Stories

Next from Stories That Matter, Blueprint CEO Danny Freed shares how the loss of a friend led him to uncover the need for better communication between physicians and patients in mental health treatment.

Blueprint is both a patient and physician-facing platform that helps psychiatrists monitor patients between visits and make more efficient and effective treatment decisions. Recently, the comp…

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Next from Stories That Matter, Tim Fitzpatrick shares the uncertainty he experienced as a patient in the VA hospital — and why he decided to do something about it by founding IKONA Health.

“I started IKONA because there are others out there right now facing seemingly insurmountable uncertainty. And there always will be.”

Read more of Tim’s story in this post he shared on Linkedin.

This yea…

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Editor’s note: In a Linkedin post, MATTER member Varun Goyal recently shared the personal story that helped him to realize the need for better patient education around medication safety — and that led him to found illuminate.health. We’re sharing it here as part of our new project, Stories That Matter.

“Six years ago, while trying to start our family, my wife was dealing with a minor but annoy…

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For the next installation of Stories That Matter, we drew inspiration from innovators in our community who spend every day in pursuit of a healthier future for the mothers, sisters and daughters of the world.

In commemoration of International Women’s Day, we’re kicking off this women’s health series by spotlighting the story of a MATTER startup founder and pelvic health advocate — and the “why…

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Today, we are thrilled to launch a new project: Stories That Matter. But first, some history — as told by MATTER CEO Steven Collens — from way back when MATTER was but an idea without a name.

In the years since opening MATTER’s doors, we’ve found that these stories are more than motivating — they’re illuminating. Nor are they the exclusive domain of entrepreneurs: We hear powerful stories fr…

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