#314: Joey Ferry: Innovating in Healthcare and Combining Passion with Purpose

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p>"Fortune favors the bold." – Latin Proverb</p> <p>Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner, and Host of the Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy podcast, sits down with Joey Ferry, Nurse Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Frontier Innovations Inc., and Co-Inventor of the Award-Winning SafeSeizure Pad. In this episode, we hear the story of how two innovative minds came together to revolutionize Healthcare through their Entrepreneurial vision. From the challenges they've overcome to the solutions they create, Joey's innovation paved the path toward their "good fortune."</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>3 KEY POINTS:</strong></p> <ol> <li>You'll get to where you need to be, but take it one step at a time.</li> <li>To start a business, know what you're good at and talk to people about that.</li> <li>Sales expertise boils down to repetition.</li> </ol> <p> </p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Joey has a strong passion for entrepreneurship, even as a child.</li> <li>He once veered away from his Entrepreneurial passion and pursued Nursing for its financial security.</li> <li>Later, upon meeting his now business partner, Taofiki, he realized he could pursue both Entrepreneurship and Healthcare without sacrificing either.</li> <li>They discovered they had the same entrepreneurial passion and decided to work together towards a common goal.</li> <li>Joey creates products for ether two reasons:</li> <li>Solving a problem and providing convenience, even without much financial gain</li> <li>Creating a viable and potential business opportunity</li> <li>When creating prototypes, it doesn't have to be the final product. You simply want to test, feel, and play with it.</li> <li>Be okay with accepting the solution that might look different than when you first started.</li> <li>Joey and Taofiki are registered nurses who invented a new way to pad bed rails for patients on seizure precautions in the hospital setting.</li> <li>They source their materials from Alibaba from a manufacture