During one summer in the southeast of US, I shadowed a doctor who was treating an obese woman in her early 50s. She was out from a colonoscopy that also involved removing a piece of chicken that was stuck in her gut.
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It's time we think about healthcare differently
Before the invention of the stethoscope, doctors routinely laid their ears on chests of patients to check how they were doing. Homemade concoctions, essentially placebos, often made people feel better. Doctors visited homes of patients who would later pay them whatever they could afford.
5 Lessons for startups from the mountain top
A few days ago, I climbed Stok Kangri, a mountain 15km south of Leh-Ladakh that marks the beginning of extreme high altitude mountaineering. Our trek spanned over 10 days and 100km via the Markha Valley culminating in a 16-hour ascent and descent.
Do it with a sense of humor
We entrepreneurs don’t earn much respect when we say that we built something for fun. Saving the world of its evils always sounds better. As he says in his autobiography, Richard Branson even got flak for saying that he wanted to start Virgin Atlantic for fun. But any longterm entrepreneur would tell you that having fun is serious business.
To be yourself, ignore everyone
Let’s play a mind game. Say you wish to start a company that 3D prints bandages that are absorbed by the skin. It’s an intriguing, future-ready idea with a large global market. Friends and family are willing to give you $200K to build a team, tinker with 3D printers and grow some biological cells to experiment.