Health

CrossFit Corporate Office

Crossfit is a fitness regime created by Greg Glassman in 2000. Glassman and Lauren Jenai founded the Crossfit corporation in Santa Cruz, California.

Glassman and Jenai divorced in 2015 and to avoid Jenai from selling her share to another business, Glassman borrowed $16 million and purchased her half. Glassman has owned the company since 2015.

Crossfit Inc. licenses the name to gyms for an annual fee and certifies trainers through classroom instructions. Crossfit covers numerous areas including gymnastics, Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, strongman, running and endurance, rowing, kettlebells, mobility and recovery, CrossFit Kids, CrossFit Football, and self-defense.

In early June 2020, CrossFit Founder Greg Glassman made some disparaging remarks regarding the death of George Floyd and the coronavirus quarantine. Gym owners began to resign their affiliation with CrossFit and while Glassman did not apologize for his remarks, he did step down as CEO, stating that the did not want to hurt the company any further.

Reebok and other sponsors cut ties with CrossFit after hearing Glassman’s remarks. It is unknown if they will pick up the contract again now that Glassman has resigned.

CrossFit maintains a corporate office in Washington, D.C.

CrossFit

Crossfit is a fitness regime created by Greg Glassman in 2000. Glassman and Lauren Jenai founded the Crossfit corporation in Santa Cruz, California.

Glassman and Jenai divorced in 2015 and to avoid Jenai from selling her share to another business, Glassman borrowed $16 million and purchased her half. Glassman has owned the company since 2015.

History

Reebok and other sponsors cut ties with CrossFit after hearing Glassman’s remarks. It is unknown if they will pick up the contract again now that Glassman has resigned.

CrossFit maintains a corporate office in Washington, D.C.

PlushCare Corporate Office

Ryan McQuaid had his fill of looking for local doctors and sitting in waiting rooms only to spend 10 minutes being seen by a doctor who is in a hurry to get to the next patient.

Dr. James Wantuck was also tired of being the doctor who was pushed to see more and more patients, including patients who could actually be helped with nothing more than a video call.

Out of these frustrations, PlushCare was formed in 2013. Dr. Wyntuck began by seeing patients via video call from the back office of his practice while Ryan handled the phone calls and made appointments.

The company used crowdfunding for startup funds and has since expanded its services to include Arizona, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington.

As of February 2016, the company received $8 million in Series A funding, enabling them to expand to 31 states.

PlushCare provides continuous access to board-certified, state-licensed physicians for non-emergency medical issues such as allergies, bronchitis, pink eye, sinus problems, and ear infection via audio-video technology for consultations regarding medical advice, diagnoses, and basic prescription medications.

The company gets excellent reviews from nearly everyone.

The company received an additional $23 million in Series B funding, enabling them to double their staff and fuel company growth.

During the coronavirus crisis in the early months of 2020, PlushCare saw a 70 percent increase in appointments.

The company maintains its corporate office in San Francisco, California.

Plushcare

Ryan McQuaid had his fill of looking for local doctors and sitting in waiting rooms only to spend 10 minutes being seen by a doctor who is in a hurry to get to the next patient.

Dr. James Wantuck was also tired of being the doctor who was pushed to see more and more patients, including patients who could actually be helped with nothing more than a video call.

History

The company used crowdfunding for startup funds and has since expanded its services to include Arizona, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington.

As of February 2016, the company received $8 million in Series A funding, enabling them to expand to 31 states.

The company gets excellent reviews from nearly everyone.

The company received an additional $23 million in Series B funding, enabling them to double their staff and fuel company growth.

During the coronavirus crisis in the early months of 2020, PlushCare saw a 70 percent increase in appointments.

The company maintains its corporate office in San Francisco, California.

NURX Corporate Office

NURX was founded after two high school friends, Hans Gangeskar and Dr. Edvard Engesæth, had a conversation about female birth control. Both men came from Norway, which has single-payer health care and zero issues regarding birth control. This pair of friends decided that they could fill a need by offering women a variety of health care options, including birth control and HIV testing, through the mail.

Within 3 days of launching the site, the company began receiving national attention through a variety of media, causing a growth rate of 30 percent every week.

During the quarantine period in the spring of 2020, NURX began to see an increase in requests for birth control, in many cities as much as a 50 percent increase.

As of May 7th, 2020, the company states that it has served more than 500,000 patients.

In July 2019, NURX expanded to the state of Kentucky, where an estimated 260,000 women have no access to healthcare, contraceptives, or the morning-after pill.

As of March 20, 2020, customers can ask for a test kit for the coronavirus. They need to fill out a questionnaire and a healthcare professional will determine if a testing kit would be helpful in determining if the patient has COVID-19.

NURX maintains a corporate office in San Francisco, California.

NURX

Within 3 days of launching the site, the company began receiving national attention through a variety of media, causing a growth rate of 30 percent every week.

During the quarantine period in the spring of 2020, NURX began to see an increase in requests for birth control, in many cities as much as a 50 percent increase.

History

As of May 7th, 2020, the company states that it has served more than 500,000 patients.

In July 2019, NURX expanded to the state of Kentucky, where an estimated 260,000 women have no access to healthcare, contraceptives, or the morning-after pill.

NURX maintains a corporate office in San Francisco, California.

BrightStar Care Corporate Office

Shelly Sun founded BrightStar Care in Chicago, Illinois in 2002. The company provides medical-level in-home care, non-medical home care services, and hospice care. It also runs a medical-staffing segment for clinics, hospitals, and other health care providers who need temporary or permanent staffing.

BrightStar Care currently operates in 39 states and expects to add the remaining 11 states within two years, possibly through acquisition. BrightStar operates franchising within in the home-care sector and is branching out into senior living space, with corporate owning three BrightStar senior living communities.

In 2015, BrightStar made a company plan to have 100 franchised senior living housing developments within 5 years.

During the coronavirus crisis in the early part of 2020, BrightStar Care was one of the few companies that held more than $2 million worth of personal protective equipment.

BrightStar Care maintains a corporate office in Gurnee, Illinois.

BrightStar Care

In 2015, BrightStar made a company plan to have 100 franchised senior living housing developments within 5 years.

History

During the coronavirus crisis in the early part of 2020, BrightStar Care was one of the few companies that held more than $2 million worth of personal protective equipment.

BrightStar Care maintains a corporate office in Gurnee, Illinois.

PillPack Corporate Office

T.J. Parker grew up working in his parent’s pharmacy, including delivering prescriptions to local customers. He saw from an early age how complicated multiple prescriptions could be. After receiving his pharmacy degree, he quickly realized the difficulty some clients had with prescriptions; everything from being unable to read the labels to not understanding exactly when or how they were supposed to take their medications.

While still in college, Parker began sorting pills into daily packages to make the process easier for customers. Soon, Parker and co-founder Elliot Cohen entered a start-up contest at MIT and by 2013, had raised more than $4 million in funding.

The company prepackages medications into daily or hourly envelopes with the time and day spelled out in large letters.

Within 2 years, the company had shipped more than 1 million packages. The idea was clearly a winner. Other companies began to take note and negotiations for the sale of the company began in 2017.

While Walmart had hoped to acquire the company, it was Amazon who was the winning bidder, acquiring the company for $1 billion in cash. (Other reports state it was $100 million)

CVS recently sued Amazon to prevent them from hiring former CVS executives. According to Forbes, this is because pharmacy retailers, such as CVS and Walgreens, are worried that Amazon will eliminate pharmacy benefits managers and deal directly with pharmaceutical companies, drastically cutting prices.

The corporate office for PillPack remains in Manchester, New Hampshire, at this time. It is unknown if Amazon will relocate the main office.

PillPack

History

The company prepackages medications into daily or hourly envelopes with the time and day spelled out in large letters.

Within 2 years, the company had shipped more than 1 million packages. The idea was clearly a winner. Other companies began to take note and negotiations for the sale of the company began in 2017.

While Walmart had hoped to acquire the company, it was Amazon who was the winning bidder, acquiring the company for $1 billion in cash. (Other reports state it was $100 million)

The corporate office for PillPack remains in Manchester, New Hampshire, at this time. It is unknown if Amazon will relocate the main office.