Online Pharmacy Bangladesh | Startup Founder Chat with MedEasy CEO Arefin Zaman | Pt. 1
Description
We have a chat with Arefin Zaman, Co-founder and CEO of MedEasy. MedEasy is an online pharmacy and doctor consultation app based in Bangladesh with a vision to make the lives of 30 million chronic patients easier. In 18 months, they've crossed USD1 million in annualized sales.
Tune in to listen to Arefin's moving personal story of starting MedEasy, how he gave up on his PhD ambitions, his pivot during the pandemic and more.
This is one episode not to be missed. It is such an amazing episode that we've made it a 2 part special!
01:18 - The MedEasy Pitch Deck
05:39 - The founder story and going deeper into Arefin's background
06:58 - The initial version of MedEasy as a B2B Saas Platform
08:40 - The pivot to become a B2C telemedicine platform
09:26 - The challenge with telemedicine - low retention rate and app uninstalls due to lack of regular usage
10:38 - Existing customers of telemedicine start to request medicine
12:03 - Testing the MVP over 7 days
13:59 - A textbook example of an MVP
19:26 - Comparing the telemedicine versus the online pharmacy business model
24:03 - A retention rate of 84% among chronic patients
25:15 - Choosing to build MedEasy over a PhD
31:14 - What is holding MedEasy back?
34:33 - Authentic medicine vs Fake Medicine
🔗 CONNECT WITH AREFIN ZAMAN:
1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/arefinzaman/
🔗 CONNECT WITH US:
1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...
2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/
🔗 CONNECT WITH MEDEASY:
💻 Website - https://medeasy.health/
🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mede...
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