P. Zhen Chan, MD joins our Side Ventures SERIES to tell us all about the company he’s helping to build.
We cover:
- contemplating which field he went into, basing it on demographics
- interest in “industry”, what it meant, and actually getting into the Venture Capital firm he was a part of
- aligning the vision and values of a startup with his own
- how he practices medicine while working full-time on his venture
- where the idea of what he works on was generated
- what his venture, GrapeVine, actually does, and hopes to achieve
- why doctors are mostly passive job seekers
- how job searching can be more enticing
- who pays for Dr. Chan’s listings
- plug for Dr. Chan’s wife, a lawyer by day, who designed their recording space
- How his venture works
- How they work around incentivization versus authenticity
The Guest
To read more about Dr. Chan, find his socials, and even connect with him through the Inquiries box in our doctors’ profiles (if they opt in), click into his profile here.
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I don't ever want to lose sight of what is the downstream effect of everything we're doing in the healthcare industry, and that's on patient care.
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The Non-Clinical Conference: A Beginner’s Guide conference.
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