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thenewgreen  ·  2135 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: May 23, 2018

What a crazy month. Forever Labs hired three people this month. We will hire 4 more in the next two months. Lot's of press around the closing of our round. Here are some links if you're interested:

FAST COMPANY

CNBC

On Monday, mk and I were interviewed on the floor of the NYSE. That was pretty fucking dope. Being there, aware of the history in that building and the surrounding buildings was a very cool experience. It provided us a moment to reflect on how far we have come. You can watch this interview below and see a VERY RARE occurrence in nature.... I am of course referring to mk wearing a suit. After seeing it, ecib said, "well it only took you 3 years but you finally got Mark to wear a suit."

NYSE INTERVIEW

We also interviewed with NowThis, Women's Health and Well + Good. I think we are getting good at this whole PR thing :)

Still, what matters are client signups and the past two months have been pretty stale there. Still, I am encouraged because the plan is working. The plan is to switch from direct to consumer signups to signups that come straight from physician referral. It's a far more "scaleable" model. While our numbers have been flat for April/May the number from physicians referral is increasing.

We also have our second "product," coming. This is super exciting for us.

I am heading to the mountains of NC this weekend for some much needed R&R with my family. I will literally turn my phone off all weekend. I need to unplug for a bit.

I hope that you are all doing well. I talk about Hubski often, it's part of the genesis story of Forever Labs.

Onward!





b_b  ·  2135 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is it just me or are you getting sexier with age? You look less ugly to me on camera, somehow.

thenewgreen  ·  2135 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I’ll take that. Could have done without the “less ugly” part, but I’ll take it.

kleinbl00  ·  2135 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's not like you'd date him anyway

user-inactivated  ·  2135 days ago  ·  link  ·  

do insurance packages exist that include your procedure (at least whatever up-front costs there are, presumably not the periodic payments)? i assume it falls into the "elective" category, even though it has nothing in common with, e.g. a nose job.

is there somewhere i can go to read more details on how the medical industry categorizes the extraction?

thenewgreen  ·  2135 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The insurance companies are not covering this yet, however some HSA and FSA plans will cover it. You should PM me your email address and I’ll put you in touch with Kelly on our team. She is amazing and can answer any questions you have. You will find it’s not as costly as you would expect.

user-inactivated  ·  2134 days ago  ·  link  ·  

thanks, wasn't asking for myself, but I'm in the industry tangentially and was curious how they're treating you guys

it'll be pretty cool to see this is as an approved procedure someday