“We didn't want to fall into that situation where we weren't really sure whether or not the solution would work. And so the easiest way to do that was to just work with nurse founders who were CEOs and founders”

MedCity Pivot · Investing in Nurse-Founded Technologies

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only invest in companies where the nurse founder is the CEO

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