Buy my game! I create a game from the ground up specifically for founders 🤯 it's called Pitch Please and I genuinely love playing it!
Prepare to hustle your way to the top in this cutthroat pitching showdown. Convince, charm, and con your way into the hearts and wallets of your competitors. Get ready to play the ultimate game of selling your soul for success.
The game is simple. Each round, every player matches a customer card with a product card and pitches the most absurd business they can imagine. The funniest and unequivocally worst idea wins.
THE GUEST
Jamie Fitch is the co-founder of OnlineMedEd, a company revolutionizing healthcare education by improving outcomes for medical students, faculty, and patients. As CEO, Jamie scaled OnlineMedEd’s education, technology, and operations for over a decade, raising more than $35M and impacting over 1 million students across 191 countries. Beyond OnlineMedEd, Jamie invested in nearly 40 companies and serves as an advisor, investor, and board member across healthcare, education, and marketing technology industries.Â
THE QUESTIONS
🔍 How do entrepreneurs manage distractions and stay focused?To manage distractions effectively, it’s crucial to create systems like time-blocking and building personal resilience. Limit access to distractions by structuring your workspace and day intentionally, and focus on high-priority tasks by reviewing key projects each week.
đź’ˇ How can founders stay in control without micromanaging?Founders need to balance empathy with decisive action. Set clear areas of responsibility for each team member, listen to input, but make decisions based on a structured framework that combines user insights, expert advice, team feedback, and data.
🔄 How do you overcome analysis paralysis as a startup?The best way to beat analysis paralysis is to start small and test quickly. Validate your ideas early by gathering customer feedback and only move forward once you’ve proven that your direction is right, minimizing unnecessary risks.
THE SHOW
DO AS I SAY is an advice show about the real problems in startups.
Connect with Jamie Fitch:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiefitch/
Connect with Joel Di Trapani:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@joelditrapani
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5CVikUi4KcITAB4F15n5tZ
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-ditrapani/
Calendar: https://cal.com/joelditrapani
Email: podcast@joelditrapani.com
Website: https://joelditrapani.com/
