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Common Reasons Businesses Fail
Unfortunately, many startups fail. Understand common reasons businesses fail so you can avoid the pitfalls and be successful.
The Importance of Business Analytics
Understand the importance of business analytics in order to make your business more effective and efficient.
Employee Relations 101
If you want to have a more successful business, create an engaged and loyal workforce by mastering employee relations.
Venture Capital VS Private Equity
It is important to understand venture capital vs private equity so that you can choose the right route for your business.
What is a Cap Table?
The value of a well-maintained cap table increases over the lifetime of a startup as more and more information is added to it.
What is Product-Market Fit?
Lack of product-market fit is the second most common reason why start-ups fail, learn how to not make this mistake.
Venture Capital Due Diligence Explained
Venture capital due diligence is necessary because venture capitalists take on tremendous risk by investing in early-stage ventures.
Balance Sheet vs. Income Statement
Understand differences between balance sheet vs. income statement to grasp the financial position and future prospects of a company.
Employee Engagement Training Tips
In order to keep your business on top, you must have a solid strategy for employee engagement training to gain and keep impactful employees.
Podcast
Entrepreneur RX Interview with Sahil Diwan
Sahil Diwan talks about how OtoSet® came to be, detailing the entire entrepreneurial process and sharing tips for those who might want to venture into MedTech along the way.
Entrepreneur RX Interview with John Criswell
John Criswell details his entrepreneurial journey from his first healthcare startup to his current work at Porter, sharing some lessons he’s learned about being a leader and an entrepreneur along the way.
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Ryan Grant
Ryan Grant explains Vori Health’s integrated approach to orthopedic care, shares his journey in business and medicine, and provides valuable advice and insights for physicians who decide to challenge the status quo.
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with John Cordier
John Cordier explains how Epistemix can test out different public health interventions and policies, simulating outcomes in a synthetic population to inform decisions in scenarios such as emerging diseases.
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Elizabeth Clayborne
Elizabeth Clayborne shares her journey as a black female entrepreneur developing NasaClip, a device that stops nosebleeds quickly and effectively, touching on funding, work-life balance, and the pandemic.
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with David H. Berger
David H. Berger talks about how networking got him to be CEO of University Hospital Downstate and discusses subjects like physician leadership, digital health, and burnout.
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Emilio Galan
Emilio Galan started Robin Healthcare, a company that makes smart devices that use AI to record patient visits and allow the doctor to focus on care.
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Stacy Blain
Stacy Blain started Concarlo, where they are developing new medications that use p27 to bring cancer patients a treatment that is less toxic and seeks to avoid mutations and drug resistance.
Entrepreneur Rx Interview with Orrin Ailloni-Charas
Dr. Orrin Aillioni-Charas, Founder and Managing Director at Cura Capital, talks about his entrepreneurial journey and provides advice to those doctors who might have a calling to do something of their own in the business world.
About John
One of the nation’s leading medical entrepreneurs, John Shufeldt is an emergency physician, author, serial student, pilot, and multidisciplinary entrepreneur, who has founded and operated several multi-million-dollar businesses. Throughout his career, John has defined, redefined, and refined the delivery of care and is now dedicated to helping physicians transitioning into entrepreneurship do the same.
“Without raising the bar or pushing the envelope, you’ll likely never fail at much and thus never get to really make lasting contributions. Remember, it’s the ability to take risks, to have your ego bruised, to get up, dust yourself off and press on, which changes the world.”
— John Shufeldt, MD
Up Your Entrepreneurial Game
Entrepreneur Rx: The Physician’s Guide to Starting a Business

“Entrepreneur Rx gave me the tools I needed to transition from being a practicing physician to now running a telehealth business doing over $1 million a year.”
— Katy F.