Tales from the Trenches: Don Brown, Founder and CEO of LifeOmic
The MATTER Health Podcast
<p><b>Don Brown </b>is a serial entrepreneur with a resume that speaks for itself. Throughout his career, Don has founded seven startups and brought three to a successful exit: he sold his first company to General Motors, another to IBM and most recently, sold Interactive Intelligence to Genesys for $1.4 billion in 2016.</p><p>With a career that would satisfy most, Don had a nagging feeling that he wasn’t done yet. A lifelong interest in healthcare, an unused medical degree from 1985 and a recent masters in biotechnology pointed Don to start his most recent venture: <a href='https://lifeomic.com/'>LifeOmic</a>. Observing a large gap in the healthcare IT landscape, LifeOmic uses precision medicine to reduce the time it takes for researchers to identify patients’ problems. Investing $20 million of his own life savings to launch the Indianapolis-based company, Don says that building this startup is the most fun he’s ever had, and he doesn’t intend to slow down.</p><p>Don joined MATTER and Elise Singer, MD, MBA from <a href='https://www.villagemd.com/'>VillageMD</a> to discuss his pivot to healthcare, the critical lessons he’s learned throughout his career and what’s next for LifeOmic.</p><p><em>Tales from the Trenches™ is sponsored by VillageMD.</em></p><p><br/>For more information, visit <a href='https://matter.health/'>matter.health</a> and follow us on social:</p> <p><b>LinkedIn </b><a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/matter-chicago'>@MATTER</a><br/><b>Twitter</b> <a href='https://twitter.com/MATTERhealth'>@MATTERhealth</a><br/><b>Instagram </b><a href='https://www.instagram.com/matterhealth/'>@matterhealth</a></p>