Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Tom Abshire, Senior VP of Products, Marketing and Member Engagement, Virgin HealthMiles (Part 5)

SM: Very good. Is there anything else that you’d like to add? TA: Yes. We have a new set of capabilities coming out in our spring ’12 release. What we’re doing there, and where we’re trying to go with that is focusing a lot more on personalization and segmentation, so, helping employers look more precisely

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The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Arthrosurface ,Franklin, Massachusetts

Oseteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease or degenerative arthritis, is not a new disease – evidence of it has been found in skeletons from the Ice Age. But effective methods of stopping the disease, especially ones appropriate for young and middle-aged adults, have been elusive. In the United States, anywhere from 16 million to

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Deal Radar 2010: HealthYes!

HealthYes! is a preventive medical screening company for asymptomatic life-threatening medical conditions and diseases including heart disease, stroke, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral artery disease, diabetes, liver disease, and osteoporosis.

Deal Radar 2009: Medsphere

Medsphere offers open source solutions for healthcare IT. In an industry that has been inundated with proprietary vendors who charge high prices for electronic health records, Medsphere aims to stand out by offering an affordable and proven electronic health records system.

Vision India 2020: Doctor For Sure

One of the most contentious topics in the 2008 US presidential elections has been healthcare policy, with Barack Obama pushing aggressively for universal healthcare. As I delved into the topic from the perspective of India and tried to outline a business plan for a sustainable, for-profit venture–not a non-profit, nor a government agency–Doctor For Sure

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Deal Radar 2008: Kosmix+Adify – Potential Google Challenger

Kosmix is a vertical portal startup. Founded in 2006 by Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, founders of Junglee, this site aims at creating a ‘Home page for every topic’. Featured Kosmix sites are RightHealth, RightAutos and RightTrips focusing on health, autos and travel verticals. They have also been working on other verticals like politics, finance,

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Standing by WebMD

WebMD Health Corp. (WBMD) is a familiar home to anyone who has ever searched the Internet for a cure to bad food, a sprained ankle, the difference between a pulled muscle and torn hamstring, or between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. I covered their business concept at length in an earlier comparison article on health websites

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Venky Harinarayan on Kosmix and Vertical Search (Part 4, final)

SM: How did you finance the different phases of the company? VH: Our company is funded by VCs, Accel and Lightspeed, and private individuals such as Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com and Bill Miller of Legg Mason. SM: What financing stage are you at right now? VH: We feel like we are fully funded, so we

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