Big Success Requires Big Sacrifice with Dr. Iman Abuzeid, Co-Founder of Incredible Health

Dr. Iman Abuzeid is the CEO and co-founder of Incredible Health,
a digital platform that helps streamline the hiring process for
nurses and recruiting hospitals.


Iman was heavily influenced to take risks from a young age, as
she saw both of her grandfathers make an impact through their
businesses in Sudan. However, entrepreneurship seemed to skip a
generation and, when her father became an ENT surgeon, she and
her brothers followed in his footsteps. 


Halfway through med school, Iman realized that she didn’t want to
be a practitioner. She wanted to take the skills she had learned
into the corporate world. After receiving her MBA and getting
some consulting experience under her belt, she decided to leave
Silicon Valley and make her own mark on the world. After a failed
venture with her first startup, she pivoted quickly and that’s
when Incredible Health was born.


Today, Incredible Health is used by hundreds of hospitals across
the US and has raised $17 million from top-tier firms like
Andreessen Horowitz to fuel its mission. 


In today’s episode, Iman shares how she navigated multiple career
pivots, from originally wanting to become a medical doctor to
coming up with a new business idea after her first didn’t
succeed, how she approached the fundraising process and brought
in reputable investors, and the key advice she gives all founders
when they’re looking to pivot from their corporate job to follow
their passion.


In this episode, we’ll talk to Iman about: 


* Hear more about Iman’s childhood, from Sudan to Saudi Arabia to
the US. [2:35]


* When the entrepreneurial itch started and the greater impact
Iman wanted to make. [3:30]


* Why she decided to pursue an MBA and go the Silicon Valley
route once she graduated from medical school. [4:27]


* How this decision to completely change careers was received by
her family. [6:30]


* The different perceptions of risk that might motivate you to
make a career pivot. [7:35]


* Iman’s advice for those considering a pivot: think about where
you want to end up. [8:09]


* Some of the benefits of business school, including the
credibility it lends you. [10:16]


* Find out why having a broad, reliable network is key as an
entrepreneur. [12:38]


* What joining an early stage startup taught Iman about
technology and launching a product. [13:40]


* Hear more about her first entrepreneurial venture and what she
learned from failing. [15:13]


* Why Iman believes that founders should invest heavily in
ideation before execution. [17:23]


* Iman describes what the process of ideating Incredible Health
looked like. [20:42]


* How they convinced hospitals to come on board using unique
insight and hustle. [21:51]


* Why fundraising is a skill to be built and improved; the value
of narrative. [26:22]


* Rejection is something entrepreneurs need to get accustomed to;
the importance of creating tactics to deal with it. [28:44]


* Iman also emphasizes the importance of really selling your
vision; be ambitious! [30:57]


* A framework for pivoting to your passion: start with the end
game in mind and optimize cash, lifestyle, or skills and
learning. [33:48]


* The challenges COVID presented for her business and how she
overcame them. [37:13]


* Iman reflects on the need for rapid adjustment at the beginning
of the pandemic. [40:20]


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* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/incrediblehealth/ 


* Website: https://www.incrediblehealth.com/


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