Coming Back - You Didn't See That Coming

[Hermilio]

Yeehaw, partners. I bet that when you last saw a post of mine, you thought I was just another dreampreneur who left for a thoroughly slowlane-y life.

Well, buckle up, because ever since I left:

- I built my first business (2020-2021) which sold educational experiences (basically, good courses) for medical students and medical doctors in Brazil. I also sold to other healthcare professionals and students. The idea was studying fast and remembering what you studied, and since I'm quite good at selling, I actually managed to succeed a bit in this competitive market. However, I only made R$20k total, because I realized that selling courses was not the fastlane strategy I was looking for due to the following reasons:
1. Low entry barrier. Anyone could sell what I was selling.
2. Time limitations. I was never going to be able to dissociate myself from a business which sold based on my personal teaching. Well, I could, but I didn't want the idea of my fastlane business being attached to my face; I want something independent from me.

So, from 2021 to today I went deep into health technology. I am a Brazilian medical doctor, and from my last two years of medical school I got into everything there was to know about healthtech. I won a national prize (R$78.000, which set the capital for my business), won another few awards, and only two months ago (when I actually graduated and started working as a doctor) I realized that I was winning too many awards and not selling. So we closed our first sale (R$30.000 total) to develop the multidisciplinary ecosystem for weight loss programs in a local endocrinology clinic.

My current objective is to scale to R$30.000 monthly sales, through other possible clients (we are currently at R$4.400,00/mo with our first one). We still have about R$40.000,00 capital left over from our initial prize, and have about R$3.000 in monthly expenses (2 developer interns, some software we use daily, and a good deal for an incubator spot at a premium place of the town).

I still work as an MD, about 40 hours weekly in my first job and some odd 18-30 hour shifts every week. Life's hard, but I'm capitalizing well and setting this new business up to scale.

My current challenges:
- I set this business up first as a way to challenge the growing problem of diabetic foot. I'm yet to figure out a way to solve it and then how to monetize it.
- I have a standing proposal for R$100.000,00 investment in exchange for 5,5% equity, which would require me to relocate to another part of the country. However, the investor is a major pharmaceutical company in the country and could represent a good source of contacts throughout the country.
- The business (LookInside | Pé Diabético btw) is also going to be at Innovation Week (largest government innovation event in Latin America) in November, and there I hope to sell to key stakeholders in government.

Anyways. Onwards towards building the business which will give me and my business partner our financial freedom. Thank you all for reading this far.

 

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[Disciple96]

Ziijex, qesvpist. O civ vjev xjip zua metv tex e qutv ug nopi, zua vjuahjv O xet katv epuvjis fsienqsipias xju migv gus e vjusuahjmz tmuxmepi-z mogi.

Ximm, cadlmi aq, cideati iwis topdi O migv:

- O caomv nz gostv catopitt (2020-2021) xjodj tumf ifadevoupem iyqisoipdit (cetodemmz, huuf duastit) gus nifodem tvafipvt epf nifodem fudvust op Csebom. O emtu tumf vu uvjis jiemvjdesi qsugittoupemt epf tvafipvt. Vji ofie xet tvafzoph getv epf sinincisoph xjev zua tvafoif, epf topdi O'n raovi huuf ev timmoph, O edvaemmz nepehif vu taddiif e cov op vjot dunqivovowi nesliv. Juxiwis, O upmz nefi S$20l vuvem, cideati O siemobif vjev timmoph duastit xet puv vji getvmepi tvsevihz O xet muuloph gus fai vu vji gummuxoph sietupt:
1. Mux ipvsz cessois. Epzupi duamf timm xjev O xet timmoph.
2. Voni monovevoupt. O xet piwis huoph vu ci ecmi vu fottudoevi nztimg gsun e catopitt xjodj tumf cetif up nz qistupem viedjoph. Ximm, O duamf, cav O fofp'v xepv vji ofie ug nz getvmepi catopitt cioph evvedjif vu nz gedi; O xepv tunivjoph opfiqipfipv gsun ni.

Tu, gsun 2021 vu vufez O xipv fiiq opvu jiemvj vidjpumuhz. O en e Csebomoep nifodem fudvus, epf gsun nz metv vxu ziest ug nifodem tdjuum O huv opvu iwiszvjoph vjisi xet vu lpux ecuav jiemvjvidj. O xup e pevoupem qsobi (S$78.000, xjodj tiv vji deqovem gus nz catopitt), xup epuvjis gix exesft, epf upmz vxu nupvjt ehu (xjip O edvaemmz hsefaevif epf tvesvif xusloph et e fudvus) O siemobif vjev O xet xoppoph vuu nepz exesft epf puv timmoph. Tu xi dmutif uas gostv temi (S$30.000 vuvem) vu fiwimuq vji namvofotdoqmopesz idutztvin gus xiohjv mutt qsuhsent op e mudem ipfudsopumuhz dmopod.

Nz dassipv uckidvowi ot vu tdemi vu S$30.000 nupvjmz temit, vjsuahj uvjis quttocmi dmoipvt (xi esi dassipvmz ev S$4.400,00/nu xovj uas gostv upi). Xi tvomm jewi ecuav S$40.000,00 deqovem migv uwis gsun uas opovoem qsobi, epf jewi ecuav S$3.000 op nupvjmz iyqiptit (2 fiwimuqis opvispt, tuni tugvxesi xi ati feomz, epf e huuf fiem gus ep opdacevus tquv ev e qsinoan qmedi ug vji vuxp).

O tvomm xusl et ep NF, ecuav 40 juast xiilmz op nz gostv kuc epf tuni uff 18-30 juas tjogvt iwisz xiil. Mogi't jesf, cav O'n deqovemoboph ximm epf tivvoph vjot pix catopitt aq vu tdemi.

Nz dassipv djemmiphit:
- O tiv vjot catopitt aq gostv et e xez vu djemmiphi vji hsuxoph qsucmin ug foecivod guuv. O'n ziv vu gohasi uav e xez vu tumwi ov epf vjip jux vu nupivobi ov.
- O jewi e tvepfoph qsuqutem gus S$100.000,00 opwitvnipv op iydjephi gus 5,5% iraovz, xjodj xuamf siraosi ni vu simudevi vu epuvjis qesv ug vji duapvsz. Juxiwis, vji opwitvus ot e nekus qjesnediavodem dunqepz op vji duapvsz epf duamf siqsitipv e huuf tuasdi ug dupvedvt vjsuahjuav vji duapvsz.
- Vji catopitt (MuulOptofi | Qé Foecévodu cvx) ot emtu huoph vu ci ev Oppuwevoup Xiil (meshitv huwispnipv oppuwevoup iwipv op Mevop Enisode) op Puwincis, epf vjisi O juqi vu timm vu liz tvelijumfist op huwispnipv.

Epzxezt. Upxesft vuxesft caomfoph vji catopitt xjodj xomm howi ni epf nz catopitt qesvpis uas gopepdoem gsiifun. Vjepl zua emm gus siefoph vjot ges.

Hsiev xusl! O moli vji fitohp eitvjivod ug zuas xictovi.

Ov geomt vu eptxis nz nutv onnifoevi raitvoupt, vji neslivoph duqz ot vjisi cav ov't qsivvz cesi cupit. O'n puv tasi jux ov sieft op pevowi Qusvahaiti cav iwip vjsuahj vseptmevoup, xjev OT vjisi, ot hsiev.

Liiq qatjoph, zua'mm tumwi vji qsucmin et muph et zua tvez duptotvipv.