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tales from the trenches

One entrepreneur’s anthropological fascination with health, poverty, and marijuana

October 30, 2017

An Interview with Green Thumb Industries CEO Pete Kadens

6/15/2018 update: Congrats to Pete Kadens and Green Thumb Industries on going public in Canada. Read more.

Pete Kadens is running a serious business.

Pete is CEO of Green Thumb Industries (GTI), one of the fastest growing medical cannabis companies in the United States with cultivation centers and retail stores in five states and over …

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matter news

7 Members of the Congressional Black Caucus Visit MATTER

October 27, 2017

Last week, we were thrilled to host members of the Congressional Black Caucus at MATTER for a lively discussion about healthcare technology innovation. The group met with 4 of our member companies: ResQ Pharma, NowPow, DOC & I, and Level Ex.

The elected officials who joined us include:

Joyce Beatty, Ohio Danny Davis, Illinois Hank Johnson, Georgia Robin Kelly, Illinois Gregory Meeks, …

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tales from the trenches

Get Rid of Transactions, Focus on Relationships

October 16, 2017

A Q&A with Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle, Co-founder of Iora Health

Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle is on a mission to reinvent primary care.

He joined us for Tales from the Trenches, which we produce in partnership with Outcome Health and Pritzker Group Venture Capital, to talk about his journey from doctor to co-founder. You can watch the full interview here:

The journey began when Rushika was…

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matter news

MATTER and Sheba Medical Center Partner to Advance Healthcare Innovation

October 4, 2017

The premier healthcare incubator’s new agreement with the leading Israeli medical center will accelerate healthcare technology commercialization.

Chicago, IL, September 20, 2017 – MATTER, the Chicago-based healthcare incubator, innovation community, and corporate innovation accelerator, and Sheba Medical Center, the leading medical innovation center in Israel, have signed a Memorandum of Under…

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A Look Inside MATTER, the Nonprofit Health Care Tech Incubator

September 27, 2017

This Chicago incubator is based on the premise that success comes from surrounding great entrepreneurs with other great entrepreneurs and with great mentors.

Every big city has a number of business incubators and accelerators. Many small cities do too. (Even mine does.) According to the National Business Incubation Association there are over 1,200 programs in the U.S. alone.

But aside from sh…

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