Sramana: Did you self-finance the company or did you raise money? John Duffy: We self-financed the company from 2005 through early 2007. We did a small friends and family round in 2007 and another one in 2008. We became profitable in 2009, and since then we have not taken any additional capital.
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Could you tell us more about Kauffman’s program FastTrac? Marianne: FastTrac has a series of different courses, also taught at lots and lots of different local locations and, I believe, on the Web, on everything from starting a business to how to grow your business with
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In this interview, Sramana and Doug Menefee, CIO of Schumacher Group, talk about many such nuances of cloud adoption from a healthcare industry perspective. As we peel through the layers of cloud adoption, in terms of what works and what doesn’t, Sramana and Doug bring to the fore several pearls of opportunities in the form of ‘blue skies’ for the entrepreneurs seeking their stars through the crosshairs of cloud computing and healthcare domain. In terms of bringing new cloud based solutions, entrepreneurs may want to take note of what cloud adopters such as Doug look for in a solution in addition to pricing, technical merit, usability and solving a real business pain point.
Sramana: Of your technology and administrative offerings, what is your core value proposition? John Duffy: The technology enables us to deliver our administrative offering which is our core value proposition. Our sweet spot is ensuring that compliance is handled properly. Carriers are always up to date with what our clients are doing and that they
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By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Marianne: We are focused on helping angel groups grow and do things that are important to their stability and general operations. So, we’ve put together, I think, a lot of good referral services and places for good information. We have partnered with Angelsoft to make sure that
Sramana: Why did you move from a processes-oriented business to a company that developed technologies when there were already other larger companies building communication technologies in the same space? John Duffy: One of the things we were concerned about when we first got into this business was that the technology would change very quickly. I