Patrick Colletti is a leadership and organizational culture expert, champion for “refounders” and author of the upcoming leadership book Refounder. He draws on his experience as a technology executive, his business-growth expertise and a passion for company culture to share growth-oriented guidance that challenges social and cultural norms, both in the workplace and in the community. Patrick is passionate about creating flourishing businesses and empowering the next generation of Refounders — business leaders and entrepreneurs who revitalize the places where they live, work and play.
Patrick is the founder, president emeritus and a current advisor of the healthcare software company Net Health. When he began his tenure as company president in 2001, Net Health was experiencing significant financial turmoil resulting in laying off all but 2 employees. Collaborating with a growing team, he grew the company that now helps heal millions of people each year. In concert with a team which included 4 private equity partners, he completed a corporate turnaround — Refounding and reinvigorating the already established organization.
By utilizing a Refounder mindset as a framework for success, Patrick was able to spur rapid business growth and cultivate a flourishing corporate culture. In his debut book, Refounder (slated for publication in early 2021), he shares the experience, insights and moments of enlightenment he gained over two decades serving in multiple leader positions at Net Health, including president, chief revenue officer and chief operating officer. Through stories about well-known leaders, cities and organizations, he explores how society often reinvents for the better and reveals how individuals can assess what needs to be Refounded in their own life.
Patrick infuses the Refounding spirit into everything he does, helping to Refound companies such as Think Native and Grayscale through redemptive investing, guidance and counsel. In addition, he exerts his Refounding expertise for community initiatives, recently partnering with the Pittsburgh International Airport and the organization Free the Music to display pianos designed by local artists.
An innovative leader and advocate in the healthcare industry, Patrick is a frequent speaker and in-demand consultant. He has served on many boards, including Net Health, Careform (ConnectiveRx), National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), Near Health, Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation and the Pittsburgh Technology Council. Patrick also received the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, and has been featured as an expert in a variety of healthcare and business outlets, including Pittsburgh Business Times, Smart Business Network and Healthcare IT. The company’s culture has won local, national, and industry awards for culture from Beckers, PBT,and Modern Healthcare.
Patrick began his career as a strategy and sales leader for Dorland Data Networks, a healthcare data company, as well as American Lawyer Media (ALM), a business-to-business information and intelligence media company. As Director of Sales at ALM, he worked alongside the team that launched an online marketplace and content portal, known now as LAW.com.
Patrick graduated from Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio, with a bachelor of arts double major in business and philosophy. He currently resides with his family in Pittsburgh, Penn.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Patrick’s Uncle
When business started difficulties overcame:
“my story is really a re-founding story. I joined the company and shortly thereafter everybody was laid-off. The board offered two of us 90 days salary to see if we could make something of it. And so from that perspective trouble was really all around. There was debt, I was angry shareholders and there was barely a viable product. So in terms of difficulties, it was all around. But we were thrown into it Neil so that wasn’t necessarily of our choosing although I guess you could make the argument that it was. Crisis was before us”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Malcolm Gladwell Books
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Book by Malcolm Gladwell
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants Book by Malcolm Gladwell
- 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals Book by Sean Covey and Chris McChesney and Jim Huling
Favourite Quote:
“I didn’t come this far to come this far”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Google LLC – is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
- LinkedIn – LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
- Medium – where words matter. Medium deliver’s the best stories and ideas on the topics you care about most straight to your homepage, app, or inbox.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“determine the just purpose of your organisation. Whether that’s a not-for-profit or for-profit organisation. Get to the heart of what the just purpose of your organisation is and why it exists. What brokenness in the world are you healing? What problem in the world you actually focusing on and making better? And then drill into that and make sure everybody in your organisation understands the part they play in solving that problem”…[Listen for More]
More About Patrick Colletti:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Sunshine all the time makes a desert.” Arabic Proverb
Other Quotes From the Chat with Patrick Colletti:
- “go deep on the problem you are trying to solve, nerd out on it, invest your time in understanding the problem and the pain it creates. And you can’t stay there because you have to go and create solutions. But you really need to understand the problem you’re solving and the pain that it creates for the people that you are serving”
- “some of the most successful people I have seen have a genuine curiosity. I find that they are not cynical that they are sincere… That tends to be a common denominator of successful people”
- “there is really no such thing as making it. You never arrive. And so don’t stop”
- “beat yesterday”
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