LifeFilez: Your Life Documents at Your Fingertips
Tags: Health Data, Blockchain, Blockchain Startup, Entrepreneurship, Healthtech

By Angie Gallagher

We set out to help startups grow, and we meet many wonderful people and learn about the neatest solutions. LifeFilez is an application we cannot wait to use ourselves! Find out why Beth Krauklis took the job as their CEO and what LifeFilez offers to help make our lives easier.

Beth’s Story of Pain to Purpose

In her early twenties, Beth was married to her college sweetheart, who was also an entrepreneur, and they owned many things together. Yet, nothing was in her name, and at age 28 — eight months after they got married — her husband was in an accident and ended up on life support and passed away. Unfortunately, many of their business assets were in his name.

Luckily, she lived in a state (Florida) that legally and automatically included the spouse to have a legal stance. The automatic “Power of Attorney” did not save her from a year of probate and she ended up close to bankruptcy. Beth is aware of how fortunate she was in this situation and the probate process ended in her favor. As bad as it was, it could have caused far more turmoil.

Beth Krauklis, CEO of LifeFilez

“I have had great fortune in this life, and much of that has been due to luck. My decision to lead LifeFilez was not only based on my own experience but the desire to prevent poor outcomes for others.”

Today, remarried with a family, she recognizes the importance of sharing your most important documents with loved ones. Beth believes every person must know where all of their accounts are and how to get into them quickly. When LifeFilez found her, she was excited about this opportunity to help others avoid the pain of needing to have documents and accounts easily accessible.

How She Became the CEO of LifeFilez

Now, the CEO of LifeFilez, Beth worked with three previous startups. Her ability to build, launch, and scale a business is due to her philosophy of testing the product to sell fast, stick, and expand the company from there.

Early in her career, she worked on branding in Orlando and was relentless about aggressive research on other companies. After learning the ropes on marketing, she continued in different positions, found herself in Colorado, and eventually serving as a COO. Beth is not a traditional founder CEO; she has a tremendous amount of operation experience and has lead fortune 500 development teams.

While working at a health-tech building in Denver (Catalyst), she was introduced to Steve Little for the CEO position at LifeFilez. Beth was the 18th person they interviewed and in less than a year, she raised close to a million-dollars and transitioned the product to a SaaS model ready for B2B pilots.

What LifeFilez Can Do for the World

From a healthcare standpoint, the LifeFilez application allows each person to interact with their health data and medical records. And with a future integration to your health insurance, each person can schedule an appointment with their doctor. The BurstIQ blockchain and consent contracts will allow the pushing and pulling of this critical, high-security data.

LifeFilez rolls out its platform this April and will officially launch its consumer app in 2021. The ways we interact and have access to our data is swiftly changing. LifeFilez and Beth’s passion for helping others get essential documentation is at the core of their mission. As we move to an entirely paperless society, LifeFilez uses blockchain to get us there even faster.