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Money matters: Scenario planning and positioning your startup for funding during a crisis

April 17, 2020

The economic landscape is rapidly changing — so how can startups ensure that they are prepared for financial success in both the short term and the long term?

At the latest webinar in our member-exclusive Navigating COVID-19 series, Sue Mulligan, founder and CEO of Agile Advisors, joined us to share her insights into best practices for scenario planning and financial modeling and how startups …

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Marketing during a crisis: Public Communications Inc. shares tips to help startups survive — and thrive — during COVID-19

April 10, 2020

How do you get media attention in a world with a 24/7 COVID-19 news cycle? If you had a launch or press release planned, should you continue as normal?

At the the latest webinar in our member-exclusive Navigating COVID-19 series, MATTER partner Public Communications Inc. (PCI) shared their answers to these questions and more. PCI is a full service public relations and integrated marketing and …

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Think like a CFO: Four cash management strategies for startups during a crisis

April 3, 2020

Last week, we kicked off a new webinar series to help MATTER startups navigate the changing innovation landscape as a result of COVID-19. For one of the first conversations in this series, Lee Shapiro, managing partner at 7Wire Ventures and CFO of Livongo, shared encouragement and insights into how entrepreneurs can develop a quality survival plan hinged on strong cash management practices.

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Three focus areas for health system innovation leaders in the face of COVID-19

March 30, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to spread, health systems are racing to ramp up their innovation efforts. Last week, MATTER hosted a virtual roundtable with innovation leaders from a dozen health systems so they could share what they are learning and doing to help their communities address the pandemic. The discussion included leaders from around the country — including New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles,…

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Four applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the neurosciences

January 16, 2020

Last fall, we teamed up with leaders from Anthem, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic to produce the first AI and Neurosciences Summit at MATTER.

Happening now: @AnthemBCBS, @UIHealth & @MayoClinic join us for a full day summit to explore new applications of #AI in #neuroscience and their potential to drastically impr…

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