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It was fall 2014 orientation day at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Dane Guarino sat next to his fellow first-year, Lance Larsen, and struck up a conversation. They had both recently left the investment banking world and come to Booth for the same reason: to build a health tech company. Lance would soon become Dane’s co-founder of Markit Medical, an online marketplace wh…
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David Jonas, founder of PharMEDium Healthcare Corporation, sat down with ContextMedia CEO Rishi Shah at MATTER’s latest iteration in theTales from the Trenchesseries. The hour-long conversation revolved around Jonas’ 35+ years of healthcare industry experience including hiring practices, the importance of service as well as product, and the staggeringly high stakes in healthcare. Watch the inte…
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There is a crippling shortage of mental and behavioral health providers in the United States. More than half of U.S. counties have no practicing psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, or therapists, according the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Millions of Americans with mental health issues – from mild depression to schizophrenia – are not receiving adequate treatment. “If y…
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TheWall Street Journalpublished an article recently that put a point on what many investors have been saying for some time: we are seeing a contraction in the amount of venture capital funding available to entrepreneurs. The article specifically noted that Q1 represented the largest quarterly decline in VC funding since the dot-com bust – a 25% fall in cash deployment across all venture marke…
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Last month, MATTER’s Tales from the Trenches series welcomed Norbert Riedel and Joe Moskal, the leaders of Evanston-based Naurex, which was recently acquired by global healthcare giant Allergan for $560 million. ContextMedia CEO Rishi Shah interviewed the pair about their successful (if oddly coupled) partnership. Watch the full video of the event or read our recap below.
In 1983, Joe Mos…
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