Are Doctor Founded Health Tech Companies Important?

Dr Julian Nesbitt entrepreneur and founder of the Dr Julian Medical group talks with me about his journey as a doctor leaving medicine and founding a health tech business. We discuss the huge value of doctor-founded health tech companies and how his positioning and unique insights helped him to grow and scale in a competitive market. As Dr Julian explains if you are looking for a career change, doctors  make the best founders of  health tech companies because of the unique insights they have.   KEY TAKEAWAYS It was having a clear mission about improving access to mental health services. My motivation was about building something that could help people It’s about giving choice and empowerment to patients, we now have a sophisticated system that gives access to the people who are best suited to them It is about understanding where the market is now and the doctor's instinct helps As a doctor, you understand the clinical need and the needs of the health organisation that you are selling to   The way into the NHS is to find something they are desperate for and want to come to you for Everyone should network as much as possible to uncover all the available opportunities If you are passionate about something you just need to go and do it   BEST MOMENTS ‘As a doctor, you understand what patients are saying to you and the doctor instinct means you understand the market better than someone who’s developing it from a tech perspective’ ‘Recognise the unique insights you have as a doctor’ ‘The more networking and friends you make the easier, it becomes’   RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE   Connect with our great mission of connecting 1 million doctors  medicfootprints.org/joinourmission   GET NEW EPISODES FIRST & NEW OPPORTUNITIES HERE FIRST https://medicfootprints.org/joinourmission    BUILD AN ALTERNATIVE CAREER YOU LOVE WITH US https://medicfootprints.org/gopremium  REACH OUT TO OUR TEAM! WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! [email protected]  DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A REVIEW! ABOUT THE HOST Dr Abeyna Bubbers-Jones is a practising medical doctor and Founder of Medic Footprints: the global platform connecting doctors with diverse career opportunities beyond conventional medicine. Her mission is to dramatically elevate health outcomes in the world by connecting 1 million doctors with diverse careers by 2030. Continually exploring her own path off the medical treadmill, she has developed a wealth of expertise in specialist recruitment connecting industry & health tech companies with talented doctors, whilst supporting & coaching doctors in their own career development and wellbeing. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, Consultant Occupational Health Physician, BBC Expert Voice, Public Speaker, Musician and not-so-good boulderer! REACH OUT! [email protected]