Episode description
Hello and welcome to The Leadership in Insurance Podcast. Affectionately know as the LiiP.
This week we were lucky enough to be joined by Amit Patel https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitpatel911/
Amit is Founder and CEO of Hlthie https://www.hlthie.com/
Hlthie is an Insurtech operating in the Health Insurance segment offering a marketplace affordable solution to health insurance.
I was lucky enough to come across Amit at an Instech London ( https://www.instech.london/) event when we could meet face to face and all such exciting things.
In this Podcast we talk about:
- Amit's unusual journey into insurance via qualifying as a Surgeon!
- The transition in culture from medicine to management consulting
- The reaction of friends and family to a career change
- Taking steps back to go forward
- Do you need "insurance" people to build a modern insurance business
- The challenge of financial security vs entrepreneurship
- The importance of confidence to start-up success
- Leading in the Tech space without being a "Techie"
- Domain knowledge vs Getting stuff done
- The inefficiency of late businesses
- Cost of health care as we all live longer, need for alternatives
- Bootstrapping and Investment
- The optimal time to take investment? Can you take too much investment? or take investment too early?
- Building a data and technology product - not an insurance product
- Simplicity of service as a selling point
- Choosing the right accelerator for you
And much more in between.
This I a really interesting chat with an engaging founder with a great business concept.
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