
Your Financial Pharmacist YFP 228: Why This New Practitioner Decided to Start His Own Business
Nov 4, 2021
41:01
Entrepreneur and pharmacist, Chris Cozzolino, talks about his journey building several businesses as a recent graduate.
Key Points From This Episode
- Chris shares what drew him into the profession, and the freedom of remote working.
- Reflecting on Chris's non-traditional career path, and building something impactful.
- How social media is a fascinating concept of reaching so many people at once.
- How making money in a video game as a teenager galvanized his entrepreneurial spirit.
- Discussing the big barriers to starting a business, like upfront capital and inventory holding times.
- Optimization through combining drop shipping and retail arbitrage.
- Chris outlines the challenges and opportunities of not working on your platform.
- Having the best of both worlds by making the brand bigger than the platform.
- Diversifying across platforms to build community and then converting that traffic.
- How Uptown Creation was founded, and key pivots in their journey.
- Learning the Instagram algorithm and their specific social media marketing tactics.
- Chris shares about his pivot to LinkedIn and what the clients and services entail.
- Building authentic relationships and a trustworthy reputation.
- Why creating content is still really new for the healthcare sector.
- Where Chris sees Uptown Creation heading in the next few years.
- The concept of developing your craft, and always being able to be close to the ground.
- Always keeping your endpoint in mind.
Links Mentioned in Today's Episode
- Connect with Chris Cozzolino on LinkedIn
- Register for the Free Webinar: How to Pursue FIRE as a Pharmacist on November 10 at 8:30 PM ET
- FIRE Rx: The Pharmacist's Guide to Financial Independence by Jeff Keimer, PharmD
- Create a Comprehensive Estate Plan with Thoughtful Wills
- The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
- Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work by Steven Pressfield
- Your Financial Pharmacist
- Uptown Creation
- Smart Passive Income Podcast with Pat Flynn
- ZDoggMD
- Gain Traction on LinkedIn: Chris Cozzolino, PharmD, co-founder Uptown Creation
- The Uptown Update Newsletter
- Gary Vaynerchuk
- Email Chris Cozzolino: chris@uptowncreation.com
- Your Financial Pharmacist Disclaimer and Disclosures
