"Failure isn't forever, learn from your failures and turn them into a success"
Welcome to ValiantCEO Magazine’s latest exclusive interview, where we delve into the remarkable journey of a visionary leader who is reshaping the landscape of home healthcare. In this edition, we have the privilege of sitting down with Patty Post, the Founder and CEO of Checkable, a company on a mission to empower moms and families in making crucial healthcare decisions from the comfort of their homes.
Patty’s story is one of inspiration, dedication, and an unwavering commitment to driving positive change. As a working mom in medical device sales, she experienced firsthand the frustrations of repeated visits to the doctor’s office for simple checks like strep throat.
However, instead of accepting the status quo, Patty channeled her frustration into action and created Checkable – a platform utilizing rapid diagnostics, telechology, and telehealth to put the power of healthcare in the hands of moms.
Join us as we explore Patty Post’s extraordinary journey, her insights on entrepreneurship, and how she’s charting a new course for home healthcare, revolutionizing the way families approach medical decisions.
This is a must-read for anyone seeking inspiration and wisdom from a true trailblazer in the healthcare industry.
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We are thrilled to have you join us today, welcome to ValiantCEO Magazine’s exclusive interview! Let’s start off with a little introduction. Tell our readers a bit about yourself and your company.
Patty Post: My name is Patty Post, I’m the founder and CEO of Checkable, a company on a mission to help moms make healthcare decisions for themselves and their family from home through the use of rapid diagnostics, telechology and telehealth. I’m of the belief that if you can dream it you can do it.
As a working mom in medical device sales I experienced the frustration of having to bring my kids into the doctors office to check for strep time and time again until one day I realized if the strep test was available at the pharmacy I could avoid the trips into the clinic to check for strep. I literally created the company because I was so frustrated with the status quo.
What advice do you wish you had received when you started your business journey and what do you intend on improving in the next quarter?
Patty Post: I wish people would have told me to start fundraising 12 months before I was going to run out of money. Fundraising is an art and it takes time, it’s done from maintaining relationships and building trust and traction in your business.
People think they can raise a round in 30 days, you simply can’t raise millions in 30 days like some people claim it can be done, they’ve been working on it for a really long time and then 30 days they closed what they were working on.
I’m working with my current team to get the organization of our strategic plans for the business in a format that is easily explainable, accessible, and digestible so when we hire, or start a new raise or bring on new partners we can tie everything back to those plans.
We need to get better at identifying the ROI prior to starting the relationship or the initiative, it will make the decision process of success vs. no successful much easier.
Here is a two-fold question: What is the book that influenced you the most and how? Please share some life lessons you learned. Now what book have you gifted the most and why?
Patty Post: The book venture deals was the most influential book for me because it was the first book to explain venture capital fundraising. Theres an entire new vocabulary that comes with raising venture capital, if you don’t now what these words mean you’re not going to be prepared to raise your first round.
I learned the difference between common stock, preference shares, selling equity, and the differences in organizational structure when you first open the business. The book I gift the most is BE 2.0 Be Entrepreneurial by Jim Collins.
If you’re an entrepreneur and you read this you feel inspired to keep going and it helps you understand and acknowledge your work as a founder of a company. I highly recommend it!
Christopher Hitchens, an American journalist, is quoted as saying that “everyone has a book in them” Have you written a book? If so, please share with us details about it. If you haven’t, what book would you like to write and how would you like it to benefit the readers?
Patty Post: I haven’t written book but I agree with Christopher Hitchens that we all have a book within us. I will write a book about entrepreneurship, positivity and the greatness of betting of yourself.
I want to inspire others to dream big and believe they can do it! I think in our society we worry to much about failing, we’re overstretched financially and therefore we can’t make significant moves like quitting our day job to pursue our dreams.
I’m here to say you’ll live if you fail and you’ll regret if you never try. The first time you try something you probably will fall on your face, just like when you first learned to ride a bike, or ice skate, but after you keep practicing it gets easier.
Failure isn’t forever, learn from your failures and turn them into a success, I want people to live by that after hearing my story.
In your experience, what tends to be the most underestimated part of running a company? Can you share an example?
Patty Post: The most underestimated part of running a company is hiring an executive team. I am doing this right now and it’s really challenging.
People are really good at interviewing, they say what you want to hear and you feel like you’ve taken the time to get to know them but after some time and settling in people get comfortable and their true colors come out.
For me it’s about handing over trust and control, I’ve been burned a few times and now I’m really hesitant to bring people on board with big salaries, benefit packages and equity.
This is the reason many investors won’t invest in first-time founders because they don’t have the team established to figure it out. I used to get offended by that when an investor wouldn’t be on me, looking back I see what he was saying.
What does “success” in 2023 mean to you? It could be on a personal or business level, please share your vision.
Patty Post: Success in 2023 means I am ready for retailers! I have the team in place and prepared with strategic plans for 2024, the brand and messaging are on point, my finances are set and we are ready to rock and roll for the big show of national retailers!
Jed Morley, VIP Contributor to ValiantCEO and the host of this interview would like to thank Patty Post for taking the time to do this interview and share her knowledge and experience with our readers.
If you would like to get in touch with Patty Post or her company, you can do it through her – Linkedin Page
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