Episode 245: Sarma Singam + Medsyllabus

This week on the podcast we connect with Rochester based entrepreneur Sarma Singam. Sarma was born in India and was raised in the DC suburbs. He got interested in entrepreneurship during his undergraduate work in biomedical engineering at the University of Cincinnati and created his very first startup in that community. Sarma earned his medical degree in Cincinnati and came to Rochester for a medical fellowship two years ago. Now, he’s building another startup, called Medsyllabus. Still in the development stage, Sarma sees Medsyllabus as a comprehensive way for residents and fellows to learn, collaborate, and network in a socially engaging way. We have a great podcast in store today as this serial entrepreneur shares lessons learned and what tools he’s found to help his entrepreneurial journey in the Rochester ecosystem.

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Episode Breakdown:
0:00 Start
4:47 Introduction to Sarma
6:31 Sarma’s experience with entrepreneurship
8:49 About Medsyllabus
10:10 Sarma’s experience with the problem he’s solving
12:28 Developing the Medsyllabus product
14:01 Subject specific content
15:02 The most challenging and enjoyable parts of entrepreneurship
16:58 Balancing work, life, and business
18:20 Learning about yourself through entrepreneurship
20:56 Rochester entrepreneurial ecosystem
22:39 Final questions
25:06 Final thoughts from Sarma
25:45 Conclusions
26:22 End

This week on the podcast we connect with Rochester based entrepreneur Sarma Singam. Sarma was born in India and was raised in the DC suburbs. He got interested in entrepreneurship during his undergraduate work in biomedical engineering at the University of Cincinnati and created his very first startup in that community. Sarma earned his medical degree in Cincinnati and came to Rochester for a medical fellowship two years ago. Now, he’s building another startup, called Medsyllabus. Still in the development stage, Sarma sees Medsyllabus as a comprehensive way for residents and fellows to learn, collaborate, and network in a socially engaging way. We have a great podcast in store today as this serial entrepreneur shares lessons learned and what tools he’s found to help his entrepreneurial journey in the Rochester ecosystem. 

Our sponsors:

CliftonLarsonAllen

Website: https://www.claconnect.com/

Music Attribution: Like That by Ano Domini Beats is licensed through the YouTube Audio Library. 

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