Digital Doctor reflects move into Tech
Mental health, Nearing the end of my 20's, Largest club on clubhouse, Launching Ameli and $DOC coin
2021 was a huge year for me as a lot of change happened. Due to Covid there was a rapid acceleration of tech adoption and digital innovation. Being a clinical Doctor and and NHS Entrepreneur fellow with a hunger for start ups this was the year I made the leap. I write this as I am coming near the end of my 20’s and felt that this year was pivotal in finally gathering the courage to make the leap.
2020 was when the Pandemic began and preceding that I faced much anxiety as I had a lot of decisions to make with regards to my career plans between medicine and tech which led to decision paralysis. This was the moment at which I truly realised the importance of mental health after having a few anxious moments. It also spurred me to really focus on mental health and become an advocate of emotional fitness.
1/ In August 2020 I joined Clubhouse and founded the Human Behaviour Club www.hbc.show which was at 10 K followers going into 2021. I was spending hours on the app networking and doing shows on anything I was interested in from AI, start-ups, wellness, health, psychology, behavioural economics and hosting some stellar guests including Will Ahmed CEO of Whoop, David Sinclair of Harvard, David Eagleman of Stanford, Nir Eyal and BJ Fogg. As Elon Musk made an appearance on clubhouse the app exploded and my club became the first club in April to reach half a million followers as the largest club on clubhouse. This gave me many opportunities to partner with brands, host more great guests and make a name for myself in the space. From this I learnt the importance of an online brand and consistency in creating content to have true success.
2/ I also got to launch my first start up with my cofounder in June 2021 in beta which is an app focusing on relationship wellness. As a board certified lifestyle medicine doctor I knew the impact relationships and loneliness has on our mental health. So we began launched Ameli which uses the big 5 traits personality test to help people find a compatible match. I had been to business school and done harvard courses in entrepreneurship as well as working at a start up Owaves. But nothing prepares you for the hustle that is entrepreneurship. Building Ameli was the most fun I had and realised that my heart was really in tech and building products as well as helping people optimise their health. This taught me many skills and made me realise sometimes doing is more important that reading. Meeting Geoff Cook from clubhouse really helped as his company the Meet group had just been acquired in excess if 500 million in 2020. Ameli was worth doing as it encompassed a lot of my interests including mental health, tech, AI, behavioural psychology and marketing.
AMELI - website, available on the app store.
3/ With Web 3 really taking off in 2021 with NFT’s, DAO’s and crypto, I began delving deeper into the space. Having been deeply interested in Artificial Intelligence the year before I wanted to dive right in. In April 2021 I was approached by Rally to launch my own social token which I named $DOC. This would enable me to use my token for specific use cases including rewarding people as well as providing access and services for those holding $DOC. I plan to utilise this further in the upcoming year for my community. I am planning to release NFT’s and also grant access to special features for those that support me and hold $DOC. In order to support me you can check it out at https://rally.io/creator/DOC/ . Holding $DOC not only helps you engage in the community, allows you to host in my club or book sessions with me but also means you get Rally rewards weekly which you can transact on coinbase.
I hope this was useful or motivating for those thinking of entering the creator economy and tech in 2022. Apart from this I have also been busy being an advisor for health tech start ups including The Skin Consult, Marux and Bioloop sleep. I hope to bring you some great tech and wellness content in the new year. Our first show going into the new year will be with the UAE property Billionaires The Sajwanis on NFTs.
I am also giving away $DOC to my my community and newsletter readers as a token of my thank you. Here is the link to claim- https://getbonfire.xyz/doc/drop/b05b417d-06a8-4f03-84ac-6f9fe10e6d68