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Founder interviews · Episode 10

34 minutes to rethink how big your business could be

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Iain de Havilland explains NADclinic’s growth through B2B infrastructure, local partners and service. A conversation about the choices behind international expansion, adapting existing technology and solving distribution problems.

What you’ll learn

  • Why Iain chose to supply other clinics and partners as the main growth model.
  • How practical demonstration clinics helped customers understand the offer.
  • How customer constraints shaped product and delivery choices.
  • Why local partners mattered when entering Japan.
  • How service and delivery created a point of difference against larger suppliers.

About Iain de Havilland

Iain de Havilland is founder and Global CEO of NADclinic Group and co-founder of NADairX. His background is in finance. In this episode, he discusses building a health business through international partners, infrastructure and product development.

Resources

Chapters

  • 00:00 A bigger vision for a health business
  • 01:01 How NADclinic began
  • 05:47 Educating a new market
  • 08:10 Reaching customers across 40+ countries
  • 11:27 Choosing infrastructure as the business model
  • 14:06 Research, conviction and the product portfolio
  • 17:43 Healthier Note
  • 18:08 Innovation and changing customer needs
  • 21:15 Adapting established technology
  • 24:55 Removing a distribution constraint
  • 26:01 Choosing markets and local partners
  • 30:38 Winning on service and delivery
  • 31:51 The founder’s role as the business grows

Healthier Notes

A founder’s playbook every week.

The frameworks and playbooks behind the fastest growing companies in health, fitness and wellbeing.

Healthier Notes

A founder’s playbook every week.

The frameworks and playbooks behind the fastest growing companies in health, fitness and wellbeing.