#40: PT to Pharma to Tech - Navigating a Non-Traditional Path

Today's episode features Jonathon "Jon" Lee, DPT   Jon is a physical therapist and co-founder of Pickle (formerly known as Next Degree), an AI-powered job search platform that simplifies the job search for clinicians looking for top roles, both in clinic and beyond. Pickle helps clinicians discover and match with healthcare and tech companies that would be a good fit for them based on their background and interests, and currently lists 2000+ of the most unique jobs across healthcare and healthtech from over 100 of healthcare's top startups and legacy care organizations.   Jon's passion is helping clinicians find fulfilling healthcare jobs after his personal journey through healthtech, medtech, pharma, and startups. In addition, he is an advisor at the TechStars accelerator and VC firm VentureBlick, holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, a DPT from Virginia Commonwealth University, and completed his residency and fellowship training in Houston, TX.   You can connect with Jon on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonleept/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonleept  Website: https://www.withpickle.com    Hear Jon's fascinating journey from sports PT to pharma to tech and venture consulting and how COVID changed it all.    Key Takeaways: "The craziest things in life happen when you think you have it figured out." - Jon Lee It's important to network with people who don't know what you do or what healthcare is.  You can exchange information and exchange networks.  Reorienting the sequence of healthcare visits is key to decreasing cost of care and improving outcomes.    Stay Connected Find me on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandydpt/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/definingpointcc/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@definingpointcc      Share This Episode If you enjoyed this episode and know a friend or colleague who would benefit from listening too, please share it with them! Your friend will be glad you did... and so will I!