illini123

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by illini123 12y ago
No, you shouldn't teach, but Apple doesn't necessarily sound like the right fit either. The issue with larger companies is mainly using the interview as an efficient screening mechanism, but it's always going to miss talent,
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by illini123 12y ago
Would love to hear some of your thoughts, especially since engagement tends to be an issue we've seen with patient-facing apps after a period of a few months. We're exploring what levels of engagement tend to work best with patien
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by illini123 12y ago
I can probably echo some similar thoughts that we heard when we talked with providers. I'm not tashfeens nor do I work for his company, but I run Varsa Health, a data analytics company for behavioral health providers. We "earned&q
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by illini123 12y ago
This is great to hear. We're in a similar position, working on a startup for mental health providers. We spent a solid three months focused on user experience above all else and involving clinicians, case managers, and other end-users
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by illini123 12y ago
Fun fact: MUMPS predates C as a programming language. Sad that a company like that continues to do as well as it does, but then again it sells to admins, not doctors.
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by illini123 12y ago
From one healthcare entrepreneur to another, congrats. It's difficult to clear that hurdle, especially with the two-sided approach of doctors and patients. What's been your biggest challenge with patient adherence / engagemen
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Only 19% of Chicago VC money goes to local-area deals(chicagobusiness.com)
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by illini123 12y ago
We still have a lot of those companies here, the R&D has moved to the coasts though.
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by illini123 12y ago
Chicago health tech entrepreneur here: I have so much respect for 640 labs and the others a here that are actually solving real problems, rather than trying to be a copycat. Agriculture, healthcare, and manufacturing may not be sexy, but
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How our health-tech startup chose an accelerator (and mistakes you can avoid)(venturebeat.com)
2 points by illini123 12y ago|0 comments
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Chicago Venture Capital Data(cbinsights.com)
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101 Startup Failure Post-Mortems(cbinsights.com)
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by illini123 12y ago
As the son of a mother who gave up her full-time (and lucrative) career to raise her kids, I applaud you for having the courage to speak out on this. Witnessing how cousins of mine turned out (one parent was CEO of a major international fir
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This Man Says He's Building The 'Healthcare Internet'(businessinsider.com)
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by illini123 12y ago
As someone whose done work on "human subjects" during grad school, this is also a fireable offense, even in some deeply protective places like academia, except that this is a private company and can vaguely claim user consent. As
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Cornell University: We didn’t review Facebook’s mood-manipulation experiment(venturebeat.com)
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by illini123 12y ago
I just finished grad school and undergrad right before that (I lumped them together in 4 years; not to brag, this matters for what I'm about to say). I spent most of undergrad tempted by a few nibbles to take a gap semester or year and
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by illini123 12y ago
One can hope, and I would sincerely like to think that new markets within manufacturing or other "old" industries are going to emerge. Off-shoring isn't the cheap solution it once was. Then again, I tend to be very critical o
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by illini123 12y ago
I'm curious to see if this only grows worse given the continued automation of industries like manufacturing that have traditionally been the backbone of the American middle class during the 20th century. Not so much that jobs won'
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Why Health-Tech Incubator is the Right Co-Working Space for Chicago(chicagoinno.streetwise.co)
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by illini123 12y ago
First things first, get an advisor. You need someone whose been down this road before to mentor you. Not to downplay your intelligence, but as I decided to launch a company this summer, I went through to all the individuals in my network th
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by illini123 12y ago
Have you raised a family and friends round? What amount of capital are you looking for? If you just launched 3 months ago, I'd say seed level, but I don't have enough specifics on what you need / burn rate to judge. Depending
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by illini123 12y ago
> Let your heart break. It will change what you do with your optimism.
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by illini123 12y ago
As a fellow health-tech entrepreneur, it's refreshing to see the business press reporting on something more than just "Yo." I hope this kind of publicity continues. The industry needs it.
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by illini123 12y ago
I'd be happy to talk more about that; right now, though, I've been working on the business model / user research for 4-5 months and just scored a decent partnership with the NIH yesterday (I'm doing behavioral health, wh
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by illini123 12y ago
> not because their looking to solve a problem. This. I am sick and tired of hearing how nobody can get funding in Chicago. There are two problems: 1) most of their ideas suck, even by startup standards (and I've worked with enough
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by illini123 12y ago
Edit: I'm the co-author on this, and am happy to answer questions, since even in the report, we had to censor things for political reasons. As someone trying to do a startup in the health-tech space, it's disappointing to see the
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Why Chicago / Midwest Never Will (Nor Should) Become SV(worldbusinesschicago.com)
2 points by illini123 12y ago|1 comments
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by illini123 12y ago
Sure, feel free to skim: http://worldbusinesschicago.com/techcluster Some context: My roommate and I led this during grad school for the City of Chicago and a bunch of VCs / startup community around the Midwest. We loo
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by illini123 12y ago
Given the Chicago reference (fellow Chicagoan here), do you view this as a Midwest problem? I feel like a lot of the companies here tend to lowball on salaries / benefits. I did a study on this for the VC / startup communities in

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