Nationality American Organization Remedy Alma mater Robinson Secondary School | Occupation Entrepreneur Website noorsiddiqui.com | |
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Born June 20, 1994 (age 22) ( 1994-06-20 ) Clifton, Virginia Parent(s) Uzair Siddiqui, Rubina Siddiqui Residence San Francisco, California, United States | ||
Noor Siddiqui is an American entrepreneur. She is a Thiel Fellow, and the co-founder of the medical company Remedy.
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The web summit 2014 interview with noor siddiqui of remedy
Education
Siddiqui grew up in Northern Virginia, and her parents are of Pakistani origin. At age 14, she started a nonprofit to provide scholarships to poor families. She was awarded the Thiel Fellowship in June 2012, where participants are paid $100,000 to drop out of college and start their own projects; Siddiqui was accepted to several colleges, but chose not to attend any of them to do the Fellowship. When her application was selected, Siddiqui's initial focus was on ending poverty, but she switched to the medical technology industry several years later.
Entrepreneurship
Noor Siddiqui started Remedy with her sister Gina Siddiqui, who dropped out of University of Pennsylvania's medical school in order to join her. The company's initial product, an app named Beam, used Google Glass to let medical providers talk with each other and stream video. In a small pilot study, 91% of surgeons said that they found the app useful for managing treatments. Remedy later developed a mobile phone app that allowed primary care doctors to quickly consult with specialists over video chat, without needing Google Glass hardware.