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Today's Entrepreneur: David Lapointe

by James La Barne (Vator Robot), September 26, 2018

Top lesson: Learned to take a beating and listen sometimes

Today's entrepreneur is David Lapointe, President and CEO of Optina Diagnostics, an eye scan that can detect a biomarker of Alzheimer's disease. David will be presenting at SplashX Invent Health - Future of Precision Health - this Thursday evening at HP headquarters in Palo Alto. Prior to finding his startup, David held the position of General manager at GE Healthcare ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Matt Raoul

by James La Barne (Vator Robot), August 3, 2018

There is no one formula that works for any team working on any product

Today's entrepreneur is Matt Raoul, CEO of Timehop, a startup that helps you relive your memories. He's also a contributing editor for VatorNews, having written numerous thought leadership essays on media. Here's Matt's story on: How media engages a distracted audience, where he highlights what's working for publishers as they seek to keep their audience engaged. He also wrote: How apps ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Omar Bawa

by James La Barne (Vator Robot), July 24, 2018

Working with millennials to achieve their maximum potential while impacting society positively

Today's entrepreneur is 25-yr-old Omar Bawa, co-founder of Goodwall, a professional network for young talent. He started Goodwall to inspire and encourage the next generation to achieve more, maximize their potential and impact society positively. He leads Goodwall's product strategy, design, and implementation. He was named on Forbes' 30under30, has served on the Editorial Board of the United Nations Magazine, ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Michael Papay

by James La Barne (Vator Robot), May 25, 2018

Transforming the way organizations get actionable insights from their employees

Today's Entrepreneur is Michael Papay, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Waggl. Waggl helps companies tap into the voice of their employees. They have an employee-engagement platform that Fortune 500 companies and Governmental organizations use to take the pulse of their workforce. Michael is a technology entrepreneur with almost 20 years of experience building and leading Software as a Service ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Assaf Shalvi

by Anna Vodopyanova, January 26, 2018

Envisions easily accessible home healthcare for the growing population

Today's Entrepreneur is Assaf Shalvi, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Swift Shift Inc. Assaf describes himself as an entrepreneur with a passion to establish a convenient way for healthcare workers to deliver their services. As the title suggests, Swift Shift is an interface that lets home healthcare providers easily schedule shifts for nurses and caregivers. This is Assaf’s second startup. The ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Greg Houlgate

by Anna Vodopyanova, December 4, 2017

'Live your passion, and it will drive the people around you. That's the way to lead.'

Today's Entrepreneur is Greg Houlgate, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Oska Wellness. Greg is a technology innovator in medical and consumer products with over 25 years of senior management, sales and marketing experience. He has held leading positions in companies including DJO Global, Inc.’s Recovery Science Division (healthcare resources provider), Onsite Network, Inc. (interactive media company), West Coast Trends ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Clyde Autin

by Anna Vodopyanova, November 21, 2017

'You have to be willing to make a lot of sacrifices'

Today's Entrepreneur is Clyde Autin, founder and CEO of Gamers Grid. Clyde Autin, a Parisian by birth and cosmopolitan by way of life, currently lives in San Francisco. In 2016, while studying to get his Bachelor’s in Finance at the California State University of Northridge, Autin founded a networking app for gamers, called Gamers Grid, for iOS and Android. Autin ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Lynn Perkins

by Anna Vodopyanova, November 10, 2017

"As a leader, it's important to demonstrate resilience"

Today’s entrepreneur is Lynn Perkins, co-founder and CEO at UrbanSitter. UrbanSitter is a web and mobile platform connecting parents with recommended local babysitters and nannies. The San Francisco-based platform lets parents schedule childcare specialists within minutes, and babysitters to create their profiles for hire, where clients can leave kudos. Here are some cool things about Lynn, based on her Vator profile. I ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Dan Donovan

by Mitos Suson, March 9, 2017

No. 1 Mistake: Not seeking external (user) feedback and storming forward to a solution

Today's entrepreneur is Dan Donovan, Founder and CEO at rareLifesolutions. rareLifesolutions offers integrated consulting services and software and platform as a service (PaaS) solutions for advocacy groups, pharmaceutical and device companies, medical and research centers, and professional healthcare associations. rareLife solutions created onevoice, the ground-breaking encouragement and knowledge platform that can be customized for rare disease communities. Here's a little ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Victor Chapela

by Mitos Suson, March 7, 2017

No. 1 Mistake: Focus too narrowly on the part of the puzzle they feel most competent at

Today's entrepreneur is Victor Chapela, Co-founder and CEO at Suggestic. Suggestic delivers actionable suggestions that help people make the right nutrition decisions at key moments in their day. The underlying technology, which leverages state of the art artificial intelligence, dramatically increases user engagement for health, wellness, and fitness organizations. Here's a little about Victor: I am a(n): Entrepreneur Companies I've ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Pascal Zuta

by Mitos Suson, February 28, 2017

No. 1 Mistake: Build companies around too small problems

Today's entrepreneur is Pascal Zuta, Co-Founder at GYANT. GYANT is a health assistant that leads patients from their symptoms to the likely condition and the next steps by asking questions and learning from the answers, like a doctor would do - but through AI. Their first product is a checker for the Zika virus that had close to 300k users since its launch end of August. Here's a little about Pascal. I am a(n): ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Shai Rozen

by Melissa Karr, February 24, 2017

Why: I just can't sit still and fix what I believe needs to be improved in the world

Today's entrepreneur is Shai Rozen, CMO and Co-Founder at Suggestic. Suggestic delivers actionable suggestions that help people make the right nutrition decisions at key moments in their day. The underlying technology, which leverages state of the art artificial intelligence, dramatically increases user engagement for health, wellness, and fitness organizations. Going on a diet can be a stressful and confusing process. ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Julien Delpech

by Melissa Karr, February 23, 2017

No. 1 mistake: New entrepreneurs are not prudent enough when they build their first Business Plans

Today's entrepreneur is Julien Delpech CEO and CoFounder at INVIVOX. INVIVOX. is a worldwide medical platform that connects medical experts and practitioners in view of offering on-site (inside the operating room), one-to-one practical training sessions alongside experts. Invivox reinvents medical mentoring, which is the basis of the transmission of knowledge between physicians. Practically speaking, medical experts open their OR to other surgeons from around ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Daniela Corrente

by Mitos Suson, November 10, 2016

No. 1 mistake: Build a product before finding a market fit

Today's entrepreneur is Daniela Corrente, CEO and CoFounder at Reeelit. Reeelit enables shoppers to save in daily installments for what they want, while looking for deals. No debt, No guilt, just buying what you want, with your own cash. They are giving a younger generation that is aspirational, but doesnt have the financial means, an empowerment tool that will allow them to ...

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