Feb 3, 2021
In less than a decade since graduating from dental school, Dev Patel has already achieved enough to fill several careers.
He lets us in on the entrepreneurial mindset that fueled the founding of diverse dentistry tech and social businesses. He talks us through what it takes to crack the US market and describes the pains of securing the funding needed to make it work.
Enjoy!
“You’ve got to risk everything every day.”
- Dev Patel
In This Episode
00.25 -
Backstory
06.25 - The Dental Circle
09.12 - On partnerships
14.21 - The portfolio
18.21 - Funding
26.48 - Cracking the US
37.33 - In practice
49.41 - COVID
55.03 - The plan
57.06 - Black box thinking
01.01.34 - Last day and legacy
About Dev Patel
Dev Patel is founder and CEO of Dental Beauty Partners, one of the UK’s fastest-growing dental groups.
He is also the founder of award-winning smart toothbrush tech company Brushlink and co-founder of the Dental Circle online networking platform.
Dev achieved 38th place on the list of most influential UK dentists and was named Best Young Dentist at the Dental Awards 2016.
Dev is a national lecturer and a
mentor for NHS England’s Clinical Entrepreneur Scheme. He also sits
on the editorial board of Dentistry.co.uk and Young Dentist
magazine.