“If You Have an Idea, or Want to Start a Company, Don’t Wait” The 5 Lessons I Learned Being a 20-Something Founder
I had the pleasure of interviewing Zoë Barry, CEO and founder, ZappRx
Jean: Thank you so much for doing this with us! What is your “backstory” of how you become a founder?
Back in 2007, I started my career on Wall Street working at an independent broker-dealer, DeMatteo Monness, and later at the hedge fund Dawson Capital. While working on Wall Street, a family member was diagnosed with a rare, debilitating disease that required specialty care. During a six-month waiting process for this medication, my family member’s health significantly deteriorated. Upon receiving treatment their health improved dramatically, helping me to realize that I wanted to fix the deeply flawed specialty prescribing process. I became determined to solve the inefficiencies that prevented my family member and others, from receiving treatment.
I left Wall Street shortly after this epiphany and accepted a job at athenahealth in 2011. While I was at athenahealth, I quickly learned about the nuances of healthcare and my determination to come up with a solution to the flawed system intensified. I knew that I would not be able to fulfill my goals of helping patients by following someone else’s path; I needed to pave my own. As a…
