The Hidden Pulse w/Cissy Guest Jeff Cole

About this episode

Cissy Mangrum interviews Jeff Cole about his journey in building Pearly and its impact on dental practices.

Welcome to The Hidden Pulse with Cissy, I am excited to share this week's episode with you! Today I welcome Jeff Cole, CEO and Founder of Pearly. I had an amazing conversation with Jeff about how he built Pearly, his experience at his first Dental Conference, and many more fascinating stories about Pearly's growth, practice, and patient impact. Pearly is a cutting-edge revenue cycle management focusing on the patient aspect of revenue cycle for DSO and private dental practices. They streamline processes and improve patient collections. Jeff shared the real story behind building Pearly from the early days, pitching at his first dental conference without a TV to demo his product, to scaling a platform that is now reshaping how dental practices think about payments and patient experience. Before launching Pearly, Jeff served as CEO of Path, a patient communication tool for senior care operators that was acquired in 2018. He started his career as an alternative investment analyst at Credit Suisse in New York and graduated Cum Laude from Princeton University. Jeff also gives back to the community, currently serving on the Board of Goleta Calley Cottage Hospital Foundation, and He…

People in this episode

Host: Cissy Mangrum

Guest: Jeff Cole

Topics covered

• revenue cycle management
• dental practices
• patient experience
• entrepreneurship
• healthcare technology

Keywords

• Pearly
• revenue cycle management
• dental conference
• patient collections
• entrepreneurship
• healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pearly, Path, Goleta Calley Cottage Hospital Foundation

Books & works: The Hidden Pulse

Places: Santa Barbara, New York

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