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	Podcast:		Founder to Founder
	Episode:		EP 82: Elliot Smith On Med-Tech, Deep Work & The Three Habits That Make Founders Successful
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:27:43
	Publish Date:		2018-12-10 12:53:00
	Description:		In episode 81 of Founder To Founder, Phil talks to serial entrepreneur and Maxwell Plus CEO and Co-Founder, Elliot Smith. Maxwell Plus, a Brisbane based start up applying artificial intelligence to improve medical diagnosis. Maxwell Plus uses medical imaging, blood tests and patient data to deliver a fast and accurate diagnosis of prostate, breast, and lung cancer. Before founding Maxwell Plus Elliot completed a PhD in biomedical imaging designing the next generation of MRI scanners. In this episode Elliot and Phil talk about how to manage being ‘in between’ ventures, how designing a product is often a collaboration between multiple systems and people, and the three habits that founders need to develop to be successful. 3 KEY POINTS Fundraising always takes longer than expected. Maxwell Plus budgeted 3 months to raise its first round and it took nearly seven months to close the round (16:39) You get told ‘No’ a lot when you’re building a venture. No only means ‘no’, today. It often isn’t a reflection on you or the work you’re doing (18:10) People need uninterrupted time and space to do deep work. Elliot subscribes to Cal Newport’s philosophy of Deep Work, you can read more about Deep Work here (24:22) Follow PhilHSC Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2pc0GqJ Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2AdJcPH Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2lGHaPK Overcast: http://bit.ly/2HhJAMX Pocket Cast: https://pca.st/A7ZK Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philhsc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philhsc/ If you'd like to know when new episodes are released or when Phil publishes his weekly blog post, sign up for the insider's email list here.
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