In this week’s episode Tim shares his journey of leaving medicine just as he was about to become a renal consultant to eventually becoming the CEO of Doctors.net.uk and now co-founder of Cognitant which is an award-winning patient engagement platform and community.  We discussed: 🔍 Motivations to study medicine🚪 Leaving medicine just before becoming a renal consultant🔄 Transitioning from a clinical career to CEO of Doctors.net.uk 🏁 The early adopters of Doctors.net and commercialising 💪 Why persistence is an underrated skill 💼 The difficulties of an advertising business model 🔍 Being acquired by M3 and life at a large corporate 🌱 The origin story of Cognitant and the value behind co-creating patient education 💰 Selling to the NHS, ‘pilotitis’ and contracts 📈 Staying up to date with the latest advances in healthtech 📊 The value of data within the NHS Dr Tim Ringrose is the CEO and Co-founder of Cognitant, ex-CEO of Doctors.net.uk, President of The Digital Health Section (RSM), Advisor and NED to multiple healthtech companies.    ------------------------------------- Powered by  Peerr Peerr is a healthtech platform connecting the health and life sciences industry through content and thought leaders. ✍️ Publish articles or blogs, courses or offer coaching services 🗒 Over 250,000+ readers   www.peerr.io -------------------------------------   YouTube:Amz & Abdul Twitter -@ScrubbedIn_Instagram - @Scrubbedin_ Follow us on Instagram & Twitter Hello@scrubbedin.co.uk