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What is brand essence — and why does it matter for startups?

April 26, 2021

A conversation with Public Communications Inc.

This post was originally published on March 10, 2020 and updated on April 26, 2021.

Each day in the life of an entrepreneur is filled with competing questions.

Do we need to hire more people? Who’s going to buy our product? How long is our runway?

Because so many of those questions seem to demand an immediate answer, it’s easy to save the ones…

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The business case for a circular medtech sector

April 19, 2021

An executive summary of MATTER and Green Innovation Group A/S white paper on circularity in healthcare

See the full white paper here

The effects of climate change — perhaps the most complex issue facing modern society — influence every aspect of human life, including health on an individual and societal level. There is a growing awareness that both public and private actors need to move quick…

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Listen: Defining health equity with Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady

April 15, 2021

What is health equity? Where do care gaps show up in the American healthcare system? How can technology and innovation be consciously designed and deployed to positively make a change?

On April 14, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady joined MATTER to answer these questions and more, kicking off MATTER’s latest event series, Advancing Health Equity. The series ai…

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Leaders from AT&T, Teladoc and Sage Growth Partners discuss how to build a whole person employee health strategy

March 29, 2021

To best serve their employees, today’s self-insured employers need a benefits solution that enables whole person care — collaboration and regular communication across all of an individual’s providers, from primary care to behavioral health, to improve health outcomes while making more effective and efficient use of resources. Employers have a wide array of options when it comes to identifying t…

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VIDEO: MATTER founders discuss increasing representation for patients and entrepreneurs

March 19, 2021

In February, MATTER startup entrepreneurs Kistein Monkhouse, CEO and founder of Patient Orator, and Javier Evelyn, CEO and Founder of Alerje, joined us in celebrating Black History Month and discussed how they’re building both solutions and communities to create a more equitable healthcare experience.

Watch the full event to learn more about the impacts of race on the entrepreneurial journey a…

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