Episode #25 - Dr Andrew Threadgold - From Council Estate To Retiring at 46
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From a council estate upbringing to retiring from medicine at 46, Dr Andrew Threadgold’s journey is anything but ordinary. After earning his place at St Bartholomew’s and excelling in both surgical and GP training, Andrew became a GP practice partner and Clinical Director of an Out of Hours organisation. But it was a career-defining challenge—a GMC investigation—that sparked his pivot into entrepreneurship. Now, Andrew is a multi-business owner with ventures spanning healthcare, property, and security. He’s built a multimillion-pound property portfolio, acquired a private...
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Episode #24 - Betty Bertels - Helping Entrepreneurs with Ease, Fun - and Flow! (Expert)
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Betty Bertels is a mother, singer, wife and therapist Heal your Past. Grow your Business. Change the World. She helps people Heal the beliefs that they think they can't and to relax as they grow an ethical business with greater ease, fun & flow and impact. Betty uses a combination of RTT and coaching to support entrepreneurs and change makers get to the root cause of their behaviours. I’ve worked with Betty over the past year, she’s just amazing and has offered a free discover call to anyone in this community. To find out and connect with Jo: From ‘Stethoscope to Start up’...
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Episode #23 - Dr Anisha Patel - Creating & Building An Audience With Digital Content (Expert)
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Anisha Patel is a paediatric pharmacist turned podcaster and digital creator who's passionate about showcasing the limitless possibilities within healthcare careers. Through her podcast "The Pharmacist Diaries" (172+ episodes strong! 🎙️), she shares stories of innovative pharmacists worldwide while building a community that breaks free from traditional career moulds. After 14 years in clinical practice, including stints as the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix pharmacist and working in emergency services in the UAE, Anisha has embraced entrepreneurship to help other healthcare professionals find...
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Episode #22 - Dr Richard Pemberton - Looking at the causes of lifestyle diseases (Expert)
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Today I am chatting with Dr Richard Pemberton.. Richard is co-founder and director of Hexagon Health Ltd, he is a certified lifestyle medicine physician, occupational physician, GP and has dedicated his career to improving the health and well-being of others. His passion for promoting healthy lifestyles has led him to study the causes of lifestyle diseases and to treat them using a lifestyle approach rather than relying solely on conventional medical or pharmacological methods. In this episode we discuss everything from starting the business to the expansion and taking on of team members. We...
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Episode #21 - Dr Katya Miles - Tackling Burnout, Imposter Syndrome and Money, and Come Out On Top
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In this podcast we discuss difficult topics like burnout, money, imposter syndrome and hear some fantastic top tips. We can do hard things is my take home Katya statement. Hope you enjoy. To find out and connect with Jo: From ‘Stethoscope to Start up’ free PDF giving you the blueprint for getting started as a Medic becoming an entrepreneur. How to find the time, money, people and resources that you need. This will also give you access to a weekly newsletter, offers and inspiration. Katya is a GP and Occupational Health Doctor turned Leadership Trainer, Careers Coach &...
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Episode #20 - Dr Caroline Gibson - Bringing Lifestyle Medicine To As Many People As Possible (Case Study)
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Lifestyle medicine, coaching, community and running a business. This podcast features Dr Caroline Gibson talking about all of this and more. Dr Caroline Gibson, MBChB DFSRH MRCGP DipBSLM/IBLM UKIHCA-RHC. GP, Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Health Coach & Coaching Supervisor. Caroline is co-founder and director of LifeMed Community which is an online community for all healthcare professionals and health coaches, we aim to bring the benefits of Lifestyle Medicine to as many people as possible using a coaching approach, via our community of inspired, enthusiastic and confident healthcare...
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Episode #19 - Alice Faulkner - An Honest Journey Into Yoga (Case Study)
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An honest and frank reflection on her journey. Dr Alice Faulkner joins me to discuss how she is now working in the woods, gets a bit of an unwell feeling when I suggested a yoga studio and is a huge advocate of one of my favourite mantras. "Just send the email" Dr Alice Faulkner is an Locum Emergency Medicine Registrar who runs her own business called Yoga In The Woods. Alice is a Hatha, Vinyasa, Trauma-Informed Restorative Yoga Teacher, and Reiki Practitioner based in Leeds. We met at the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine Conference in 2023 when she joined the Start up support programme....
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Episode #18 - Charlotte Ellis Maldari - Getting The Clients To Come To You (Expert)
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Charlotte Ellis Maldari has spent nearly 20 years helping leading creative businesses find their ideal clients and build lasting authority. Charlotte believes you should establish yourself as the authority in your field, and then automate your outreach—so clients come to you, ready to invest. Charlotte and I met nearly a year ago through a group programme with Gemma Gilbert and I was fascinated about what she was offering. Charlotte has sales and marketing in her bones and in this episode we have a rich and informative conversation that will help anyone who is ready to go in their business...
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Episode #17 - Richard Powazynski - Supporting Entrepreneurial Doctors (Expert)
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Richard is an entrepreneur who is now supporting doctors on their entrepreneurial journey. In this episode we share our experiences of working with doctor and the struggles we have specifically around starting and scaling our businesses. We discuss vision, mission and values, establishing our authority and getting used to selling. There are so many transferable skills between medicine and business that we also discuss. A bit about Richard. After experiencing burnout, a little over a year ago, Richard rediscovered himself through reflection, journaling, and stillness. This transformative...
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Episide #16 - Kate Toon - Navigating The Path To Success With Your Online Business (Expert)
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Kate Toon is honest, funny, straight talking and just the energy you need as you get started and moving in business. In this episode we talk about all things online business. Starting, scaling, funnels, social media, building an audience, offers, books, passive income and building the thingies. It’s brilliant. More about Kate: Kate Toon is a British born business mentor and award-winning digital marketing coach who now lives in Australia with her partner and teenage son. She is a brilliant online entrepreneur success story and has been a huge inspiration to me. Straight-talking, copywriting...
info_outlineThe Start Up Support Surgery is a podcast to inspire medics and healthcare professionals who want to take their medical skills, passions or interests and start a business or side hustle alongside their busy day job and family life which creates flexibility and freedom along with a completely different way of helping people outside of the limitations we are all facing in the NHS today.
Getting started in business is not easy. It is a huge learning curve and offers a rollercoaster of emotions along the way. As a doctor who has been learning about business over the last 20 years alongside my career as a portfolio GP it is a huge honour and privilege to be able to share with you my insights along with interviews with experts and case studies from other medics and healthcare professionals that I have worked with over the last few years.