Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health and wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Dr. Ford Brewer MD, MPH, Founder of PrevMed Health, located in Orlando, FL, USA.

What's your business, and who are your customers?

We provide world-quality preventive medicine to people all over the world. At PrevMed, we focus on preventing not only heart attack and stroke but also type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline, and other chronic diseases. We serve patients who have already experienced an event, as well as those who have not developed a diagnosis or event.

Our approach is to reduce or eliminate risks through attentive care and state-of-the-art genetic testing, imaging, lab tests, and telemedicine options.

Tell us about yourself

I started as an ER doc. But too many heart attacks should have been prevented. I went to Johns Hopkins for training in prevention. I did well & was tapped to run the program, training other doctors. Now I have patients all over the world, & a YouTube channel with 120,000 subscribers. I save lives every week. Just check the video content. Sure, I enjoy family, golf, & travel. But saving lives keeps me in the game. (It makes a little mo et, too.)

What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?

As they say, "doing well by doing good." As I said above, I'm not just making money; I'm doing it while saving lives.

What's one of the hardest things that comes with being a business owner?

There are so many hard things:

  1. Being a 1-man-band. - I am competing with other companies that have legal teams, marketing teams, HR, etc. You really start to get traction when you get about 3 dozen people;
  2. Financing - if the business cannot pay its bills, it dies &
  3. Every little thing can quickly become an existential threat, from a content generation problem to cash flow/profitability, quality, etc. Small companies tend to go through a lot of instability.

What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?

  1. Find a real market to which you have a real solution then
  2. Market, execute, & improve.
  3. Most start-ups are built on emotions & dreams. Emotions & dreams are like sand; there is no great foundation.

Where can people find you and your business?

Website: https://prevmedhealth.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrevMedNetwork/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prevmedhealth/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/prevmednetwork
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/prevmedhealth/

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