Did you make a New Year’s resolution this year? Like many people perhaps you vowed to lose 20, 30, 50 or 100 pounds. I used to do the same thing but would get so frustrated because somehow the pounds always found their way back to me. Not anymore. I have lost the weight. I’ve kept it off and guess what? This goal was accomplished with NO DIETS, pills or potions! Many people have asked, “What is your secret?” We’ll, I will tell you…
I am in the movie, The Game Changers, debuting at a thousand theaters throughout the U.S. on September 16. In all fairness, my role is rather closer to Mike Wazowski on TV than leading role- but still- I am in it. More on that later.
Every industry, including sickcare in the United States, is struggling with how to digitally transform themselves. In the case of sickcare, the transformation is a large part of the the big fix changing sick care to healthcare. Here is why non-sickcare entrepreneurs fail in sickcare.
California passed a law that will allow college athletes to make some money from endorsements and other activities. The bill would allow athletes at California schools to hire agents and be paid for the use of their name, image or likeness. It would stop universities and the NCAA from banning athletes that take the money.
Take a look at the course catalog of the medical schools in the US or the ACGME competencies following residency training and it is unlikely you will find a mandatory course or competency with the learning objective of teaching attendees physician entrepreneurship i.e. how to run a private practice profitably using a viable business model, how to add value as an employed physician intrapreneur, how to be a social entrepreneur or how to get an idea, invention or discovery to patients.
How many times have you been encouraged to "think out of the box"? It generally means you should challenge the status quo, innovate, disrupt and a multitude of other buzzwords. For example, here are 3 ways to do it.