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Scaling in healthcare technology involves navigating complex RFP processes and influencing policy changes.
The importance of starting with a clear vision, challenging industry norms, and continuously innovating while learning from early mistakes.
By being slow to hire, starting with consultant roles, and ensuring a cultural fit before making long-term commitments.
Navigating complex RFP processes, influencing policy changes, and working with enterprise clients and government entities.
Because meaningful work is often challenging, and there’s a strong personal attachment to improving an unjust system and impacting lives positively.
By influencing policy changes, working closely with Medicaid and Medicare services, and driving efficiency in the healthcare transportation market.
The importance of starting with a clear vision, challenging industry norms, and continuously innovating while learning from early mistakes.
By being slow to hire, starting with consultant roles, and ensuring a cultural fit before making long-term commitments.
Navigating complex RFP processes, influencing policy changes, and working with enterprise clients and government entities.
Because meaningful work is often challenging, and there’s a strong personal attachment to improving an unjust system and impacting lives positively.
By influencing policy changes, working closely with Medicaid and Medicare services, and driving efficiency in the healthcare transportation market.
Company Stats
- Founded: 2017
- Revenue: $25 million annually
- Capital Raised: $32 million
- Employees: 63
Episode Highlights
- ✅ Startups must often challenge industry norms to innovate and succeed.
- ✅ A single wrong hire in a key role can jeopardize the entire organization.
- ✅ Scaling in healthcare technology involves navigating complex RFP processes and influencing policy changes.
Episode Summary
In this episode, we talk with Sufian Chowdhury, CEO of Kinetik, a healthcare technology company pioneering the first digitally integrated healthcare transportation platform in the nation. Founded in 2017, Kinetik has grown to generate $25 million in annual revenue with a team of 63 employees. Sufian shares insights on the challenges of building and scaling a startup in a highly regulated industry.
Sufian emphasizes the importance of starting with a clear vision, challenging existing industry structures, and learning from early mistakes. He discusses the critical impact of hiring the right people and how one wrong hire can significantly derail progress. Sufian also delves into the complexities of scaling within the healthcare sector, including the need to navigate RFP processes and work closely with policymakers to drive long-term change.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:11 Company Stats
02:15 The Impact of Wrong Hires
03:57 Hiring the Right People
04:46 Scaling the Business
06:32 Purpose and Motivation
09:01 Connecting with Kinetik
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