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If You Can’t Join ‘Em, Beat ‘Em: How Rob Butler Built Maestro Health his Way

December 5, 2016

Rob Butler wanted to be a baseball player. He played in college and then semi-professionally, but didn’t quite make it to the big leagues. He did, however, make it to the big leagues of entrepreneurship – having built and sold Payflex and MBI before starting Maestro Health in 2014. Rob was at MATTER recently for an interview with MATTER CEO Steven Collens as part of our Tales from the Trenches …

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Keeping the Fire: Tim Walbert on Maintaining Company Culture Through Massive Growth

November 7, 2016

Tim Walbert thrives on growth. As a serial entrepreneur in the pharmaceutical industry, he’s spent his career helping brands and companies grow. When Tim was named Horizon Pharma’s chairman, president, and chief executive officer in 2008 it was little more than a solo operation, and he worked mostly from coffee shops, taking advantage of the free wi-fi and parking. Fast forward to present day, …

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Tales from the Trenches: Eric Langshur of Abundant Venture Partners

July 7, 2016

Eric Langshur, co-founder of AVIA and Abundant Venture Partners, author of Start Here: Master the Lifelong Habit of Wellbeing, and serial entrepreneur, spoke with ContextMedia CEO Rishi Shah at MATTER’s popularTales from the Trencheslive interview series. The two friends talked about the importance of a strong company culture, how to maintain your “true north” in the middle of failure, and the …

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Tales from the Trenches: Griffin Myers of Oak Street Health

February 25, 2016

Want to know what value-based care really looks like? Read on.

Dr. Griffin Myers, founder and chief medical officer of Oak Street Health, was a featured guest in MATTER’s Tales from the Trenches series. He and ContextMedia CEO Rishi Shah discussed how and why he created Oak Street, a network of value-based primary care clinics for older adults. Watch the full video of the event or read our r…

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Tales from the Trenches: Jeff Aronin of Paragon Biosciences

January 17, 2016

Jeff Aronin, CEO of Paragon Biosciences, was a featured guest in MATTER’sTales from the Trenchesseries. Paragon focuses on identifying unmet medical needs, novel science, and then builds companies with world-class talent to bring medications to market. He and ContextMedia CEO Rishi Shah discussed how he got into healthcare; his work, management, and investment style; and pharmaceutical industry…

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