How one founder recognized an enormous healthcare hole and purchased the talents mandatory to deal with it – TechCrunch

Our new podcast Discovered is now out there, and the primary episode options visitor Iman Abuzeid, co-founder and CEO of Unimaginable Well being. Abuzeid’s story of founding and constructing Unimaginable Well being, a profession platform for healthcare professionals focusing particularly on nurses, is all a couple of centered entrepreneur constructing a novel ability set, and buying the expertise essential to create a world-leading resolution.

Abuzeid went to medical college and purchased her MD, however determined earlier than residency to as an alternative go get an MBA from Wharton, to be able to pursue her dream of entrepreneurship, impressed by two generations of entrepreneurs within the household that preceded her. After ultimately making her technique to Silicon Valley and dealing in a few different startups within the healthcare area, Abuzeid took necessary classes away from these experiences about what to not do when operating your personal firm, and launched into constructing her personal with co-founder Rome Portlock, now the corporate’s CTO.

Unimaginable Well being is tackling an enormous problem — the shortfall of availability of expert nurses, and the shortage of mature, subtle profession assets to assist these nurses of their skilled life. COVID-19 threw these points into stark reduction, and Unimaginable Well being adjusted its sport plan to adapt to its customers’ wants. Abuzeid tells us all about how she made these calls, and in addition how she satisfied enterprise buyers to return alongside for the experience.

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