Episode Description:
For decades, medicine rewarded stability, hierarchy and certainty. Now, a growing subset of clinicians are stepping away from traditional pathways to build companies, invest in startups and reshape healthcare from the inside.
Dr Tom and Christina Farr, sit down with Rebecca Mitchell to unpack what’s changed. From “burning the boats” and letting medical licenses expire, to building venture firms powered by frontline clinicians, this conversation explores why medicine is producing a new archetype: the clinician founder.
They examine founder psychology, product led growth in healthcare, storytelling as a strategic advantage, and why the next era of healthcare innovation may be led by doctors who want more agency, not an escape route.
Key Themes & Topics:
- The emergence of a new clinician archetype: operator, investor, builder
- “Burning the boats” and walking away from safe, prestigious medical careers
- The mindset shift behind high potential clinician founders
- Product-led growth in healthcare
- Storytelling as founder leverage
- Clinician powered investing and why capital allocation needs frontline insight
Links & Resources:
- Rebecca Mitchell’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccalynnmitchell
- Clinician powered venture firm, Scrub Capital: https://scrubcapital.com/
- Christina’s book ‘The Storyteller’s Advantage’: https://www.chrissyfarr.com/books
- Doximity (example of physician PLG model) https://www.doximity.com