The Clinician Founder Podcast
Listen to clinicians bringing meaningful ideas to life.
Stories, lessons, and founder thinking from clinicians moving from idea to traction. Use the podcast as a proof library — see what clinician founders actually do.
“I’m looking for my idea”
Find Your Idea
Start here if you know medicine isn’t the whole story, but you’re not yet sure what your meaningful idea is. These episodes cover identity, purpose, reinvention, portfolio paths, finding direction, and clinical expertise as unfair advantage.
Burnout to Business: Ellie Scott-Gray’s Consultancy Journey
From figuring out what’s next to ADHD advocacy, writing, content, and consulting. A story about finding direction after clinical disillusionment.
Turning Trauma into Triumph: A GP’s Portfolio Path
Meaning, identity, and rebuilding direction. A story about reconstructing a professional life around what actually matters.
Scaling Impact: Medicine and Business Integration
For clinicians beginning to understand how medicine and business can sit together rather than compete with each other.
Moneywise Doctor with Andy Egwim
For clinicians beginning to think differently about money, financial freedom, and what optionality in a medical career actually looks like.
“I want to make it real”
Make It Real
Start here if you have an idea and want to see how clinicians begin turning it into something real. These episodes cover prototypes, pilots, first conversations, early experiments, initial offers, validation, and creating early proof.
From Clinician to Creator: Launching Deaku with Oscar Ferguson
Oscar built a software platform for clinician creators to share, sell, and scale expertise. A story about turning a professional insight into a real product.
StatDoctor: Disrupting Locum Agencies with Transparency
Building a platform around a specific market problem — and what it takes to move from frustrated clinician to founder.
The Clinician Founder: 3D Printing in Surgery
Taking a technical and clinical insight and turning it into something tangible. A strong example of moving from expertise to early proof.
Burnout to Business: Ellie Scott-Gray’s Consultancy Journey
Ellie’s transcript explicitly covers landing her first consulting gigs — the moment an idea becomes income-generating reality.
“I want traction”
Build Traction
Start here if you’ve already begun building and now want clients, users, pilots, attention, income, or proof that the thing is working. Traction comes from positioning, conversations, proof, offers, systems, and founder rhythm.
Scaling Medical Education with Pareto — Mohammed Oomerjee
Mohammed built Pareto Education, turning a teaching passion into a growing medical education platform. A story about moving from clinical teacher to education founder.
The Clinician Founder’s Journey: Scaling Vape Escape with Marc Picot
Scaling a mission-driven venture from early idea to visible traction — and what it costs in effort, time, and founder thinking.
Scaling Women’s Health: A Doctor’s Femtech Decade with Michelle Frank
Michelle’s decade of venture-building in women’s health. A story about long-term traction, patient positioning, and staying the course.
Ace Consultant Interview Academy with Tessa Davis
Turning clinical and teaching expertise into a scalable academy while still working clinically. Offer clarity, positioning, and pricing under constraint.
Boutique Private GP Practice with Sohail Hussain
Positioning, pricing, patient experience, and sustainable growth. A story about building a premium clinical practice around reputation and trust.
“I need to think like a founder”
Think Like a Founder
Start here if you know the next stage isn’t more inspiration — it’s founder thinking. These episodes cover risk, uncertainty, leadership, sales, money, healthcare systems, fundraising, decision-making, self-trust, and founder psychology.
Bridging Clinical Expertise and Startup Investment with Wesley Fogel
Health tech, fundraising, pitch decks, risk, inevitability, and investment thinking. A masterclass in founder-level strategic thinking.
AI Company with Dr Nada Abedin
Medicine, strategy, tech, AI, and building boldly from clinical expertise. A story about what it means to be a clinician founder in the age of AI.
Patchwork Health with Jing Ouyang
Scaling a health tech company from NHS origin story to 100+ NHS partners. A story about systems thinking, persistence, and building in a complex sector.
Healthcare Sales Cycle with Brendan McAdams
For clinician founders building products or startups who need to understand how to sell into healthcare systems without losing integrity.
Hexitime with Hesham Abdalla
Purpose, systems, time banking, and building through constant improvement. A story about staying driven by meaning rather than short-term signals.
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