Key Idea: Keep Working Even When You're RichGunars Valkirs, Kim Blickenstaff and Ken Buechler love the challenges work presents. |
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The founders keep coming to work when they certainly could retire because work is life to them, and this work they are doing is noble. They are totally dedicated to the mission of making health care better and more affordable. There are 25 million business owners, 8 million who employ others. The more we study this group, the more diversity we find. This is precisely the reason this segment of the population is so fascinating. Most of us are proud to sing along with Frank Sinatra, "I Did It My Way." The founders of Biosite represent the segment of business owners who are on a personal mission and the business simply supports that mission. Think about itWhat jazzes you up? Does the mission of your business excite you? Do you love what you do? Clip from: Biosite is helping to save healthcare.San Diego: Early insights by three people, Dr. Gunars Valkirs, Kim Blickenstaff and Dr. Ken Buechler, opened the way to develop devices that are now used virtually every second of a day to aid hundreds of thousands of emergency medical technicians, nurses, doctors and patients to diagnose medical conditions faster and more accurately. In this episode of the show, you will see their little device, Biosite Triage® for rapid diagnostic testing, in action. When they had the idea, everyone told them, "You're crazy. No way! It'll never work." They began their business in 1988. Today, it is a global organization with annual revenues over $250 million. And it is all based on a product line that never ever existed before they created it. The firm's first product, The Triage Drugs of Abuse Panel, was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1992. They didn't stop there. They now test for congestive heart failure, heart attack, and a long check list of diseases with very strange names. Beyond their unstoppable energy and passion for continued research and exploration is the belief that their success to date does not begin to scratch the surface of the potential of diagnostics. Here you look into the heart of creativity. Editor's Note: Since this episode was taped, Biosite was purchases by Innverness Medical Innovations. Go to all the Key Ideas and Videos of this episode... Biosite, Inc.Kenneth Buechler, co-founder, President, Chief Scientific Officer
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