More people are touched by healthcare and its entrepreneurs than any major industry. Healthcare innovation is happening in many locations, and Entrepreneurship.org’s eMed Community unites healthcare entrepreneurs and their partners through the power of ideas. To read more, go to www.entrepreneurship.org.
We’re catching up to some of the best entrepreneurship blogs on the web, and today’s entry is John O’Farrell’s a16x.com blog — specifically the first of a four-part series the author’s been working on since this summer on starting a global business. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because the Dublin, Ireland native is a general […]
You’d think that owners would have enough to worry about without adding colors to the equation too. But knowing the “four colors of business” may mean the difference between success and failure for healthcare entrepreneurs. Small businesses need all the help they can get. After all, the U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that only 31 […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Ask an entrepreneur how he or she feels about dealing with the government and you’ll likely get an earful of metaphors about root canals and going 15 rounds with Mike Tyson in his prime. Healthcare startup owners know those types of responses all too well. Getting government approval to go forward with products and services […]
Studies show that over 65 percent of all new jobs created come from the startup business owner. So you’d think that the impact of the new White House jobs plan would be most significant on small business owners. And to a large extent, if you thought that, you’d be right. “We have an employment problem, […]
Opportunities for healthcare entrepreneurs to gather together, swap shop talk, and — especially — talk to innovators in the field who have succeeded in building great startup businesses — are few and far between. But on October 27, 2011, the National eHealth Innovation Series is going to get healthcare entrepreneurs together at an inaugural event […]
Call it the ultimate buzz kill. You’re a healthcare startup owner, your company is gaining financial traction, and you’ve been promised a $24 million round of financing by a leading venture capital firm. But guess what? Just when the golden apple is within reach, cruel fate — in the form of that venture capital firm — takes […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Healthcare entrepreneurs, like most business owners, consider themselves good stewards of their own financial fiefdoms. And that may be true — up to a point. Spending on office leases and company vehicles is pretty routine — and what business owner hasn’t read up on Six Sigma to learn how to cut costs? But that point […]
The Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute are both great resources for healthcare entrepreneurs looking for capital funding. Both have extensive lists of angel investor groups — both local and national — that can step in and give a financially ailing healthcare startup a boost when the need arises. But which angel investing […]
A 10 percent decline in the U.S. stock market over the past few weeks isn’t going to bolster the enthusiasm of venture capitalists or healthcare startup owners. It’s all a matter of confidence. With weak sentiment coming out of Wall Street and Main Street, business investors are keeping their powder dry, and are largely refraining […]
It’s the ultimate “Gordian Knot” for healthcare business owners. With so much riding on corporate ethics, should an entrepreneur try to protect his or her company’s reputation from employees’ loose, careless and sometimes dangerous social networking practices? Not too surprisingly, employers and employees disagree on whether management should be peeking in on workers’ social networking […]
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The National Business Incubator Association says there are about 1,200 business incubators operating in America. The Athens, Ohio-based group also has some ideas on how healthcare entrepreneurs can latch on to a local incubators group — and make it work for them. So how do you go about it? David Monkman, the president of the […]
There’s been a steady rush of new studies on a topic that hits home to healthcare consumers — and should hit home to healthcare entrepreneurs. The topic is electronic health records and the data shows that consumers are clearly worried about the safety and security of those records. In February 2011, a CDW Healthcare survey of […]
Healthcare entrepreneurs often face pressure that other business owners don’t when it comes to disaster management. Goodness knows, we’ve seen enough of that in 2011, with the Japanese earthquake, the Missouri tornadoes, and assorted other natural disasters that have dotted the geographic and economic landscape this year. Healthcare companies, especially ones that operate along the […]
Call it a tale of two surveys – and a decent clue on the direction of small business lending for healthcare entrepreneurs. Two headlines frame the story; one on May 2, 2011, and the other on June 30, 2011. “Small Business Borrowing Cools,” Reuters, May 2, 2011 “Small Business Borrowing Surges,” Reuters: June 30, 2011 […]
Can entrepreneurism be taught? Or is it buried down deep in the DNA of business owners? Actually, there is at least one school of thought — literally — that says you can teach someone to be a business owner. The key is putting that “someone” on the right academic track. According to a new study by researchers […]