Prospering Amidst the Real Estate Meltdown: Trulia CEO Pete Flint (Part 1)

SM: Take me back to where your story begins. What is your background? PF: I was born just outside of London. My father is a professor of chemistry and my mother is an ancient history high school teacher.

Healthcare Reform Through Entrepreneurship: Phytel CEO Steve Schelhammer (Part 7)

SM: How did you finance this company? Is it also a venture-funded company? SS: It was funded by a select few angel investors and a private equity firm.

Healthcare Reform Through Entrepreneurship: Phytel CEO Steve Schelhammer (Part 6)

SM: Your background is not in technology. Where does your company’s technology come from? What you are suggesting is not an easy problem to solve. SS: It is definitely not an easy problem to solve. Form follows function. The most important thing is to lay out and articulate our approach to the marketplace and show

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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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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.

Healthcare Reform Through Entrepreneurship: Phytel CEO Steve Schelhammer (Part 3)

SM: What was your value proposition? SS: Our value proposition was straightforward. Those diseases cost an enormous amount of money and they were out on the fringe, so nobody was really paying attention to them.

Healthcare Reform Through Entrepreneurship: Phytel CEO Steve Schelhammer (Part 2)

SM: Was Home Healthcare of America, your first exposure to a venture business, successful? SS: It was hugely successful. It has become Caremark, which is one of the biggest in the world. I stayed there for just under three years and then they were bought by Baxter. That was the second time I worked for a

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Healthcare Reform Through Entrepreneurship: Phytel CEO Steve Schelhammer (Part 1)

SM: What is your background? Where did you grow up and where do you come from? SS: I grew up all over because my father was in the US military. I lived in a half dozen different states in the US as well as in Europe before I even got out of high school, and

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