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Elliot Stone of Alavida presents The Bambini Boom
Watch on YouTube ↗Elliot Stone of Alavida presents One Way to Start a Company
Watch on YouTube ↗First seen on the TechVancouver stage in 2017. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Elliot ↗
In their words
Is this challenge making me question my core assumptions, or is it just causing me pain? Because there's lots of pain in starting a company.
Everybody wants that Cinderella story, but sometimes the right answer is to give up and move on to the next thing, because the next thing could be great.
A good rule of thumb here, I found for myself, is 1 million people spending 1 billion annually is a good place to start.
Healthcare is full of problems that don't need you to find the solution — they just need you to go at it and be innovative about the way that you get that solution to people.
Quick answers
What is Elliot Stone known for?
Founding Alavida, a Vancouver telehealth company that treated alcohol use disorder with non-addictive medication and cognitive behavioural therapy instead of forced abstinence. He was co-founder and CEO until LifeSpeak acquired it in 2021.
What happened to Alavida?
LifeSpeak acquired Alavida in October 2021 for $12 million ($7 million cash plus a $5 million earnout), folding it into LifeSpeak's substance-use offering.
What does Elliot Stone do now?
He is CEO of Responsive AI and is based in British Columbia. He spoke at TechVancouver twice, in 2017 and 2018.