Founders And Funders

When the specialty drug prescription process delayed access to medication that her little brother desperately needed, Zoe Barry took on the system with a "bet the farm" move that could affect millions. (Listen) Episode Summary: Zoe Barry’s founder story is a vivid example of how a life experience can make a future founder uniquely qualified to tackle and solve a particular problem. When her younger brother was diagnosed with severe epilepsy and needed a specialty drug (fast), Zoe could not believe the steps that her family had to take to get the much-needed prescription. Though every minute her brother went without the medication put him at risk for another brain-damaging seizure, the family still had to painstakingly walk through an antiquated, labor-intensive approval process involving the doctor, the health insurance company, and the pharmaceutical company. Frustrated by this experience, Zoe decided to take on the system in classic "big sister" fashion. Many people told her that the mountain she intended