A few weeks ago, I gave a 30-minute talk about PatientsLikeMe at Bil:Pil, the unconference following TEDMED in San Diego (where Jamie Heywood made an amazing presentation, by the way). The topic of my presentation was “A Healthy Mix with an Economic Twist.” I focused on how difficult it can be to make money in […]
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Every so often, we sit down to try and make our business objectives clearer to our patient communities. Why? Well, we can’t have a business without you and our communities can’t exist to help patients without a business. This often results in our Privacy Policy and User Agreement being updated to help clarify our goals
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Much has been made about the potential for viable businesses in the health 2.0 movement. In short, these articles and blogs (among others) openly and appropriately question the long-term viability of the space: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wikinomics Blog Chilmark Research Blog IHealthBeat San Francisco Chronicle Are they right? That answer is unclear, but they are right
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