The Startup Playbook Physicians Don’t Learn in Medical School with Venture Advisor Kim Sharp

About this episode

Dr. Alison Curfman and Kim Sharp discuss essential startup knowledge for physicians that is not taught in medical school.

Physicians are trained to solve complex problems, but most are never taught how to turn a clinical insight into a scalable company. In this episode of the Startup Physicians Podcast, Dr. Alison Curfman sits down with Startup & Venture Advisor Kim Sharp to talk about the startup playbook physicians don’t learn in medical school. They discuss what physician founders need before they pitch, build, raise capital, or launch — including financial models, MVPs, data rooms, cap tables, product st...

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Host: Alison Curfman

Guest: Kim Sharp

Topics covered

• startup playbook
• physician founders
• scalable company
• venture advice
• medical school education

Keywords

• startup
• physicians
• venture capital
• MVP
• financial models
• pitching
• entrepreneurship

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Organizations: Startup Physicians

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