Monday, December 3, 2012

Getting ready...

... to present at the MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum in Minneapolis, MN tomorrow!

It is chilly here, but we just practiced over hot Tom Kha soup and ready for a good night's sleep. The day starts bright and early at 7am tomorrow. Will keep you posted on how it goes.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

uBox now available for pre-orders!!

We've launched a campaign on Indiegogo to offer pre-orders for the uBox to those who contribute in the next 40 days.

If you'd like to try out a uBox yourself, or help us donate uBoxes to one of our partner non-profits, please visit indiegogo.com/my-uBox today and contribute now!  We appreciate any and all help, including telling your friends.  Funds raised through this campaign will allow us to manufacture uBoxes (all made in the USA) and gather user feedback.

We look forward to making a difference and helping as many people as we can!

Thursday, November 8, 2012

D-Day awaits!

Tomorrow is the big pitch day... Well, I guess it's today already. The time sure does fly when you're practicing and polishing and getting everything in order!

We've got our shirts pressed and our pockets full of business cards, ready to make a great impression.

Hope to see you there!

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Coming down to the wire

One week.

One week until Innovation Day at the Seaport Hotel in Boston.

One week until we showcase our baby to the world and show them what a difference we will make in patients' lives and to the healthcare system.

One week until we leave it on the floor.

Until then, it's work work work!

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Data, woooo

I've come to the StrataRx conference in San Francisco to present at their Digital Petting Zoo.


It's good to be home for the week, and to hear what the big thinkers are thinking about data in healthcare.  A recurring theme is actionable data to improve patient health.  We've got that.  Medication adherence is one of the big holes in the current data analysis system, so good thing we've made a tool that can produce that missing information!  The uBox will be vital to really making a difference in how healthcare is meted out in the future...

Monday, October 1, 2012

Time flies...

...when you're getting things done.

Can't believe it's October 1st already! We are over a third of the way through the program.

We've been having meetings upon meetings... We've also been working on the smartphone app and the website, and some of the engineering details, and we've hired two interns from Harvard to help with the research.  Our little family is growing!

Sunday, September 9, 2012

A mild drizzle...

The Healthbox and BCBS cats were kind enough to take us out to the ballgame tonight, to see the Red Sox play the Bluejays from the BCBS box seats!


The game was delayed by a mild drizzle:



But at least we were covered and had hot dogs...

Monday, September 3, 2012

Laboring away

I spent this Labor Day working on our Business Model Canvas and there are Post-its everywhere.

It's like a big puzzle that we have to sort out, but fortunately I love those sorts of things!

It's been a little lonely in the stuffy office by myself, but this is something that's gotta get done, and is best done in peace and quiet.

I do wish the building had left the air on this weekend tho...

Friday, August 24, 2012

Wow, that was fast...

We've finished our second week here and the time has just flown!

EIGHTEEN meetings just this week... and that's just the beginning! I don't think my calendar has ever been so full.

The mentors are awesome, and so helpful.  The range of experience they have, and the insights they can provide really inform our decision in the best way.  Sure, sometimes a few will have opposite opinions, but for the most part they all are leading us to consensus.

And that consensus is: the uBox has the potential to be awesome! (but we knew that)

Really tho, it's been great to hear validation of our thoughts so far, that we were already on the right track.  We've also learned new things, and nuances to old things, and we are just so ready to absorb as much knowledge as we can and make this thing a reality.

Get to it.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Kicked off, in the best possible way

We pitched, we schmoozed, we discussed. We talked with over 30 potential mentors today and my pocket is full of business cards. All of the feedback was useful, and predominantly positive. Even the concerns that were raised were issues that we have or are able to address.


We are motivated and ready to hit the ground running. The to-do list is huge, but will be tackled!

Mentor Kick-off

It's that time already...

The Mentor Kick-off event is here and we are getting ready to present. We are perched above Boston in the State Room, overlooking the Harbor and downtown from the 33rd floor.


The room is filling up with potential mentors, people who are leaders in their industries, entrepreneurs and big corporations alike. The wealth of knowledge in this room is palpable, and we can't wait to make a good impression with our pitch. We are second on deck, and ready to go.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Coming to Boston!

Abiogenix is proud to announce that we have been selected to join the Healthbox program in Boston!

This accelerator, started by Sandbox Industries of Chicago, is running its first Boston class, surrounded by many of the preeminent institutions of U.S. healthcare. There are 10 companies total, and we are looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow.

We are excited for this opportunity, and plan to make the most of all the resources offered to us. We know it's also going to be a lot of work, but we relish the challenge. The long hours start right away, as we get our pitch together for the Mentor Kick-Off event this Thursday the 16th. We can't wait to get to know these mentors and pick their brains for how we can maximize our success.

It will be great to be back in our old stomping grounds around MIT, visiting old friends and making new ones.

An adventure awaits!