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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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Meet the newest additions to the MATTER startup community

April 16, 2020

The newest startups at MATTER are making it easier to overcome communication challenges, take control of your mental health and optimize workflows. Take a minute to meet them and see the heroic change in healthcare happening today.

BrainBaseline — Iowa City, Iowa

BrainBaseline is accelerating clinical research by providing reliable mobile measurement to pharmaceutical partners for their clini…

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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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Roche Diabetes Care and MATTER announce innovation contest finalists

April 8, 2020

On Monday, March 30, 10 semifinalists for the Roche Diabetes Care (RDC) Innovation Contest gathered virtually to pitch their solutions to leaders from RDC and MATTER and a panel of expert judges. Each team proposed an idea for how to identify the right combination of personalized therapies, activities or behaviors that will improve management and provide greater insight into care planning for p…

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Think like a CFO: Four cash management strategies for startups during a crisis

April 3, 2020

Last week, we kicked off a new webinar series to help MATTER startups navigate the changing innovation landscape as a result of COVID-19. For one of the first conversations in this series, Lee Shapiro, managing partner at 7Wire Ventures and CFO of Livongo, shared encouragement and insights into how entrepreneurs can develop a quality survival plan hinged on strong cash management practices.

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