Unity Farm Sanctuary – A Community Benefit Startup

Recently I was speaking to Nick Dougherty, managing director ofMassChallenge HealthTech, the digital health accelerator in Massachusetts. After analyzing hundreds of startups, he concluded there are three types of companies:1. Transactional – Buy my product.  If you don ' t like it, I ' ll try someone else.2.  Confirmatory – Do you like my product?  If you don ' t like it, I ' ll change it for you.3.  Diagnostic – What product do you need to solve your most pressing issues?Transactional companies limp along. Confirmatory companies succeed but not wildly. Diagnostic companies can grow exponentially.Unity Farm Sanctuary in Sherborn, Mass., was started by my family in late 2016 as a non-profit providing a safe and loving lifelong home for farm animals.Our sense was that such services were an unmet need in Massachusetts, where few organizations serve as sanctuaries and most are at capacity. Although we had experience raising dogs and caring for small animals, as well education in farm operations from the University of Massachusetts, every day has been a learning opportunity. We had to master large animal handling, medical care and four-season food/water supplies.The first two years were very transactional and confirmatory with the public. We had a vision and modified that vision as we learned. As an engineer and clinician, I focused on the facilities and animal care, maturing the processes of daily operation. My wife, educated in the humanities...
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