This Entrepreneur Raised $80 Million To Save Lives With Proactive Cancer Screening Andrew Lacy sold his first company to Disney. Now he’s working to transform the healthcare system with his newest venture. On the Dealmakers Podcast Lacy talked about M&A deals, diagnosis business ideas, the problems and solutions to today’s biggest healthcare issues, startup fundraising, why more investors is better than fewer, and why never to invest in a second time entrepreneur who had a success the first time around. Listen to the full episode for all the details here. Taking The Leap Into Entrepreneurship Andrew Lacy was born in Melbourne. A place he describes as a great one for quality of life and to grow up in. Though just incredibly far from everything else in the world. Which means when most explore outside of the country they go for a couple of years at a time. He has now been living abroad for the past 15 years. The Australian education system is a little different in that you are given a book of course, of which you can get into any which you already have the scores for. Rather than having to apply. Having done well in high school, he pretty much could choose from anything he wanted to study. Having an interest in problem solving, and a love for courtroom drama TV, he chose to study law in university. Unfortunately, he soon became deeply disappointed that it mostly revolved around problems of a decade ago, not solving new things. When he was exposed to the opportunity to go into consulting with McKinsey, and work on new business problems, he jumped on it. There he was able to help companies deal with the threat of the internet, or how they could capitalize on it. McKinsey put him through his MBA, which he chose to do at Stanford. He remembers rollerblading around SIlicon Valley. Past companies like eBay and Yahoo. Where people sitting in offices were connecting with the rest of the world. He found that very fascinating. He continued to struggle through his MBA, watching…
