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'''Noor Siddiqui''' is an American entrepreneur. She is a [[Thiel Fellowship|Thiel Fellow]], and the co-founder of the medical company 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.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|last1=Kelly|first1=Guy|title=The Thiel Fellowship: meet the college dropouts ready to change the world|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/11104690/The-Thiel-Fellowship-meet-the-college-dropouts-ready-to-change-the-world.html|accessdate=18 April 2016|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=September 20, 2014}}</ref> 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;<ref name="insider">{{cite news|last1=Lynley|first1=Matt|title=Peter Thiel Is Paying These 20 Entrepreneurs Who Can't Even Drink Yet $100,000 To Drop Out Of College|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-is-paying-these-20-entrepreneurs-that-cant-even-drink-yet-100000-to-drop-out-of-college-2012-6?op=1|accessdate=18 April 2016|publisher=[[Business Insider]]|date=June 13, 2012}}</ref> Siddiqui was accepted to several colleges, but chose not to attend any of them to do the Fellowship.<ref name="wapo" /> When her application was selected, Siddiqui's initial focus was on ending poverty, but she switched to the medical technology industry several years later.<ref name="fastco">{{cite news|last1=Schwartz|first1=Ariel|title=A Google Glass App For Doctors To Stream Video Of Patients To Consult Other Doctors|url=http://www.fastcoexist.com/3028555/change-generation/a-google-glass-app-for-doctors-to-stream-video-of-patients-to-consult-othe|accessdate=18 April 2016|publisher=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]]|date=April 3, 2014|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Entrepreneurship==
Noor Siddiqui started Remedy with her sister Gina Siddiqui, who dropped out of [[Penn Med|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.<ref name="fastco" /> In a small pilot study, 91% of surgeons said that they found the app useful for managing treatments.<ref name="techcrunch">{{cite news|last1=Cutler|first1=Kim-Mai|title=Remedy Bets That Google Glass Will Find Its Sweet Spot In The Medical Industry|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/25/remedy/|accessdate=18 April 2016|publisher=[[TechCrunch]]|date=August 25, 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref name="abc">{{cite news|last1=Miguel|first1=Ken|title=Remedy app connects doctors with each other to speed up access for patients|url=http://abc7news.com/health/app-connects-doctors-with-each-other-to-speed-up-access-for-patients/786546/|accessdate=18 April 2016|publisher=ABC7 San Francisco|date=June 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name="mobihealth">{{cite news|last1=Pai|first1=Aditi|title=Consumer startups abandon Google Glass, healthcare companies weigh alternatives|url=http://mobihealthnews.com/38322/consumer-startups-abandon-google-glass-healthcare-companies-weigh-alternatives|accessdate=18 April 2016|publisher=MobiHealthNews|date=November 17, 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.noorsiddiqui.com Siddiqui's personal website]
* [http://www.remedylabsinc.com/ Remedy corporate website]

[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Businesspeople in software]]
[[Category:1994 births]]