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Chicago: The New B2B Boomtown

October 9, 2015

As entrepreneurs, we all know that Silicon Valley is the promised land of B2C culture-changing innovation.The Valley’s stature draws in the world’s greatest innovators; and as an incubator, this California hot spot fosters growth and nurtures ideas that will one day create life-altering applications. Yet, maybe the next wave of game-changing ideas won’t spring from Silicon Valley’s pattern of…

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Tales from the Trenches with Glen Tullman

October 5, 2015

Editor’s note: In 2018, we welcomed Glen back to the MATTER stage to share his thoughts on “the new health consumer”. Read insights from that interview here.

On Monday, September 28, serial entrepreneur and former Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman joined MATTER at the third installment of our Tales from the Trenches series to share more about his personal drive, current ventures and business insight…

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Dutch Minister of Health Explores Innovation at Chicago Health Technology Incubator MATTER

June 4, 2015

Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Edith Schippers toured Chicago’s new healthcare technology incubator MATTER on Wednesday as part of the Chicago Healthy Ageing Seminar.

Hosted by MATTER, the seminar showcased promising new American and Dutch technologies and concepts. Discussions during the seminar focused on sharing best-practices and lessons learned in translational research and p…

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Healthcare Technology Incubator MATTER Celebrates 100 Days of Accelerating Innovation

May 26, 2015

MATTER, the healthcare technology incubator for next-generation health IT, medical device, diagnostics and biopharma companies, has forged connections in its first 100 days that will help drive healthcare innovation.

MATTER brings together healthcare entrepreneurs, researchers, academics, industry leaders, investors and associations to collaborate on the development of new healthcare technolog…

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Canada’s Governor General Explores Innovation and Entrepreneurship at MATTER and 1871

April 28, 2015

David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, toured Chicago’s new healthcare technology incubator MATTER on Tuesday and participated in a roundtable discussion at 1871 about the local innovation ecosystem.

The visit to MATTER and 1871 was part of the Governor General’s five-day visit to the Midwest to learn about the area’s innovation and education initiatives.

The discussion Tuesday, led by…

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