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The 2021 yearbook of physician entrepreneurship

In the spirit of the end of the year “best” lists, I’ll leave it up to the experts. In fact, pop culture was never my best category on Jeopardy. Here was my list for last year. See what I mean? So, here’s what I’d nominate for best physician entrepreneurship ideas for 2021: Great Small Business Ideas to Start in 2022 Last minute digital gifts A membership to the Physician Career Planning group A 1985 first edition of Peter Drucker’s“Innovation and Entrepreneurship” A CD copy of “Her”, where Joaquin Phoenix falls in love with his operating system Two weeks at a digital detoxification center. A visit to the Museum of Physician Happiness A lifetime… もっと読む »

The entrepreneurial v the clinical mindset

Innovation starts with the right mindset. For that reason, doctors with a clinical mindset have some characteristics that are entrepreneurial keys. However, there are many more entrepreneurial mindset traits they lack. So, if you are a sick care professional, like a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, dentist or allied health professional interested in entrepreneurship or a non-clinical career pivot, then you not only have to change your mind about things, you will have to change your mindset as well. The 14 scales measured by the second (and final) version of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile (EMP). Personality Scales Independence: The desire to work with a high degree of independence (e.g., I’m uncomfortable when expected to follow… もっと読む »

How to find your innerpreneur

There are entrepreneurs and there are intrapreneurs, employees acting like entrepreneurs with in their organizations.. But few recognize that there are many innerpreneurs. The entomology of the entrepreneurial life cycle resembles an insect that goes from the egg to the larval to the pupal to the adult phase. If just takes fertilization for the process to begin. Innerpreneurs are latent entrepreneurs but just need a push to get going. Many physicians, scientists and engineers, more than we admit, have it in them, but they need some help to realize it. Many doctors associate overachievement with love. Consequently, they are masters at doing what they are told to get to the next level of achievement…. もっと読む »

How to speak to a narcissistic entrepreneur

Imagine you are at a cocktail party and, inevitably, at least in the US, one of the first questions will be, “So, what do you do?”  NB: Do not ask this as the first question when in Europe or Asia. The answer: “I’m a physician entrepreneur”. Now what? Consider it an exercise in cultural competence with a dose of psychology thrown in too. Here are some things you should know about narcissistic personality disorder. Do you know or work with someone like this? The “key negative traits” of a narcissist in a work setting They demonstrate a clear lack of empathy for how others feel or what they need. They often… もっと読む »

How to Create Medical Student Entrepreneurs

Biomedical and clinical innovation and entrepreneurship has begun to take its rightful place along side anatomy, biochemistry and clinical medicine in medical school. The process has been slow, but we are seeing the evidence of medical student engagement and interest. Here are 10 ways to stimulate medical student interest and achievement in bioentrepreneurship: 1. Create bioentrepreneurship programs that are convenient, affordable and fit into the workflow of medical students and their curriculum. 2. Train the trainers by educating and training basic science and clinical faculty  3. Use education models that are familiar, like Innovation Grand Rounds, Company Clinicopathologic Conferences and “see one, do one, teach one” strategies, emphasizing experiential learning under… もっと読む »