From radiotherapy to entrepreneur – Sheila Kissane, Boutros Bear Cambridge Tech Podcast

Boutros Bear is a company founded after an aggressive course of breast cancer where Founder and CEO, Sheila Kissane, saw first-hand a gap in her own treatment and care.
Boutros Bear delivers comprehensive rehabilitation programs, empowering individuals facing cancer, chronic pain, and mental health challenges.
This is a very personal and insightful conversation with someone who has taken an issue that affects many, understood it, and created something to improve health and wellness.
·       From civil engineering to a healthcare entrepreneur
·       An initial 12-week programme to an integrated #employeewellness platform
·       From blind naivety to raising initial capital and the move to Series A
·       Scoping what ‘tech’ meant in such a people centric programme (and how tech for healthcare / passive apps don’t necessarily have the benefit for the user)
·       18-months of persistence to sign up the perfect partner
·       How to engage with corporates on #CorporateWellness #WorkplaceHealth
·       Scoping out the US market and being ‘in-pursuit- of sales
·       A pursuit of asking questions and flowing honesty!



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