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3 Entrepreneurs Who Made It Their Mission to Lower Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

Or so he thought, until one interaction changed the trajectory of his career. He decided to leave Phillips to commit to the cause of fighting blindness — a risky decision for a 43-year old. In 2015, at age 21, he founded a venture-funded for-profit start up, Stasis Labs , focused on proactive patient care.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year. The Economist dubbed Block 71, “the world’s most tightly packed entrepreneurial ecosystem.”