Thinking Bigger Business, June 2015
Contributing Writer: Dawn Bormann

When she launched ARJ Infusion Services back in 2000, Lisa Sackuvich couldn’t get a bank loan.
At the time, she was a mom with three children, living on a nurse’s salary. Not exactly a banker’s dream client.
But she understood something that bankers didn’t. After decades in the nursing field, she realized there was a better way to offer infusion medical care and pharmaceutical services to patients suffering from chronic diseases. She had an entrepreneurial spirit. And she knew that a company based on compassion and care rather than just Wall Street principles would work.
See the full story to learn how Lisa beat the odds―and built a multimillion-dollar healthcare company in the process.



