Our CEO & Founder, Lori Most, got interviewed by Upside, a podcast show that examines startup investing outside of Silicon Valley. In this episode, Lori shares her story of founding BackpackEMR to help make global health mission work more sustainable. She also gives an update on the company development since it was started in 2016.
We discuss:
- Lori’s coding and tech in and after college (8:01)
- Volunteering on medical trips in Peru and decision to make an EMR software (12:11)
- BackpackEMR’s technical and offline hurdles (20:06)
- Current customers, pricing, and hardware (22:29)
- Transition from paper/past EMR systems to BackpackEMR (30:00)
- Combining forces with Timmy Global Health (33:01)
- Balancing public benefit and for-profit motives (34:11)
- Sales strategies for different markets: assessing value and price (36:03)
- Team and future needs (46:38)
Learn more about Upside: https://upside.fm/
Click here to view episode transcript.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, BackpackEMR is attempting to better track cases across Kenya, where its first official COVID-19 case was reported on March 13. Please consider donate to help this initiative.
