Title: "From Humble Beginnings to Impactful Acquisition: My Journey with Artemis Health

As CEO of Artemis Health, Grant Gordon shares his entrepreneurial journey from identifying product-market fit to building a data platform that helps employers optimize healthcare benefits.

1. Grant Gordon is the co-founder and CEO of Artemis Health.
2. Artemis Health has a software platform that helps employers understand and optimize their health care activities.
3. The company has raised $60 million and works with around 600 employers, representing around 12 million lives on their platform.
4. Artemis Health was acquired by Nomi Health to join forces and have a bigger impact.
5. The idea for Artemis Health came when Grant saw the poor quality of health care software while his father was receiving treatment for cancer.
6. In 2013, Grant and his co-founders participated in Blueprint Health's accelerator program in New York City.
7. They received early commitments from employers in the form of Letters of Intent, which helped them raise $1.2 million.
8. Artemis Health focused on making health care benefits data easy to understand and use for employers.
9. Building analytics software with health care data is challenging because it's difficult to obtain the data without already having a customer.
10. Artemis Health built their MVP by cold calling potential customers for feedback and building genuine relationships with them.
11. Grant warns against mistaking early success or commitment for true product-market fit.
12. It took Artemis Health two and a half years to sign their first two customers, Intuit and Nielsen.
13. The company's competitors had not improved their products in 15-20 years, leaving room for innovation and growth.
14. Artemis Health's software is self-serviceable, unlike its competitors, and provides answers to questions much faster.
15. Grant advises founders to focus on improving company culture as the company grows.
16. Artemis Health's values include empathy, collaboration, and a focus on building a positive environment.
17. The company was approached by several companies for acquisition in 2020.
18. Grant views the acquisition by Nomi Health as an opportunity to grow faster, build more products, and access more customers.
19. Artemis Health remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomi Health, and no one lost their job in the acquisition.
20. Grant plans to leverage Nomi Health's government customers to open up new opportunities for Artemis Health.
21. As a founder, Grant values building things that matter and making a big impact in the world.
22. He measures success by the people he meets and works with, as well as the positive impact of the company on employers and their employees.
23. Grant emphasizes the importance of creating a strong culture within a growing company.
24. Artemis Health's success is due to its focus on making health care benefits data accessible and easy to use for employers.

Source: EO via YouTube

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