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From A&E Doctor to Tech Founder: What Trauma Triage Taught Chris McCullough About Scaling a Startup
28 minutes Posted Apr 22, 2026 at 7:05 am.
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Chris McCullough didn’t set out to build a tech company; he just wanted to fix broken A&E scheduling.

In this episode, Chris reveals how he traded emergency medicine for the boardroom, eventually leading Rotageek to a major acquisition. We unpack how handling medical trauma with incomplete information became his ultimate framework for navigating startup "imposter syndrome," building psychological safety, and making logically rigorous decisions under extreme pressure.


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