Rick McMullen- Physical Therapy That Works
Angel Invest Boston
English - March 14, 2023 21:20 - 55 minutes - 76.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 181 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Careers angelinvesting boston angelinvestor bostonstartups business earlystagecompanies founders seedcapital seedfunding Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Aidan Yeaw, Founder & Angel
A common sports injury left Rick McMullen incapacitated. His search for recovery led to the founding of Alleviate, a platform for physical therapy that is finding a lot of satisfied users. Thanks to Bryanne Leeming for introducing Rick to me.
· Sal Daher Explains Why He Came Off the Sidelines to Invest in Alleviate · Rick McMullen, Co-Founder of Alleviate, Has the Ideal Background to Build Such a Company · Investing from a Self-Directed IRA Is High-Burden · The Problem Alleviate Is Solving · People Often Quit Before Physical Therapy Begins to Work · College Athletes Have a Lot of Support; When They Graduate There’s Nobody to Advise them on Recovering from Injuries · Alleviate Aims to Fill the Gap in the Delivery of Physical Therapy in the US · “With all of these conditions, you’ve got to do the work [to get better].” · Atomic Habits by James Clear · Alleviate Is Getting Traction · Alleviate’s Revenue Is Cash-Flow Positive · Product Returns Are Learning Opportunities · Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator's Dilemma · “...the specific subset of musculoskeletal pathologies that we serve. You can call it a niche, but it's like a $10 billion niche.” · Rick McMullen’s Journey to Founding a Startup · “...this central idea that the golden rule is the most economically rational thing.” · Why Rick McMullen Is Focused on Capital Efficiency · Parting Thought from Rick McMullenTopics: product, management, discovering entrepreneurship
Title: Physical Therapy That Works