Building a Tea Company as a Physician Family with Drs. Poorvi Chordia & Abe Thomas
Inside The Doctor's LoungeShow Notes
In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Drs. Poorvi Chordia and Abraham Thomas.
They discuss:
– Starting and scaling their premium tea company while continuing to work clinically and raise young children
– The financials of a product based side gig, including startup costs, marketing, and how long it took to break even
– Navigating outsourcing tasks & liability concerns as doctors
– Going into business together as a married couple, & including your kids in the family business
– Lessons learned along the way, both expected and unexpected!
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This episode is sponsored by Abridge, who is also sponsoring our Clinician Innovators Program at the ViVE 2026 health tech conference in Los Angeles this Sunday. If you’re a clinician, please join us from 2:30-5:30 for dedicated networking and panel discussions with colleagues on topics relevant to clinicians in tech.
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