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Frustration Inspires The Best New Businesses

2025-11-05T03:42:31-06:00

Interview with Dr. Matthew Jones - Episode 429 This week, John interviews an orthopedic surgeon who demonstrates that frustration inspires the best new businesses, including the startup that he leads today. Dr. Matthew Jones shares how dissatisfaction in medicine led him to build Towlos, a tech platform redefining how people rent and share trailers across the U.S. Our Episode Sponsor If you’re a physician with at least 5 years of experience looking for a flexible, nonclinical, [...]

Frustration Inspires The Best New Businesses2025-11-05T03:42:31-06:00

How This Cardiologist’s New Startup Leverages Powerful AI

2025-10-07T06:15:52-05:00

Interview with Dr. Saurubh Gupta - Episode 425 This week, John interviews Dr. Saurubh Gupta, who shares how physicians can leverage powerful AI to solve healthcare problems. Dr. Saurubh Gupta shares his journey from performing cutting-edge cardiac procedures to building a ventilator company during COVID. He then explains how that experience ultimately led him to found CorMetrix and develop Verix AI, software that’s transforming how medical-legal professionals access patient records. Our Episode Sponsor If you’re a [...]

How This Cardiologist’s New Startup Leverages Powerful AI2025-10-07T06:15:52-05:00

First Consider 5 Proven Strategies To Save Your Career

2024-12-24T07:06:06-06:00

Recent Trends Offer Options for Physicians - 384 In this podcast episode, John discusses how to save your career if you wish to continue working in clinical medicine. John shares five proven strategies for physicians to revitalize their medical careers while maintaining patient care, drawing from his experience as a Chief Medical Officer to help doctors reimagine their practice rather than abandon clinical work. Drawing on real-world success stories, he offers practical solutions for physicians who [...]

First Consider 5 Proven Strategies To Save Your Career2024-12-24T07:06:06-06:00

This Physician Entrepreneur Offers a New Way to Find a Job

2024-12-17T07:28:36-06:00

Interview with Dr. Zhen Chan - 383 In this podcast episode, John interviews pediatrician Dr. Zhen Chan whose startup offers a new way to find a job by eliminating third-party recruiters and putting physicians at the center of recruitment. Through his platform Grapevyne, doctors can earn substantial referral bonuses while helping colleagues find positions with unprecedented transparency and detail. With his unique combination of medical training and business school education, Dr. Chan is reshaping how physicians [...]

This Physician Entrepreneur Offers a New Way to Find a Job2024-12-17T07:28:36-06:00

How to Practice Hospital Medicine and Found a Startup

2024-01-02T09:58:23-06:00

  Interview with Dr. Adam Robison - Episode 333 In today's episode, Dr. Adam Robison explains how he was able to found a start-up, AI Medica, while practicing hospital medicine full-time. This interview will reveal the impact of AI Medica's software on healthcare efficiency, its integration with Electronic Health Records (EHRs), and its role in enhancing clinical decision-making. Adam provides his firsthand account of navigating the complexities of healthcare technology while practicing medicine. Our Show Sponsor [...]

How to Practice Hospital Medicine and Found a Startup2024-01-02T09:58:23-06:00

Apply Discovery, Innovation, Value, and Execution to Launch Your Business – 319

2023-09-26T09:32:00-05:00

  Interview with Dr. Kasia Hein-Peters In today's episode, Dr. Kasia Hein-Peters explains the 4 important factors to consider to successfully launch your business. She is a consultant for “sciencepreneurs,” helping them design successful commercialization strategies. Dr. Hein-Peters is a physician with over 30 years of experience working for pharmaceutical and medical device companies. She helped introduce new drugs and vaccines to the market. Her career highlights the impactful nature of nonclinical careers like hers. In [...]

Apply Discovery, Innovation, Value, and Execution to Launch Your Business – 3192023-09-26T09:32:00-05:00

Want to Establish a Concierge Practice Before Finishing Your Fellowship? – 210

2021-08-23T12:03:38-05:00

Interview with Dr. Brook Choulet Is it possible to establish a concierge practice while still in training? Dr. Brook Choulet is still in her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship and runs a growing practice in Scottsdale Arizona. Brook is the founder of Choulet Wellness. She completed her medical degree at the University of Missouri Kansas City’s rigorous six-year BA/MD program. Then she pursued training in General Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine at [...]

Want to Establish a Concierge Practice Before Finishing Your Fellowship? – 2102021-08-23T12:03:38-05:00

The Best New Business Solves a Problem – 171

2020-11-23T18:50:34-06:00

Interview with Dr. Jessica Lubahn Our guest, Dr. Jessica Lubahn found that the best new business solves a problem. In her case, it's a problem experienced by her own patients. Jessica is a urologist, health writer, and consultant. She is also the founder of ONDRwear. It's her new apparel company that sells luxe leakproof underwear. She created this company to destigmatize urinary, menstrual, and other leakage problems. To do so, she has created products that are effective and [...]

The Best New Business Solves a Problem – 1712020-11-23T18:50:34-06:00

How to Validate Your Business Idea

2020-11-22T07:55:10-06:00

The Problem In this post, I want to explain why it is important to validate your business idea. You may recall that in my previous blog post in this series, I described the factors needed to select a product or service to offer future customers: It's an area that you’re passionate about (or reflects your purpose), You have expertise or skills to share, There are customers with a problem to solve, and The customers are willing and able [...]

How to Validate Your Business Idea2020-11-22T07:55:10-06:00

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