DM: How are you? and thanks for talking to us today
MLP: I'm Awesome and thanks for having me
DM: What is the name of your business?
MLP: My Little Patient
DM: Tell me a little bit about this business?
MLP: It's a non-profit organization helping parents gain knowledge as well as sharing information to become prepared when going to an appointment or to the hospital.
DM: How long have you been in business?
MLP: Well I've been in the health care field for about 10 years but I started this business in December of 2013.
DM: What is the product or service you provide to your customers?
MLP: The company is geared towards parents and health care information it's kind of a prep tool for patients and parents to know what to expect when going to an appointment or having a procedure done.
DM: Is this something you've always wanted to do?
MLP: No not really it all sort of happened when I started seeing how the patients were clueless about what was about to take place
DM: How did you come up with the concepts of My Little Patient?
MLP: Well alot of the patients and parents where I work were upset and or surprised or frustrated when coming to there appointments or when they were about to do an exam so I was also frustrated with the lack of knowledge they had about the exams and appointments so I came up with the idea to discuss and inform them of what to expect everywhere from wait times up to how to dress and being comfortable.
DM: What other ventures would you like to accomplish?
MLP: I really just want to make health care better and allow patients and parents to get the most out of what can be provided to them as well as expand worldwide and to work with all the hostpitals, clinics, and doctors offices in getting this information to the patients
DM: What is Your Dream Job?
MLP: Well the Dream is to be able to live comfortable without having to work so hard, doing this to help people I guess you could say that is my passion to help others
DM; How hard is it to start a business?
MLP: It's alot of work but it is not actually all that hard if you stay focused and stay consistant
DM: Do you work with other local businesses?
MLP: Yes I have been invited to speak at local schools in Northern Va, Dc, and Md, I also work with my fan base in getting the information to hospitals and clinics in other states and countries like Cincinatti Childrens Hospital and Alaska and Turkey.
DM: Have you hired employees or do you most of the work yourself?
MLP: All my self I designed the website and created all the social media sites like twitter and facebook
DM: Where do you see yourself in 5 years within the business?
MLP: Established as a nonprofit organization with considerable following of doctors, radiologist, parents and patients. I am also working on a app that is developed for patients to document their medical history only for them to view and show their Doctors and just info for them. I was approached by many different people wanting to share their stories of leukimia, autism, and down syndrome just to name a few so I made it so people can do that on the website
DM: What is a typical day like in your business office?
MLP: Just promoting and coming up with new ways to be innovative and change the way of the health care world
DM: What encouraged you to start this business?
MLP: like I said before I wanted to help the patients feel less anxiety when coming to the doctors and get them what they needed so they can be more relaxed and at ease when it came to being prepared because they were unaware about alot of things
DM: Did your family and friends show support with your ideas?
MLP: Yes they have been very supportive and my mom is actually sewing some merchandise for me as we speak for the My Little Patient Store that should be up and running in June
Twitter:twitter.com/mylittlepatient
Fb:Mylittlepatient.com
Web: mylittlepatient.com