#14: Building outsource & in-house dev team for healthcare startup | Tim Ahong, CTO at Caribou
October 14, 2022
The caregiver shortage is growing, but a lot of caregivers are leaving the industry, especially during COVID. What is the best solution? Probably an on-demand economy.
Caribou creates software for home care companies that helps them recruit and retain caregivers with referral and incentive programs.
As CTO that works with customers the same as on the technical part, Timothy shares his advice on both his startups related to healthcare, how to define how much to pay for a solution that nothing like this existed before, and how to choose a team that can give you great results.
And also, why should project managers be involved very early on in the sales cycle?
Enjoy the listening!
Links:
Tim’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyahong/?originalSubdomain=ca
Caribou website: https://www.caribou.care/
In this episode, we will answer the following questions:
[01:12] software for home care companies to recruit and retain caregivers
[04:01] integrations, quick business adaptation and challenge overcoming
[07:21] how to transform customer requests into features
[14:08] in-house engineering team vs. third-party software development
[18:04] current obstacles in the development
[20:04] the story behind, features and development of sensor solution for the incontinent elderly tracks
[37:04] which kind of team brings better results in the startup stage
[42:51] how to become a good-skilled engineering manager
[43:41] Rapid Fire Round (3 questions)
The caregiver shortage is growing, but a lot of caregivers are leaving the industry, especially during COVID. What is the best solution? Probably an on-demand economy.
Caribou creates software for home care companies that helps them recruit and retain caregivers with referral and incentive programs.
As CTO that works with customers the same as on the technical part, Timothy shares his advice on both his startups related to healthcare, how to define how much to pay for a solution that nothing like this existed before, and how to choose a team that can give you great results.
And also, why should project managers be involved very early on in the sales cycle?
Enjoy the listening!
Links:
Tim’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyahong/?originalSubdomain=ca
Caribou website: https://www.caribou.care/