2 days ago
What I learnt … going into the US too fast
K rishan Ramdoo, 40, is the founder of Tympahealth, the maker of an all-in-one ear healthcare tool that can perform ear examinations, remove earwax and test hearing. Before founding the company in 2017, Ramdoo worked for the NHS for 11 years as an ear, nose and throat surgeon before completing a PhD at University College London.
Tympahealth has raised over £50 million from investors and the tool has been used on 450,000 patients. Its first big UK customer was Boots Hearingcare. It entered the US market at the end of 2023 and soon realised it had taken on too much.
I was constantly seeing the same patients coming to see me. They were waiting weeks on end to see a specialist. [But] I needed to see patients who needed an operation. They didn't need to see me.
