The Playbook to Building Cera, Raising £400m and Staying in the Driving Seat - Dr. Ben Maruthappu
In this week’s episode Ben shares his journey from clinician to advising the CEO of NHS England and now building Europe's largest provider of digital-first home healthcare. We discussed: 🏥 Deciding a career between banking and medicine 💡 Foresight into the adoption of technology in healthcare 🏢 Surrounding yourself with people who are pushing boundaries and different sectors 👑 Becoming an advisor to the CEO of the NHS 📈 The landscape in healthtech (Saturation, Market size etc) 🚀 0 to 1 in building Cera 💥 Response to Cera from traditional brick and mortar companies 🏠 How to build a healthy remote culture ⚖️ Differentiating between a passion project and a viable business 🚩 Identifying when a startup is failing or needs to pivot 🛡️ Staying in the driving seat and not being pushed out 🤝 Trusting team members and letting go of responsibility 🧠 Mental health and well-being as a founder Dr. Ben Maruthappu is a London-based doctor, Co-founder of multi-award winning technology company Cera. Advised the CEO of NHS England for 3 years. First from British healthcare included in Forbes' 30under30; listed in WIRED's 10 Innovators revolutionizing Healthcare; Disruptive Leader of the Year. Received an MBE in the Queen's 2020 New Year Honours list for services to Health & Care technology. Peerr is the home for knowledge creators to share, discuss and monetise their deep knowledge. 🚀 Sign up now at https://peerr.io/ 🚀 Join over 3,800 people signed up 🚀 Doctors, corporate consultants, Investors, VCs, dentists, Engineers and growing on Peerr! About Us: We are both Doctors working in London, Co-hosts of the Scrubbed In Podcast and the Co-founders of Peerr, where we power the future content creators who are also professionals with careers. 🎙️ Scrubbed In Podcast - Sharing the Stories of Incredible People in Healthcare https://apple.co/3sfsubf (Apple) https://spoti.fi/2LoV4X5 (Spotify) Socials: 📸 / scrubbedin_ 🐦 / scrubbedin_ #podcast #youtubehealth #startups #digitalhealth #healthcare
