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541 Telecare: starting, scaling and selling a health tech company (with Dr Chris Sia)

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In this episode, Dev chats with Dr Chris Sia about the journey of building Telecare - its early days, scaling operations, selling the business, and what now. They unpack:


👉🏾 how Telecare began and the early challenges

👉🏼 how the pandemic accelerated growth and demand

👉🏿 what the business model looks like today

👉 managing full-time work while running a startup

👉🏻 how they scaled and built a strong team

👉🏾 what it took to sell the business

👉🏿 what’s next for Dr Chris Sia and the Telecare team


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