Camila Quintero

I think the biggest thing is to really find the thing that they're willing to dedicate each day of their life for, because usually careers in healthcare are at least very long-term, if not for life, and really be able to push every day and not forget their mission. The most important thing is to have a very clear goal within healthcare so that you don't forget your North Star when things get complicated, like regulation-wise, product roadmap, getting to market. There are many, many things. I also think there are many ways of doing careers in this space, like if you're a doctor, if you're doing sales, if you're an engineer, if you're a researcher, if you're a founder, if you're a speaker, whatever you choose to do, inform yourself, give the best of yourself, and just never stop looking for opportunities to grow. I think that's the most important thing.

I think the biggest challenge, especially when you're at the beginning of getting to know a new healthcare system, is really understanding all the stakeholders you have to align with before even trying to think to launch a medical solution, because in medicine, it's not just another product - you cannot just create the next B2B SaaS AI platform, it doesn't work like that. There are lives of patients at stake, so it's really important to understand regulations, to understand which doctors you need to involve, to understand whose opinions need to be involved, and how will this feature or product affect the patient in their day-to-day life. Will it really help them? Is it gonna overwhelm them? There are many points to be considered that I think they're not necessarily that important in other industries, because this is completely human first. I would say that could be the biggest challenge for someone starting, because it can be overwhelming, like all the procedures you have to go through to launch a venture.

I think my top values when it comes to life are health, family, and ambition. For me, it's super important to have my health in place, but also help others have their health in place, because I think if you do not have health, you cannot do anything, you cannot focus on anything else. After navigating very complex healthcare systems in Latin America, Germany, and now here in the US, it's very complicated. I have realized how much more important it is to really devote even more time to help other people that don't have the same opportunities to access medical care. So that's number one. For me, family is number two. My family is everything. I cannot be all out and do things for others if I don't do things for my own community, so I really thrive by connecting with them and finding support there. And always, always being ambitious - I know where my North Star is. I'm also now in the process of founding a second company, also empowering patients in the GLP-1 space. For me, my mission is really trying to understand what are patients going through, what are the biggest hurdles, and make them as small as possible.