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Let's also not underestimate the insanely powerful board of directors that was assembled. You have a handful of US Senators, a couple of CEOs from megacompanie
by joezydeco 11y ago
Let's also not underestimate the insanely powerful board of directors that was assembled.
You have a handful of US Senators, a couple of CEOs from megacompanies like Bechtel and Wells-Fargo, the ex-director of the CDC, and two ex-Secretaries of State including Henry Kissinger.
How many other 19 year-old college dropouts can put that board together?
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoAmazing. But I also have to wonder: why put that board of directors together? It smacks of gee-whiz marketing from the beginning.
- joezydeco 11y agoLaunching a new medical device is hard. You have multiple walls to scale including the FDA, the insurance companies, Medicare, and the providers themselves (hospitals, doctors, labs, storefronts, etc). Having this group in place seemed to send the message of "don't worry, we'll just tunnel through those hurdles" when it came to all the red tape.