Smith: Medical Concierges Can Arbitrage Lower-Cost Foreign Diagnostic Clinics Without Buying Hardware
Jack Smith · Jack Smith On Biohacking, 2 Easy Business Ideas, PLUS Why Procrastination Is Good · Aug 23, 2024 · at 26:39
Investor Jack Smith pitches an asset-light medical tourism concierge business model based on his experience with Indian longevity clinics.
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“I feel you could just brand a biohacking center in any other country if you have strong links to the country, because what they were doing here is they don't have their own MRI scanner. He just took us to MRI. He just took us to all these different labs in India. He just made connections with them and they kind of just got us to skip to the front of the queue, you know, so a concierge medical for anti-aging, but you could do that in other countries.”
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