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What I Learned from 300+ RFPs

By Stephany Lapierre

For the past seven years, I have been helping clients find, assess, and validate vendors that best meet their business goals through Matchbook. I am fortunate to have had the opportunity of supporting more than 20 of the leading pharma and biotech companies of various sizes, at different stages of their lifecycle, and across multiple functions.

It has given me a unique opportunity to learn a lot about both sides of the industry and exposed me to hundreds of companies, challenges, and ideas presented throughout the 300-plus RFPs managed by Matchbook.

Those key learnings led me to launch TealBook, to give healthcare clients an online tool that allows them to store, organize, search, find, and validate vendors on their own.

Through TealBook’s blog, I will be sharing what I have learned over the years by:

  • providing tips for navigating and improving the RFP process
  • featuring vendors, their services, and what differentiates them
  • addressing some of the common and unique challenges faced by clients and vendors, and
  • helping our members get the most value out of TealBook

I invite you to participate in the discussion by posting your questions, comments, and ideas. You can also send me an email or call me directly to share your impressions and opinions. Your input will help us refine and improve TealBook to better support your business.

I also welcome you to connect with me on Linkedin, follow us on Twitter @tealbook, and subscribe to this blog.

You can search for your vendors by name or invite them to join for free. As you build your TealBook, I am confident that it will become a valuable source of connections and information for your business.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Stephany Lapierre, Founder and CEO at TealBook
About the Author

Stephany Lapierre is the Founder and CEO of Tealbook. A lifelong entrepreneur, Stephany spent 10 years building a successful strategic sourcing and procurement consulting firm and it sparked her desire to solve the supplier data problem. Stephany is passionate about establishing the gold standard for supplier data and making it accessible to every large organization, which is why TealBook’s Supplier Data Platform automates the collection, verification, and enrichment of supplier data across any data lake or enterprise system. TealBook is a leader in procurement technology and has been chosen by Spend Matters as one of their "50 Vendors to Know," named a top 100 solution by ProcureTech, and recognized as a "Cool Vendor" by Gartner. A highly-coveted supply chain thought leader, Stephany has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Supply Chain. Outside of work, you can find Stephany spending time with her husband and three daughters, and keeping active on the ski hill or in a pilates studio.

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