Emergency medicine
Find what matters under pressure and act without waiting for perfect information.
About Shub
I help clinicians launch and grow their products and services.
I’m Dr Shubhendu “Shub” Kulshreshtha. I help clinicians find the opportunity that fits their unique edge, test whether people will buy and build launches that create evidence for growth.
AgentsForDoctors
AskPortia
Clinician Founder Everything
Why this exists
You are more than the paths already available.
Clinician Founder Everything starts with you—not a predetermined alternative career. Your experience, ambitions and edge form your unique Founder Identity and shape the product or service you are best placed to launch.
The point is not to build for the sake of business. It is to turn meaningful work into something people can choose—creating more impact, income and independence alongside medicine.
The pattern
Different experience. One job.
Medicine, quality improvement, coaching, founder work and the podcast all help me do the same thing: clarify the offer, test the evidence and help a clinician launch or grow.
QI and systems
Find the leverage point, test change and learn from what actually happens.
Coaching
Find the real decision beneath uncertainty, confidence and competing priorities.
Podcast
Learn from how clinicians choose, launch, sell, adapt and grow.
In the room
Making possibility feel practical.
Speaking with clinicians about building work with more ownership, impact and choice.
The part I care about most
Holding the finished product.
I was the first person to buy both of these books. Not because I needed another book—but because there is something extraordinary about holding work that once existed only as a clinician’s idea.
Dr Akshay Bhargav’s Become FRCEM and Dr Wajeeha Musharraf and Yuhan Zhang’s Dementia in a Chaotic Household are tangible proof that meaningful expertise can become something other people can use.
How I work
Clear enough to act on.
People often come to me with several possibilities. I help them find the opportunity that fits, make the offer clear and decide what to test next.
“Shub simplifies things into one or two clear, doable actions. That made it easier for me to follow through without feeling overwhelmed. He also helped me see new possibilities in work I had already created—including a completely different way to think about building an audience. I left with more clarity, more confidence and practical next steps I could actually use.”
“I can’t recommend Shubh enough as someone to connect to, especially if you are a clinician with an entrepreneurial flair.”
“Shub has been a truly valuable confidant and friend… We would all benefit if there were hundreds of Shubs in the world. I’m glad there’s at least one.”
“He is a perfect blend of a teacher and learner. I would highly recommend Dr Shubhendu if you are a health care professional looking to gain some clarity in your life.”
Credibility
What I bring.
ICF Associate Certified CoachIndependently credentialed coaching practice.
Champion for Portfolio CareersNational award winner, Developing Your Portfolio 2025.
Emergency Medicine registrar
International medical graduate working in the UK system, with MRCEM and ongoing clinical reality close to the work.
QSIR and innovation background
Practical experience with quality improvement, healthcare systems, leadership, and implementation in messy environments.
Executive coach
Support for clinicians working through leadership, innovation, portfolio careers, ventures, founder psychology, and strategic implementation.
AgentsForDoctors
Founder experience building around doctors, AI agents, adoption, education, and practical workflow change.
AskPortia
Founder of AskPortia, an AI-powered ePortfolio for clinicians managing evidence, progression, and reflection.
Podcast host
Host of The Clinician Founder Podcast, a growing archive of conversations with clinicians building beyond medicine.
What are you launching or growing?
Explore the membership for practical tools and feedback—or take the diagnostic to identify the decision in front of you.