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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: athenahealth

Seeing Both Sides

and Todd Park, a pair of Booz Allen consultants, as a physician practice management company for obstetrics. See chart below: The reach the organization has achieved is impressive, but still only a fraction of the market opportunity. For the 15 years since inception, CEO and cofounder Bush has run athenahealth end-to-end.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

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Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. You need a Co-Founder, not an Engineering Bitch. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder. No one funded us.

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