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It's back next -- Well would you health care web site that's part farm -- part WebMD.
Care -- in new digital platform that's launching today -- combines medical information with social media.
And even some gaming thrown in their care verge has more than sixteen million dollars in start up cash 55 employees and major board members.
And at 22 year old CEO he's grant.
-- stand day -- easy on -- health CEO joining us now lots of questions for you grant for stock thank you for joining us today.
You're trying to combined medical information and and sort of social convergence to make this new destination.
Site -- -- are watching today.
Absolutely -- thank you so much for having me and that's exactly right so so what we're launching today as the first ever.
Product and health care that really can combined.
All the power of social networking that we see around friends like -- people like me.
With a funding gauging way to allow people to engage in this thing that we call health care that really until today.
We've never been able to go to web -- and say well I can check my reminders -- my friends I can connect.
Into a challenge and I can do all these things and oh my god it's free and it's in one place and so that's so -- launching today sides -- up -- to be here so thank you.
How does this work and then granted mean is this something how I discover you who would encourage you need to busy your website how woods.
You know.
How wouldn't insurance companies -- racist because I've seen -- artists -- my own personal experience.
My health care provider trying to create their own sort of web portal interactive portals -- how you going to compete.
Absolutely well -- and it's funny everyone has their own health experience I'm glad you actually use that term.
And -- we look at the health insurance providers and then there are launching portals.
They actually see -- as a compliment.
Because on the portal you can do a lot of things like manager benefits you can look at your claims but.
I can't go connected people there so we're actually doing a lot of work to connect with health insurance providers to add this functionality to their existing portals and bring the entire package all -- one destination to.
To the user.
And so from that perspective you're the user and you get all the value had premier portal coupled with this huge network of of physicians of friends -- family.
And it's all free and it's off -- If you don't mind after bring up here AG nearly it's okay -- -- -- -- it's not readily about -- about your aged 22 years old.
And he has an amazing people on your board the former CEO of apple also the former CEO -- -- The former CEO and at now and you're starting your own company -- very first company.
How also learning curve then how you accomplish this and such little time.
Why -- I appreciate -- The best advice to -- people regardless of -- surround ourselves with with folks that you just put on the board.
Meant your ship is really what's help me get through.
From college and dropping out of Brown University to two.
And it's all about understanding that it comes down to passions and it comes down to persistence.
And if we can build something where we can learn and you connect people around you that want you to learn and they can take their battle scars.
And apply them to you and your business that's the best advice I can give to any young entrepreneur and that's certainly what's got me from from -- AB and at the just wanted to like is that we -- Wish you great success grand -- standing you're doing some great things in a much needed space in the healthcare space.
And certainly good role model to young people everywhere thank you for joining us today well thank you so much for your time we appreciate it.
Could mean to shame I don't what I would like going NH -- to but it certainly like a pretty good idea and it was what he's -- -- -- very impressive fresh faced young.
