Blake sits down with Dr. Ramon Lizardo, ER doc turned three-time operator turned investor, and former CEO of Tele911. This one goes places Blake didn’t plan for.
Ramon shares his impressive journey: Getting into medical school on a single borrowed application he found in his backpack a month later. He left a $300K+ clinical job for $40K base and a $25K bonus, with debt. Then he built a company that turned Baltimore, Fort Worth, and San Francisco into cities where calling 911 puts a physician on your screen in 37 seconds. When the Key Bridge collapsed, the city called him at 3 a.m. and asked him to go live early.
Blake pushed him on the physician hierarchy, on why nobody teaches doctors how money works, and on the digital health profitability problem. He also told Blake, on the record and before anyone else, where he’s going next.
Ramon even suggested a working title for the episode: “Health Tech Physician-founder Can’t Control His Children” (His five-year-old and eight-year-old were negotiating a treaty in the next room the whole time.)
This is the best kind of episode. Genuine, honest, and one not to miss!
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