Turning Urgency Into Currency

Entrepreneur Magazine, February 2, 2010.

Together with Entrepreneur Media, The Idea Village is pleased to introduce you to a few of the entrepreneurial characters who are crazy enough to think they can change the world. Because we believe it's these crazy ones who can--and who will.

Chris Laibe, founder of New Orleans-based startup Schedulist.com, isn't afraid to tackle a daunting challenge--even one with a $60 billion annual price tag. As he set out to develop a more intuitive scheduling tool, Laibe discovered that the platform could meet a much greater need. The healthcare industry is facing a systemic workforce crisis as demand for healthcare outpaces the supply of nurses. Recognizing the urgency of this predicament, Laibe's team specifically designed Schedulist as a web-based scheduling system wrapped in a full-scale retention suite, enabling hospitals to reverse this grim trend and hang on to critical employees, thus paving the way to industry-wide change.

Read more and watch Schedulist's entrepreneurial journey on Entrepreneur Media:

www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/theideavillage/article204814.html