The Growth Strategy Most Physicians Miss with Venture Builder Tomasz Rudolf

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Dr. Alison Curfman discusses with Tomasz Rudolf how physicians can validate healthcare ideas and choose the right business model.

How do you know if your healthcare idea could become a scalable startup? In this episode, Dr. Alison Curfman talks with Tomasz Rudolf, entrepreneur, venture builder, digital health founder, and Startup Physicians advisor, about how physicians can validate ideas, identify who will pay, avoid building too soon, and choose between a lifestyle business and a venture-backed startup. They also discuss why physicians are uniquely positioned to build tech-enabled service models that subtract work fro...

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Host: Alison Curfman, M.D.

Guest: Tomasz Rudolf

Topics covered

• healthcare startups
• scalable business models
• physician entrepreneurship
• idea validation
• venture-backed startups

Keywords

• healthcare
• startup
• entrepreneurship
• venture building
• digital health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Startup Physicians

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