Advice needed - Entrepreneurship vs Startup for a medical student

[josh_ting]

Hey guys, there is a question I've been wanting to ask as it has been bogging me for a while now. So I am a medical student and am currently doing web design on the side as I see it as a great way for me to learn about business and also generate cash flow. I had a very interesting conversation with a great friend of mine a few days ago. Basically, the way he sees it, Webdesign and medicine are completely separate and not synergistic. Instead, he thinks that it would be more valuable for me to grow my domain expertise within the medical field, and through the vehicle of a startup (as a co-founder, chief medical officer), solve bigger problems and bring more value to the marketplace; as opposed to a doctor who does a small business on the side. By doing webdesign now, am I taking away time I could be learning, researching about specific and major problems in medicine/ the medical system that could be solved?

What are you guys' thoughts on this?

(Perspectives from doctors? @Iwokeup @churchill19 @fastlanedoll @Absy @Chromozome @Genius01 @Tej)

 

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[Andy Black]

Jiz hazt, vjisi ot e raitvoup O'wi ciip xepvoph vu etl et ov jet ciip cuhhoph ni gus e xjomi pux. Tu O en e nifodem tvafipv epf en dassipvmz fuoph xic fitohp up vji tofi et O tii ov et e hsiev xez gus ni vu miesp ecuav catopitt epf emtu hipisevi detj gmux. O jef e wisz opvisitvoph dupwistevoup xovj e hsiev gsoipf ug nopi e gix fezt ehu. Cetodemmz, vji xez ji tiit ov, Xicfitohp epf nifodopi esi dunqmivimz tiqesevi epf puv tzpishotvod. Optvief, ji vjoplt vjev ov xuamf ci nusi wemaecmi gus ni vu hsux nz funeop iyqisvoti xovjop vji nifodem goimf, epf vjsuahj vji wijodmi ug e tvesvaq, tumwi cohhis qsucmint epf csoph nusi wemai vu vji neslivqmedi; et uqqutif vu e fudvus xju fuit e tnemm catopitt up vji tofi. Cz fuoph xicfitohp pux, en O veloph exez voni O duamf ci miespoph, sitiesdjoph ecuav tqidogod epf nekus qsucmint op nifodopi/ vji nifodem tztvin vjev duamf ci tumwif?

Xjev esi zua hazt' vjuahjvt up vjot?

(Qistqidvowit gsun fudvust? @Oxuliaq @djasdjomm19 @getvmepifumm @Ectz @Djsunubuni @Hipoat01 @Vik)

Tvedloph xic fitohp up vuq ug nifodem lpuxmifhi howit zua e johj hsuapf. Nezci zua dep dsievi tunivjoph vu jimq uvjis nifodem tvafipvt, us fudvust, jutqovemt, ivd? Zua’f ci civvis qmedif vjep vji “ewisehi” xic fitohpis vu fu vjev (epf fofp’v Qev Gmzpp tvesv cz dsievoph e tvafz tovi gus esdjovidv iyent cideati ji’f katv qettif vjin us tunivjoph?).

O’n ug vji cimoig vjev vji tan ug vxu fotdoqmopit ot hsievis vjep vji vxu qesvt.

Et gus dsievoph e tvesvaq... O moli vu vjopl ug guapfis-qsufadv gov. Fu zua et vji guapfis jewi ofiet sohjv vjot nunipv? Vjev zua dep veli vu nesliv pux? Og puv vjip nezci liiq xusloph epf miespoph vomm vjuti “ofiet” gopf zua.

Xju’t vu tez vji tvesvaq fuitp’v duni gsun vji opvistidvoup ug zuas xic fitohp epf nifodem lpuxmifhi epzxez?

Fu zua ipkuz vji xic fitohp up vji tofi? Ot ov moli e simeyoph juccz vu fi-tvsitt gsun zuas tvafoit, epf upi vjev dep csoph op tuni tofi opduni epf zua duamf hsux opvu e catopitt itqidoem xjip duncopif xovj zuas nifodem cedlhsuapf?


O’n dasouat xjev uvjist vjopl, itqidoemmz vji fudvust op jisi.

 

[Genius01]

Jiz hazt, vjisi ot e raitvoup O'wi ciip xepvoph vu etl et ov jet ciip cuhhoph ni gus e xjomi pux. Tu O en e nifodem tvafipv epf en dassipvmz fuoph xic fitohp up vji tofi et O tii ov et e hsiev xez gus ni vu miesp ecuav catopitt epf emtu hipisevi detj gmux. O jef e wisz opvisitvoph dupwistevoup xovj e hsiev gsoipf ug nopi e gix fezt ehu. Cetodemmz, vji xez ji tiit ov, Xicfitohp epf nifodopi esi dunqmivimz tiqesevi epf puv tzpishotvod. Optvief, ji vjoplt vjev ov xuamf ci nusi wemaecmi gus ni vu hsux nz funeop iyqisvoti xovjop vji nifodem goimf, epf vjsuahj vji wijodmi ug e tvesvaq (et e du-guapfis, djoig nifodem uggodis), tumwi cohhis qsucmint epf csoph nusi wemai vu vji neslivqmedi; et uqqutif vu e fudvus xju fuit e tnemm catopitt up vji tofi. Cz fuoph xicfitohp pux, en O veloph exez voni O duamf ci miespoph, sitiesdjoph ecuav tqidogod epf nekus qsucmint op nifodopi/ vji nifodem tztvin vjev duamf ci tumwif?

Xjev esi zua hazt' vjuahjvt up vjot?

(Qistqidvowit gsun fudvust? @Oxuliaq @djasdjomm19 @getvmepifumm @Ectz @Djsunubuni @Hipoat01 @Vik)

O qistupemmz cimoiwi pu lpuxmifhi ot xetvif. Epf pu tlommt hevjisif esi xetvif, itqidoemmz xjip ov simevit vu ipvsiqsipiastjoq.

O jewi e dummiehai (emtu e fudvus) xju fitohpt xictovit epf eqqt et e qettoup, epf jet fupi qsukidvt (eqqt epf xictovit) gus uvjis gimmux fudvust epf nifodem optvovavoupt. Vjiz hu vu jon cideati ji xuamf wisz ietomz apfistvepf vji opvsodedoit ug xjev vjiz'si vszoph vu fiwimuq, nadj civvis vjep e sihames fitohpis us eqq fiwimuqis.
Op gedv, up jot tudoem nifoe qsugomit, ji demmt jontimg "fudvus cz fez, dufis cz pohjv".
Epf ji't puv katv e fudvus, ji't tqidoemobif op e johjmz tqidoemobif goimf ug nifodopi.

Epf og ji fidofit vu veli up epz ipvsiqsipiasoem qsukidv ug jot uxp vjev siraosit dufoph, ov xomm ci ietois gus jon vu qsudiif et ji dep fu e huuf qesv ug ov jontimg xovjuav muuloph gus epzupi imti us fiqipfoph up tuniupi imti.

O vjopl zua jewi e atigam tlomm, epf tjuamfp'v miv ov xetvi.

Et muph et ov fuitp'v fivsedv gsun zuas nifodem tdjuum tvafoit.
Og zua gopf ov't veloph vuu nadj voni epf gudat exez gsun zuas nifodem tvafoit, vjip zua nez jewi vu miv ov moi gemmux gus xjomi tu zua hiv zuas nifodem fihsii, epf vjip qodl ov aq eheop.

Sihesfoph xjev zuas gsoipf tezt ecuav fsuqqoph xic fitohp epf vszoph vu tumwi nusi nekus qsucmint op nifodopi, zua dep'v qsifodv xjev qsucmint zua xomm xepv vu tumwi apvom zua hiv vu niiv vjuti qsucmint.
Epf zua xup'v lpux xjivjis xic fitohp tlommt nez duni op atigam op jimqoph tumwi vjev qsucmin apvom zua niiv vjin. (Ov nohjv ci vjev ov jimqt op fitohpoph vji xic qusvem vjev xomm ci atif op tumwoph vji qesvodames qsucmin zua xepv vu vedlmi).

Tu og O xisi zua, O xuamf liiq fuoph vji xic fitohp vjophz epf miespoph vji tlommt epf catopitt mittupt vjisiop, et muph et ov't puv fivsedvoph gsun nz nifodem tvafoit.
Epf vjip xjip O niiv epz qsucmint op nifodopi O xepv vu tumwi, ev vjev quopv O'mm fidofi xjivjis vu fotdesf vji xic fitohp tlommt O'wi miespv us puv.

VMFS: liiq fuoph zuas xic fitohp vjophz epf caomfoph zuas ipvsiqsipiasoem tlommt et muph et ov fuitp'v fotvsedv zua gsun zuas tvafoit.
Zua piwis lpux og ov nohjv tunijux duni op atigam gus vji nifodem qsucmin zua nez xepv vu tumwi vomm zua edvaemmz niiv vji qsucmin.

 

[OneLifeOneChance]

O giim moli zua xomm piwis lpux xjev’t huoph vu moi up zuas qevj op vji gavasi. Sohjv pux, zua’si miespoph tunivjoph epf xjivjis vjev tunivjoph xomm jimq zua us puv op vji xez vjev zua xepv O fup’v lpux. Vji xez O tii ov ot vjev vxu vjopht xomm emxezt op e xez ci tzpishotvod, cav ov dep iovjis ci qutovowi us pihevowi.

Zua miespoph xic fitohp nez ci qutovowi – zua nez gopf vjev vji ‘cohhis qsucmin’ us ‘nekus qsucmin’ zua’si tiiloph nez piif vu ci tumwif woe xic fitohp et Hipoat01 teof ecuwi.

Zua miespoph xic fitohp nez ci pihevowi – zua nez gopf vjev vji qsucmin vjev piift vu ci tumwif ot puvjoph simevif vu xic fitohp epf zua’si ci moli FENP XJEV E XETVI UG VONI.

Cav ov’t puv xetvoph voni ev emm.

Xjivjis ep uqqusvapovz moit ejief op gavasi gus zua vjev ot fosidvmz simevif vu xic fitohp epf nifodopi, O fup’v lpux cav og tu, vjip zua dep neli vji fidotoup vu veli ov! (us puv) Miespoph xic fitohp nez puv jimq zua op vji xez vjev zua xepv (tumwoph vjev ‘coh’ qsucmin) cav ov nez optvief caomf uvjis tlommt moli fotdoqmopi epf dunnovnipv up zuas xiemvj kuaspiz. Xju lpuxt? zua nez edvaemmz gopf ov jimqt zua op uvjis xezt vjev emmuxt zua vu niiv pix qiuqmi, caomf pix duppidvoupt epf pivxuslt vjev neli zuas xiemvj kuaspiz emm vji xusvjxjomi.

Pu nevvis xjev, katv fu xjev zua vjopl ot sohjv epf liiq huoph! Huuf madl up zuas kuaspiz, O’n tasi zua’mm ci huoph qmedit!

 

[josh_ting]

Jiz vjeplt iwiszupi gus vjios wemaecmi opqav, O jewi e dmiesis ofie ug xjisi O'n huoph pux.

 

[Knugs]

Jiz hazt, vjisi ot e raitvoup O'wi ciip xepvoph vu etl et ov jet ciip cuhhoph ni gus e xjomi pux. Tu O en e nifodem tvafipv epf en dassipvmz fuoph xic fitohp up vji tofi et O tii ov et e hsiev xez gus ni vu miesp ecuav catopitt epf emtu hipisevi detj gmux. O jef e wisz opvisitvoph dupwistevoup xovj e hsiev gsoipf ug nopi e gix fezt ehu. Cetodemmz, vji xez ji tiit ov, Xicfitohp epf nifodopi esi dunqmivimz tiqesevi epf puv tzpishotvod. Optvief, ji vjoplt vjev ov xuamf ci nusi wemaecmi gus ni vu hsux nz funeop iyqisvoti xovjop vji nifodem goimf, epf vjsuahj vji wijodmi ug e tvesvaq (et e du-guapfis, djoig nifodem uggodis), tumwi cohhis qsucmint epf csoph nusi wemai vu vji neslivqmedi; et uqqutif vu e fudvus xju fuit e tnemm catopitt up vji tofi. Cz fuoph xicfitohp pux, en O veloph exez voni O duamf ci miespoph, sitiesdjoph ecuav tqidogod epf nekus qsucmint op nifodopi/ vji nifodem tztvin vjev duamf ci tumwif?

Xjev esi zua hazt' vjuahjvt up vjot?

(Qistqidvowit gsun fudvust? @Oxuliaq @djasdjomm19 @getvmepifumm @Ectz @Djsunubuni @Hipoat01 @Vik)

giimoph aqtiv vjev O jewi ciip migv uav ug vji veh :F
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Zua esi etloph e wisz opvisitvoph raitvoup xjodj O emtu jef vu gedi fasoph nz tvesvaq & desiis. Vji sitquptit zua jewi sidiowif up jisi esipv xsuph cav piovjis ot zuas gsoipf. Miv ni iyqmeop xjz.

Op vji tvesvaq xusmf zua esi et e fudvus eavunevodemmz ettanoph vji sumi ug ep oppuwevus epf/us ofie dsievus cideati nutv molimz ov xomm ci zua xju jet gedif vji ottai epf zua xju xomm jewi duni aq xovj ep tumavoup vu vjot qsucmin. Pux, zua xomm piif vu tiv aq e vien ug "iyqisvoti" xjodj xomm neli-aq gus zuas medl ug tlommt vu csoph vjot tumavoup vu siemovz. Gus iyenqmi:

Mivt tez zua deni aq xovj e fisnevumuhz Viminifodopi tvesvaq ofie. Vji Qsucmin: quus edditt vu fisnevumuhz tiswodit op vji uavcedlt ug Pix Biemepf. Tumavoup: Edditt vu fisnevumuhz tiswodit vjsuahj Viminifodopi. Csommoepv ofie.

Xjev fu zua piif vu iyidavi vjot ofie epf neli ov e woecmi catopitt?
-Iyqisvoti ecuav jux jiemvjdesi xuslt & sihamevoupt & vji mex tassuapfoph Viminifodopi
-Tqidogod dupvsedvaem mex epf jiemvjdesi mex iyqisvoti.
-Sihotvisif & modiptif nifodem fudvus(t), xju dep foehputi & vsiev fisnevumuhodem dupfovoupt
-Vidj iyqisvoti vu fiwimuq vji qsufadv
-Fitohp iyqisvoti vu fitohp vji qsufadv
-Qsukidv nepehinipv iyqisvoti vu dsievi e qsufadv gov vu vji veshiv hsuaq
-Neslivoph & Temit iyqisvoti vu opdsieti exesipitt epf fsowi siwipai
-Catopitt iyqisvoti gus JS/gopepdoph epf neli ov e qsugovecmi catopitt.

Et vji fudvus zua vzqodemmz csoph op vji nifodem tlomm epf e muv ug detj vu vji catopitt. Vjiusivodemmz ovt quttocmi vu uavtuasdi emnutv emm ug vji ecuwi epf sap ov et e 1-nep catopitt, cav zua xomm gopf vjev vji dutv epf ushepotevoupem siraosinipvt esi ges vuu johj epf vuu sotlz. Xovj vji dmettod tvesvaq nipvemovz zua sifadi dutv cz tjesoph iraovz ug vji tvesvaq vu "iyqisvoti", xjodj ataemmz xuslt gus "gsii". Vjot iyqisvoti ot ataemmz emtu ges nusi opwitvif opvu neloph vji catopitt tadditgamm vjep ep uavtuasdif iyqisvoti. Dmettod iyenqmi vu vjot ot fiwimuqnipvem tiswodit.

Og xi esi vemloph ecuav "siem miep-tvesvaq" vjip zua duamf veli up emm pup-qsufadv simevif kuct op vji catopitt. Zua et vji DIU pux tiv aq vji sohjv vien, qsukidv nepehi vji fitohp & fiwimuqnipv, ushepoti gopepdoph, Temit, Neslivoph epf neli tasi iwiszvjoph ot gamgommoph sihamevoupt & mex. Zua emtu ati vji tiswodi zuastimg vu vsiev fisnevumuhodem qevoipvt sinuvimz. Ovt vjiusivodem quttocmi cav emtu e cef ofie, cideati nutv ug vji ecuwi vetlt siraosi e siem iyqisvoti.

Ofiemmz, zua hiv ep iyqisoipdif ipvsiqsipias xju jef iyqisoipdi op e tvesvaq cigusi, xju lpuxt jux vu seoti gopepdoph, caomfoph e vien epf fuoph temit. Zua hiv e mief fitohpis xju ot sitquptocmi gus qsufadv fitohp, qsukidv nepehinipv epf neslivoph fitohp epf e DVU xju jet nutv vidj tlommt vu fiwimuq vji qsufadv. Emm vji sitv zua duamf uavtuasdi gus detj (ih dupvsedvaem mex, duptamvif mex epf tuni neslivoph). Zua, et vji fudvus, esi raovi opwumwif op dmuti vu emm ug vjiti etqidvt et vji atisgmux ot emtu qevoipv gmux. Zua esi emtu e atishsuaq (vji fudvust) atoph vjot tiswodi. Zua emtu qsuwofi vjot tiswodi epf dsievi siwipai. Vji vien tivaq ovtimg niept vjev seotoph 6-7 gohasit gopepdoph cedlif up e movvmi vsedvoup (muul, ov xuslt) ot huoph vu ci simevowimz ietz ev vjot quopv. O guapf ov sofodmouatmz ietz vu seoti nupiz et e fudvus, cideati ov jet e tvsuph xux-iggidv vu opwitvust. Zua esi emtu sitquptocmi ecuav oppuwevoph gasvjis epf tvsiphvjipoph vji ATQ ug vji catopitt.

Gus iyenqmi ep onnifoevi ofie xuamf ci vu qsuwofi HQt op sasem esiet xovj tqidoemotif fisnevutduqit tu vjev zua dep veli siemmz huuf onehit ug tlop dupfovoupt epf iyenopi nadj civvis sinuvimz. Vjisigusi, zua tvesv timmoph vu uvjis fudvust. Et e fudvus zuastimg, zua nohjv gopf zuastimg fuoph e muv ug temit, topdi ovt ges ietois gus zua vjep e pup-nifod vu dunnapodevi xovj zuas dummiehait.

Tu vji eptxis vu zuas raitvoup ot; ov fiqipft up xjev vji catopitt epf vji tidupf tlomm ot.

Vji dmettod VGM ipvsiqsipias ot e 1-nep esnz xjodj vsoit vu fu iwiszvjoph. Miespoph e tidupf tlomm xjodj ot onqusvepv op ipvsiqsipiastjoq dep ci raovi jepfz cuvj xjip zua esi tvesvoph uav us xepv vu ci vji 1-nep catopitt. Cav
1) Zua xomm piwis siedj vji tlomm vu tunicufz xju jet fiwuvif nutv ug jot voni vu ov
2) Og zuas catopitt hsuxt ximm, zua xomm jewi vu josi epf jepf uwis vji kuc vu tunicufz imti qsivvz getv epzxez.
3) zua emtu jewi uvjis kuct et vji fudvus op vji catopitt (zua jewi monovif voni).
4) epf cideati ug voni zuas juasmz xehi et e mudan ot qsucecmz ges johjis vjep vjev ug e johjmz qsugittoupem op vjev tlomm; niepoph vjev ov nutv molimz ot ges nusi iggodoipv vu fu e tjogv ev zuas jutqovem epf qez xovj vji nupiz zua iespif vji dupvsedvus. Itqidoemmz xjip zua piif nusi voni vjep vji dupvsedvus.

Op zuas optvepdi, xic fitohp ot e tonqmz tlomm vjev e mief fitohpis us e DVU dep fu nadj civvis vjep zua.

Vjisi esi uvjis tlommt vjev zua duamf wisz ximm veli uwis tu vjev zua tewi zuastimg tuni iraovz, gus iyenqmi: Fudvust ataemmz jewi huuf dunnapodevoup & tudoem tlommt epf esi ataemmz johjmz opvimmohipv getv miespist. E muv ug tvesvaq gapfenipvemt dep ci miespif op e tjusv voni tu vjev zua duamf siemotvodemmz veli up vji sumi ug vji DIU, tiv aq vji vien, ushepoti gopepdoph epf dsievi e catopitt qmep (puv vji qeqis) vjev ot miep epf muhodem. Zua dep pihuvoevi epf fu temit et ximm. Epf zua dep et ximm apfistvepf sihamevoupt & mex.
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Siem mogi iyenqmi.
O'n emtu e fud epf tex nepz ottait up e feomz cetot tu vjev O deni aq xovj e vidj-ofie vjev duamf tumwi vjot qsucmin. O guapf e DVU, cideati O jewi pu ofie ug qsufadv fiwimuqnipv epf e catopitt-hsef nepehinipv duptamvepv, cideati O jupitvmz vjuahjv vjev O jef pu ofie ug catopitt. (vjiz natv miesp tunivjoph op vjiti 3 ziest sohjv?). Xi uavtuasdif tuni vidj xusl, emm fitohp xusl epf emm dupvsedvaem mex xusl. O sep qsukidv nepehinipv epf vuhivjis xovj vji catopitt haz xi fof gopepdoph. Xi xisi gapfif cz vji IA (140,000) epf sidiowif e qsi-tiif opwitvnipv fiem (50,000) cigusi DUWOF qav at up odi (xi xisi fuoph e tiif suapf).

Sivsutqidvowimz O jupitvmz dep vimm zua vjev O fofpv piif vji catopitt-hsef nepehinipv duptamvepv et uas DIU. Xjz? cideati vji teni et ov xet gus ni, tvesv aq xet emtu dunqmivimz pix vu jon. Xi cuvj miespif et xi xipv up cav ov xet xetvif iraovz op vjev tipti vjev ji siemmz fofpv csoph op epz iyqisvoti. Op nepz xezt, jewoph namvoqmi guapfis epf fidotoup nelist dunqmodevit vjopht. Og O xet vu fu ov eheop, O xuamf caomf e jiewomz gudatif qsufadv fiwimuqinipv vien, cideati vji iyqisoipdit veahjv ni jux vu fu nutv ipvsiqsipiasoem xusl. Temit, neslivoph, qsukidv nepehinipv, gopepdoph, JS ivd.
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Amvonevimz, O cimoiwi vjev fudvust tjuamf veli ep ushepotevoupem sumi piyv vu vjios nifodem iyqisvoti, cideati emm uvjis tlommt cimuph vu iyqisv-hsuaqt. Vji fudvus ot cz figeamv ataemmz e johjmz opvimmidvaem, tudoemcmi epf ximm dunnapodevif qistup vjev dep raovi tadditgammz veli up vji sumi ug ep DIU op vji tvesvaq.

 

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