People Over Profits: Fort Worth Businesswoman Leads Biotech Company Eosera

Arlington TX

02 December, 2021

6:22 PM

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By Kristen Barton, Fort Worth Report December 2, 2021 Elyse Dickerson has been a victim of what she calls the "profit over people" mindset, and it led to her losing her job. She decided with her new venture, she'd run things differently. Thus came the birth of Eosera in 2015, a healthcare biotech company, where Dickerson, 46, and her team follow "conscious capitalism" to put employees over the bottom line. "We wanted to create a place where people were at the center, because we felt like corporate America was moving away from people and was more about money and profits," Dickerson said. "And we felt like, if we put people back at the center of everything that we're doing, that the profits would then follow. We really started studying this idea of conscious capitalism, making business a force for good in the world." Her workplace is a culture of patient care, taking care of employees and a healthy work environment. Any time Dickerson has to make a decision about the company, she starts with this question: How does that impact people? To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.