Healthpreneurship

Welcome to Episode 3 of Healthpreneurship! 🎙️ Today, Dr. Hend Abdelhakim sits down with Dr. Michael Watts, CEO and co-founder of Blüm Health.

Dr. Watts shares his remarkable journey from studying medicine and joining the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme to building a multi-million-pound health-tech and life sciences venture. We dive deep into the realities of developing AI as a medical device, the power of building a resilient services-to-products business engine, and how to scale rapidly with minimal external funding.

From the hard truths about grant writing and navigating NHS procurement to why being first to market is more valuable than waiting for perfection, Dr. Watts drops masterclass-level business advice for any current or aspiring health-tech founder.

Welcome to Episode 2 of Healthpreneurship! 🎙️ Today, Dr. Hend Abdelhakim sits down with Tiba Rao, Chief Innovation Officer and Co-founder of Soar Beyond.

​Tiba shares her incredible career pivot from a legal background to working in Pharma (Eli Lilly) and consultancy (Accenture), before taking the leap to co-found Soar Beyond with her husband. We dive deep into the messy realities of the "NHS adoption gap," why having a great idea doesn't mean it will get used, and the crucial difference between your end-user and your paying customer.

​From deploying the very first IT systems in ambulances 21 years ago to the hard lessons learned about sticking to your niche and having a solid exit strategy, Tiba drops masterclass-level business advice for any current or aspiring health-tech founder.

In our launch episode, Alistair Murray shares his journey from community pharmacy to founding Echo, scaling digital healthcare, leading Phlo, and the lessons every healthcare entrepreneur should know. If you're interested in startups, innovation, pharmacy, medicine or digital health, this episode is for you.