Phil Hayes-St Clair: “Take care of yourself”

Phil Hayes-St Clair: “Take care of yourself”

Phil Hayes-St Clair: “Take care of yourself”

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Phil Hayes-St Clair is co-founder and CEO of Drop Bio, a digital health company with a mission of accelerating the world’s transition to personalised health by increasing consumers and clinicians’ access to data. Phil is also Adjunct Associate Professor at UNSW, and has worked with many startups over the years in roles including co-founder and board member. In his discussion with Adam, Phil discusses how his very first introduction to the entrepreneurial world was with a business he helped start at 7 years old, as well as his advice to founders that they should “look after themselves”.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Day One Podcast

00:30 Meet Phil Hayes-St Clair

01:01 The Mission of Drop Bio

02:12 Importance of Chronic Inflammation

03:22 Phil's First Involvement in the Startup Ecosystem

04:44 Reasons for Continuing Entrepreneurship

06:18 The Evolution of the Startup Community in Australia

08:56 The Role of Investors and Mentors

11:59 The State of the Community in 2005

15:11 Gaps and Opportunities for Improvement

17:01 Learning to Sell

18:07 Advice for New Founders

20:02 Key Takeaways for the Australian Startup Ecosystem

Resources

Drop Bio: https://www.dropbio.com/Phil’s website: https://philhsc.com/

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