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Dominic Tong, M.D.
CEO, Del Mar Medical & Radiology Services
San Diego,
California,
United States
Business owner, Freelancer, Looking for work
Member since March 10, 2010
VEQ: TL-TD-MM
Enterprising and accomplished life sciences professional with diverse healthcare practice and executive management experience in the academic, public and private sectors and clinical development/medical affairs industry experience in the biopharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics space with the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies and early-stage life science companies. Exceptionally adaptive and able to rapidly acquire new skills and responsibilities. Major strengths include relationship-building, creative problem-solving, strategic thinking, cross-function collaboration and development of synergies in the life sciences across multiple disease and therapeutic areas.
I am a(n):
Aspiring entrepreneur
Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Del Mar Medical & Radiology Services
Startups I worked for:
Zensun, VPDiagnostics
If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to change the world.
My favorite startups:
Groupon, Skype, Foursquare, Tesla
What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Most frustrating: fund-raising
Most rewarding: white space
What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Undercapitalization.
What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
The importance of the following:
1. Total team commitment
2. Equitable compensation
3. The understanding that change is the only constant
What do you hate most about being an entrepreneur or working at startups?
Imbalance between project challenges and funding.
Lack of total team commitment.
What entrepreneurs do you most admire and why?
Steve Jobs, Tony Hsieh
What industries are you interested in investing in or innovating in?
Life sciences and healthcare.
What do people misunderstand about being an entrepreneur?
The misguided notion that entrepreneurship = success.
Underestimate the importance of perseverance and time rather than the underlying idea or technology.
Entrepreneurs are born, however, success involves the natural selection process.
What investors, angels, VCs, do you most admire and why?
Warren Buffett
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Enterprising and accomplished life sciences professional with diverse healthcare practice and management experience in the academic, public and private sectors and clinical development/medical affairs industry experience in the biopharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics space with the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies and early-stage lifescience companies. Extensive knowledge and reference base in science, internal medicine and diagnostic radiology. Exceptionally adaptive and able to rapidly acquire new skills and responsibilities. Major strengths include relationship-building, creative problem-solving, strategic thinking, cross-function collaboration and development of synergies in the life sciences across multiple disease and therapeutic areas.
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