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Four ways life sciences companies are adapting to a COVID-19 world

May 1, 2020

The healthcare ecosystem is rapidly evolving in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, MATTER hosted a virtual roundtable with innovation leaders from eight leading pharmaceutical and medical device companies from across the world to compare notes about what they’re focused on today — and how they think the pandemic will affect the policies and norms that shape their business imperatives…

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Livongo’s Glen Tullman shares advice for building a business that can withstand any crisis

April 28, 2020

In the latest conversation in our member-exclusive Navigating COVID-19 webinar series, serial entrepreneur and investor Glen Tullman joined us for an interactive conversation with MATTER startups.

Glen is the founder and executive chairman of Livongo, managing partner at 7Wire Ventures and previously served as the CEO of Allscripts. Having built, run and scaled businesses across a range of ind…

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A day in the ER: Perspectives from Advocate Aurora providers on the frontline

April 24, 2020

What is it really like to work in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic?

While people and industries around the world are in a state of lockdown, hospital workers have been working non-stop for weeks developing new solutions, processes and workstreams to care for COVID-19 patients.

As innovators look for the best ways to support those workers, it’s difficult to gauge exactly w…

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Money matters: Scenario planning and positioning your startup for funding during a crisis

April 17, 2020

The economic landscape is rapidly changing — so how can startups ensure that they are prepared for financial success in both the short term and the long term?

At the latest webinar in our member-exclusive Navigating COVID-19 series, Sue Mulligan, founder and CEO of Agile Advisors, joined us to share her insights into best practices for scenario planning and financial modeling and how startups …

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Marketing during a crisis: Public Communications Inc. shares tips to help startups survive — and thrive — during COVID-19

April 10, 2020

How do you get media attention in a world with a 24/7 COVID-19 news cycle? If you had a launch or press release planned, should you continue as normal?

At the the latest webinar in our member-exclusive Navigating COVID-19 series, MATTER partner Public Communications Inc. (PCI) shared their answers to these questions and more. PCI is a full service public relations and integrated marketing and …

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