The Leadership in Insurance Podcast - Insurtech & Innovation Episode 3, Season 1: Amit Patel - Founder and CEO of Hlthie.
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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