Healthcare Reform Through Entrepreneurship: Phytel CEO Steve Schelhammer (Part 5)

SM: It sounds as though physicians need to be on some form of EMR system to use Phytel. Is that correct? SS: No. If we had architected our solution to be dependent on EMR, then we would only have access to 5%-10% of the marketplace. We can access EMR data, and we will do more

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Here are some travel photographs from Asia last winter. And here is how the Belgians are living the economic crisis.

Catching Up On Readings: What About Short Selling?

Here is a summary of the posts from this past week, in case you missed them. Sunday afternoon may be a good time to catch up.

Clara Shih On The Facebook Era (Part 4)

By Guest Author Clara Shih Clara’s series ends with an excerpt from Chapter 5, “Social Network Marketing”. “Facebook advertising doesn’t feel like advertising because it comes from your friends.” –Tim Kendall, Director of Monetization at Facebook Marketers need to be where their customers and potential customers are, and increasingly, this is on social networking sites.

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Healthcare Reform Through Entrepreneurship: Phytel CEO Steve Schelhammer (Part 4)

SM: What happened after you sold Accordant? Did you have to stay as part of the deal? SS: It was a very friendly, good arrangement when we were purchased. I was enthusiastic about sticking around. They wanted me to stay and I was excited to do so. My right-hand person continues to lead Accordant today.

April 30 MIT Event on Bootstrapping

MIT Club of Northern California’s Entrepreneurship Program presents The Art and Science of Bootstrapping Thursday, April 30, 2009 | 6:30pm Networking & Refreshments | 7:00pm Event Starts Location: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE

Strategic Thinking Still Important In A Downturn

By Guest Author Michael Kanazawa Over 80% of respondents in recent surveys say their companies are thinking more strategically during the downturn. There is a natural reaction to go into survival mode when a major disruption in business occurs. That means tunnel and short-term vision as well as tactical and reactionary measures. That can be

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Clara Shih On The Facebook Era (Part 3)

By Guest Author Clara Shih [In last week’s posts Clara described the genesis and background of her work on Facebook as a business tool. Today she discusses how Facebook and other social networking sites have made the sales process more of an interaction between seller and customer.] Excerpt from Chapter 4, “Social Sales” One major

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