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TelePharm acquires Telepharmacy Concepts
TelePharm has acquired Custom Data, Inc., DBA Telepharmacy Concepts. TelePharm is a telepharmacy platform for remote healthcare services. “When we were introduced to TelePharm’s platform, we recognized immediately that it was the future of telepharmacy and wanted to be a part of it,” said Ryan Jilek, President of Custom Data, Inc. TelePharm was founded in 2012 by…
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Investment in Iowa: TelePharm
TelePharm founder Roby Miller says that it’s a coincidence he and Iowa state Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter first met. After pitching a rural Iowa pharmacy owner the value of TelePharm’s product, the owner insisted that Rastetter, a personal friend, hear Miller’s pitch, too…
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What’s Iowa’s investment landscape like right now? We took a look
No matter who you talk to, it’s a common narrative across the state: it’s hard to find funding in Iowa. But more and more, the old adage is seeming less and less true.
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TelePharm raises $2.5M from John Pappajohn, Bruce Rastetter
The Des Moines Register reported Friday that Iowa City-based startup TelePharm received an investment of $2.5 million from noted Iowa entrepreneur John Pappajohn and state Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter…
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Why recent grads should consider joining the startup world
(Guest post by Roby Miller) Startups are hard work, and most startups fail. Some people compare startups to rollercoasters because of the highs and lows you will inevitably experience. I can tell you firsthand that the lows will keep you from sleeping and the highs will keep you working through the night. Either way, you…
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TelePharm expands company vision, will appear at mHealth Summit
Next week Iowa City, Iowa-based startup TelePharm will head to Washington D.C. for the 2013 mHealth Summit, which bills itself as the largest global event of its kind focused on mobile health solutions …
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Iowa City-based TelePharm helps rural pharmacies stay afloat
Roby Miller comes from a family of pharmacy owners. But the Iowa native says he never planned to go into the family business—that is, until it was in trouble. After Miller’s parents closed one of their pharmacies and sold the other to Hy-Vee, he began to reevaluate the way rural towns treat pharmacies. “When I…