#33 - David Grew: Why Doctors Should Be Creators
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My guest today is Dr. David Grew. David is a radiation oncologist. He is a graduate of the Tulane School of Medicine, and he completed his residency at the NYU School of Medicine where he served as chief resident and was named Resident of the Year in 2015. David is also founder of an app called PRIMR, a web application where doctors can provide patients with digitally recorded, personalized explanations about their medical conditions and treatments.
In this episode, David and I discussed making friends on Twitter. David explained the long and arduous process of becoming a doctor. We talked about David's app, PRIMR, and we discussed the challenges involved with building a SaaS product as a non-technical founder. David also shared his experience with On Deck Founder's Fellowship and Jack Butcher's course, Build Once, Sell Twice.
Selected links from the show:
David's website, Twitter, and newsletter
Building a Mountain of Leverage - Eric Jorgenson's leverage course
Show notes:
01:50 - Living in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina
05:00 - How to make friends on Twitter
18:11 - How long it takes to become a doctor
28:30 - Why everyone needs a mentor
30:14 - The importance of understanding different cultures
35:46 - What is PRIMR?
40:55 - How do patients use PRIMR?
49:19 - The biggest challenge of building a SaaS product
50:45 - The biggest benefits of On Deck
53:00 - The biggest benefits of Build Once, Sell Twice
"If you take your medical knowledge and convert it into a digital asset, there's enormous compounding returns, not just in the time you would save but also the compounding returns of diversifying your creativity and your mind. Doctor burnout is an enormous problem. If you start doing content creation, the issue of burnout starts to fade away because you have this new outlet for your knowledge that's very creative and very rewarding in a way doctors haven't quite experienced before."
57:20 - David's questions for me
1:03:24 - David's advice to a recent college grad
1:03:46 - David's favorite mental model
1:06:28 - David's advice to a new parent
1:07:13 - David's favorite Twitter follow
1:07:44 - The kindest thing anyone has done for David
1:08:52 - Where you can connect with David
