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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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tales from the trenches
Eric Lefkofsky is one of Chicago’s most successful technology entrepreneurs. His entrepreneurial ventures include Groupon, Echo Global Logistics, Lightbank and, most recently, Tempus.
As the founder and CEO of Tempus, Eric has led the company — which uses machine learning and genomic sequencing to better understand cancer tumors — to become one of Chicago’s most valuable technology startups. T…
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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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press release
The 2021 challenge calls for solutions that prevent clinician burnout and support clinician well-being
Downers Grove and Chicago, IL — Advocate Aurora Health, one of the 12 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, and MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced the launch of the third Health Tech Venture Challenge. The global competition…
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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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