania, also studied economics there, and earned an MBA from the Wharton School. Earlier, Benjamin founded CARD.com and, in 2018, HavenColiving.com.
Posts by Benjamin, updated as new ones publish.
Benjamin sees the Lilly and Hims GLP-1 deal as a sign that large manufacturers will partner with online prescribers. If new hair compounds arrive as add-ons, Benjamin argues, specialist dermatologists are better suited than volume platforms to design each patient's combination.
Read the full post →Benjamin sees CVS splitting off its pharmacy arm as healthy, since one company acting as clinic, pharmacy, and business blurs who each decision serves. Benjamin points to Happy Head, where dermatologists alone prescribe, as a model to copy and publish.
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