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Dr Sam Donegan: From Saving Lives to Startups, Cofounder Breakups, Burnout, and Building Again


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Dr Sam Donegan is a medical doctor turned AI founder and the creator of SupportSorted, one of Australia’s fastest-growing digital health startups.

In this candid episode, Sam opens up about his leap from medicine to healthtech, co-founder breakups, VC pressure, burnout and rebuilding. He shares what he got wrong at his first startup, Fora (validate before you build, GTM > perfect UI), what most NDIS and health-tech founders overlook (workforce design, churn, compliance), and why ego and perfectionism quietly sink teams.

We also talk openly about his Bipolar II diagnosis, how getting help changed his operating system as a founder, and the practical mental-health playbook guiding his second act at SupportSorted -https://www.supportsorted.com/.

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Fayl TalesBy Loveth Ochayi