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Ep177 – Sam Kothari (Co-founder & COO – Everlab) on building world class teams and reinventing the primary care experience
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Ep177 – Sam Kothari (Co-founder & COO – Everlab) on building world class teams and reinventing the primary care experience
- March 28, 2024
- rohitbhargava
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My guest for Episode 177 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was Sam Kothari, the Co-founder & COO of Everlab.
Sam is an entrepreneur in the truest sense of the word having previously run everything from tuition businesses and ice cream shops to starting a popular Poke bowl chain across Sydney and Mebourne called, Poked.
He is now the Co-founder & COO of Everlab, a first of its kind preventative health protocol that gives you access to cutting-edge diagnostics, a personal doctor and tailored programs – designed to improve wellbeing and longevity.
Everlab recently raised a $3M pre-seed funding round led by European VC fund, B2Ventures. My investment syndicate, Playbook Ventures, also participated in this round and I am personally very excited and bullish on what Sam and the team are building!
In this episode Sam and I discuss a lot of his journey to date and the early days of Everlab including:
- Early lessons from founding and operating hospitality businesses
- Sam’s approach to attracting world class talent and building high performing teams
- Frameworks and tests to ensure Co-Founders are aligned
- Why prioritising your health makes you a better founder
- How to systematically approach fundraising
- and much more!
Timestamps:
- 03:42 Sam’s background
- 05:30 Learnings from Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger
- 07:33 Going into business, challenging cultural norms
- 11:55 First attempts at business in hospitality
- 20:41 Importance of radical candour
- 24:27 Frameworks for personal relationships
- 29:21 How the founding team for Everlab came together
- 34:38 Frameworks for assessing co-founder dynamics
- 40:40 How Everlab is reinventing the primary care experience
- 42:30 Why health is so important for founders
- 46:56 Sam’s health routines
- 51:32 The Everlab protocol
- 59:52 How Everlab approached their fundraise
- 01:04:59 Fundraising advice to founders
- 01:06:21 How to identify and attract talent
- 01:15:52 Finding the balance between being kind and direct
Our partners
A big thank you to Marc Hermann, Dr. Steven Lu, Fab Makojc and Justin Huang for their help with research for this interview!
Also a big thank you to our partners for the show:
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Links mentioned
Sam’s links
People mentioned
- Dr Steven Lu
- Anshul Jain
- Marc Hermann
- Warren Buffet
- Charlie Munger
- Justin Huang
- Jessy Wu
- Adrian Petersen
- Alex Khor
- Nassim Taleb
- Simon Crowe
- Dr John Gottman
- Benjamin Franklin
- Wim Hof
- Bryan Johnson
- Andrew Huberman
- Peter Attia
- Alex Zatarain
- Ed Hooper
- Fab Mackojc
- Mark Woodland
- Luke Anear
Companies mentioned
- Airwallex
- Seek
- Salesforce
- Amazon
- Eight Sleep
- Kismet
- SafetyCulture
- Borders Books
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- GXE
- Flying Fox Ventures
- Ten13
- Afterwork Ventures
- B2 Venture
- Foodspring
- Connect Education
- Pokéd
- Chipotle
- Guzman y Gomez
- Mad Mex
- Lucas Group
- Messina
- Fitbit
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