BIO Dorothea Koh is the founder and CEO of a healthcare technology company, Bot MD. Bot MD is a mobile-based AI chatbot that provides an interface for doctors to quickly access information related to hospital policies, formularies, check who’s on call etc. Along with her founder YC, Dorothea started Bot MD back in 2018 and joined Y Combinator’s summer 2018 batch. Prior to starting Bot MD, Dorothea rocketed up through the ranks at Medtronic and then Baxter, eventually holding the portfolios of...

BIO Dorothea is the founder and CEO of a healthcare technology company, Bot MD. Bot MD is a mobile-based AI chatbot that provides an interface for doctors to quickly access information related to hospital policies, formularies, check who’s on call etc. Along with her founder YC, Dorothea started Bot MD back in 2018 and joined Y Combinator’s summer 2018 batch. Prior to starting Bot MD, Dorothea rocketed up through the ranks at Medtronic and then Baxter, eventually holding the portfolios of...

Dr Daniel Ting is the Consultant, Vitreo-retinal surgeon in the Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC), Head of AI and Digital Innovation in the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), and an Associate Professor in Ophthalmology with Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore. He is also the visiting Full Professor in Ophthalmology in Zhongshan Ophthalmic Eye Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, China; 2017-2018 US-ASEAN J. W. Fulbright Scholar to Johns Hopkins University, the EXCO of the American Academy...

In this episode, we talk about how Dr Ngiam built Singapore's largest AI ecosystem for healthcare with no prior coding experience.

In this masterclass with Dr Deborah Wong, we discuss health and wellness. Deborah shares her views on various diets, supplements, and exercises.

On this episode we talk about how Deborah turned Breathe Pilates around from a struggling studio into one that is extremely profitable, as well as the lessons she learned along the way.

In this masterclass with A/Prof Ong, we discuss the fundamentals of leadership and mentorship.

In this episode, A/Prof Ong Biauw Chi and I discuss her on-the-ground style of leadership and the journey she took to become Chairman of the Medical Board in Sengkang Health.

In this episode, Dinesh gives a masterclass on raising angel investment for your startup. He also shares his perspective as an investor on how he evaluates founders and companies who have approached him for investment.

I talk to Dr Dinesh Gunesekaran about his experience building his company, Doctorbell, and eventually selling it in 2018.

I speak to Buzz Palmer, Dario Heymann and Audrey Lok about how COVID-19 has reshaped the playing field for healthtech and medtech startups. We discuss interesting opportunities and ideas for founders to explore.

I talk to Prof Francis about why we should do research, how to build a world class body of research work and how to go to attain the highest levels and become an internationally recognised expert.

I talk to Prof Francis Seow about how to approach learning when starting out in a completely new field; what it means by leading a "balanced life"; as well as how to be a useful leader.

On this podcast, I talk to Abel Ang about what it means to be the CEO of a company, as well as things to think about once you have a viable product and are ready to bring it to market.

I promised to be back on August 6 but better late than never... Alternative CV is RELAUNCHING with Season 2!New this season: In addition to the usual guests who have pursued interesting hobbies / side projects and careers, I make a special effort to...

Alternative CV takes a break, until August 6th.

Alvin Chow, CEO of Dr Wealth, discusses how he built and audience and turned his hobbyist blog into a full fledged coaching business.

Alvin Chow, CEO of Dr Wealth, talks about the strategies he uses to teach himself about new subjects and much much more.

I speak to Brennan Ong about his entrepreneurial journey, and how he ended up leaving the legal profession to start a law tech startup

This episode contains some golden advice from Ali about how to get started on any project. It's especially useful for those thinking about starting creative, crowd-fronting projects (i.e. youtube channels, blogs, podcasts).

I review my top 5 lessons from 6 months of interviews

Chef Rishi Naleendra talks about starting his own restaurant and building a team around him who shares the same culture of excellence. We chat about his creative process, as well as how one should simply enjoy any meal, be it fine dining or plain burger.

Chef Rishi Naleendra recounts his journey from part time kitchen hand, cleaning dishes to fund his university education, to becoming the first Sri Lankan to be awarded a Michelin star.

Pastor Tan Huai Tze discusses what to expect from a theological seminary education, and the challenges he faced growing a new church from scratch from his living room.