How I Built a Million Dollar Business in Medical School - 10 Tips for Entrepreneurs

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In this video, I talk through 10 tips that I picked up while building and running a business through medical school. My company 6med ( does around £150,000 in annual revenue and was built by me and my friends while we were medical students at Cambridge University. We talk about the importance of not waiting for permission, standing on the shoulders of giants, learning to code and design, working with friends, starting small, doing things that don't scale, expecting and learning from failure, starting with why, but above all, just starting. Enjoy!

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TIMESTAMPS
00:32 - The Story
01:45 - Don’t wait for permission
02:30 - Stand on the shoulders of giants
03:46 - Learn to code
05:41 - Learn design basics
07:51 - Do it with friends
08:55 - Start small
10:08 - Do things that don’t scale
11:49 - Expect, and learn from, failure
13:26 - Ask yourself why
15:03 - Just start

HELPFUL LINKS FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Brilliant (computer science courses + others) -

My video - 3 books that changed my life - (all 3 are entrepreneur / business-themed)

Book - The 4-Hour Work Week (Tim Ferriss) -
Book - Anything You Want: 40 lessons for a new kind of entrepreneur (Derek Sivers) -
Book - Show your Work (Austin Kleon) -
Podcast - The Tim Ferriss Show -
Podcast - Indie Hackers -
Podcast - Y Combinator -
Podcast - Seth Godin's Startup School -
Blog - Paul Graham -

Who am I:

I'm Ali, a junior doctor working in Cambridge, UK. I make videos about medicine, technology, productivity and lifestyle design. I also have a weekly podcast with my brother ( and I write a weekly email newsletter that contains some quick thoughts + links to interesting things (

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