I attended the 2012 mHealth Summit in Washington DC earlier this week and came away impressed with the how fast things are moving in this space.
The conference itself, now in it's fourth year, has grown to over 3800 attendees and over 300 exhibitors. Major players like Kaiser Permanente, Intermountain Healthcare, Aetna, United Healthcare, Mayo Clinic, Qualcomm and Johnson and Johnson were well represented, as were startups, service providers, physicians and government …
It's been a whirlwind year at Pathfinder. Our focus on bringing innovative solutions to the healthcare space has continued to bear fruit. We've added Fortune 500 clients and innovative startups in the device, diagnostic and health insurance industries.
Mobile
Our clients continue to innovate in their use of mobile technology. Many of our projects now involve developing mobile applications on iPhones, iPads and Android smartphones and tablets. Projects this year have included:
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…September 22nd for an " Actors Studio" style conversation with Bernhard Kappe. The price of the ticket also includes a copy of Eric's book The Lean Startup. Thanks to Michael Marasco and the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering, we'll be hosting this event at Northwestern University's Thorne Auditorium on Chicago Avenue by the lake. Register here.
September 23-26 - …
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The innovation engine in most companies is broken, burning large quantities of fuel, generating lots of heat and smoke, but doing precious little to accelerate company growth beyond a few sputtering lurches.
Most efforts to boost innovation focus on generating or capturing new ideas. Yet for most companies, this is not where the problem lies. Instead the problem lies in determining which of those ideas can be successfully scaled into profitable new lines of business. Most companies place big bets …
- Topics: Chicago
Bernhard Kappe, Pathfinder's CEO, gave a talk at the new healthcare startup accelerator Healthbox, and tailored his Lean Startup presentation for medical innovators.
Healthbox is a new Chicago based healthcare centric accelerator program that started it's inaugural class of ten startups earlier in January. For three months, these teams will share space and ideas in Chicago, where they will push toward the next stage of development.
The principles of the Lean Startup…
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Your job as an innovator is to discover a product and model that works before you run out of time and money. 9 out of 10 new products fail. So fail faster, fail cheeper. So use Fast Innovation with Lean + UX + Agile to iterate and pivot your product and model to success. Join us for a half day workshop on January 20th, 2012 to experience what fast innovation can do for you.
Pathfinder Software's Amy Willis ( UX) Bernhard Kappe ( Products Strategy) and Reid MacTavish…
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In November Pathfinder's Bernhard Kappe, Amy Willis and Reid MacTavish gave a sold out talk at the Chicago Product Management Association to share their lessons learned in making products with Lean + UX + Agile methodology. We have produced a video of the event including the slides with a narrative voice over for your enjoyment. If you'd like to view the presentation on slideshare , you can do so here .
We're extending this into a half day …
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In September I did an interview with Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup , at the Chicago Lean Startup Circle.
Pathfinder's Bernhard Kappe Interviews Eric Ries on the Lean Startup .
Eric was in fine form - funny, engaging, with self deprecating humor, great stories and insights. If you're involved in innnovation, either at a startup or a large organization, I think reading the book and watching the video will be great food for thought.
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In September of this year, Todd Wyder and Bernhard Kappe organized the Chicago Lean Startup Challenge . It's the opposite of a business plan competition. Instead of creating huge documents and proformas based on assumptions, contestants spend ten weeks making meaningful progress on their business based on real market feedback.
On October 1st, 146 startups answered the call, and entered "The Challenge". The teams have spent 10 weeks running experiments validating their business models and building their companies.
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