In this episode Matt Nettleton interviews Brian Schroeder, founder of Preventia. Brian shares his journey of starting a business focused on preventive care and wellness. He discusses the limitations of traditional healthcare models and the need for a proactive approach to health. Brian emphasizes the importance of building relationships and focusing on habit, behavior, and mental well-being. He also talks about the challenges of starting a business, including the need for lean spending, hiring the right people, and creating a strong company culture. Brian's advice for new business owners is to embrace the challenges and make the leap, as the magic often lies in the things we avoid.
Takeaways
- Traditional healthcare models focus on illness management rather than preventive care.
- Preventive care requires a proactive approach and a focus on habit, behavior, and mental well-being.
- Starting a business requires lean spending, hiring the right people, and creating a strong company culture.
- The magic often lies in the things we avoid, so it's important to embrace challenges and take the leap.
Sound Bites
- "Prevention, it's kind of in the name, you know, you asked before we got started with the podcast, how exactly do you pronounce prevention? Well, it's easy. just say, I'm going to prevent you from getting sick. I'm going to prevent you from going down a path of mental illness."
- "If you can go into the hardest times with the right mindset and say, I'm going to learn more in the next six months than I have in the last six years, there's absolutely no way that you're really going to lose."
You can learn more about Brian on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-schroeder-6587ab6/ or at his company's website https://www.preventia.care/
