Lady Michelle Servillas, PT, CEEAA, CADDCT, CDP manages and owns several home health companies, outpatient clinics, and a foundation that provides for underserved populations. In this episode, she shared valuable insight and advice on starting and owning a business. She described how she started in entrepreneurship, and how she manages multiple companies. She also discussed some drawbacks in being a business as well as failures and challenges she encounter as a business owner.
About the Guest:
Lady Servillas, PT is a Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adults, a Certified Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care Practitioner Trainer, and a Certified Dementia Practitioner. She is also a Certified Clinical Instructor and a Certified ACHC Consultant. She is a passionate and dedicated Physical therapist with over 20 years of experience in South Florida, mostly in the field of Geriatrics, Assisted Living Communities, and Resident Care. She holds positions in the American Physical Therapy Association and in Florida Physical Therapy Association.
She earned her Physical Therapy degree at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay in the Philippines and engaged herself in an Executive Education Course at Harvard Executive Education Value Care in Healthcare Management to help her in her line of business.
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0:00 Introduction
1:26 Lady's background
2:53 How she started as an entrepreneur and the companies she now owns
15:45 What motivates and inspires her
19:36 The downside and upside of entrepreneurship and owning a business
24:30 Failures and successes in starting and owning a business
28:50 Starting from scratch or acquiring a business: which is easier?
30:15 How does one start in business
35:55 When a PT should start thinking of having a business
38:30 Advice in managing people
43:05 Materials and places to start in learning about starting a business
48:00 Last bites
54:34 Takeaway
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