Building a Tea Company as a Physician Family with Drs. Poorvi Chordia & Abe Thomas

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Drs. Poorvi Chordia and Abraham Thomas.

They discuss:

– Starting and scaling their premium tea company while continuing to work clinically and raise young children

– The financials of a product based side gig, including startup costs, marketing, and how long it took to break even

– Navigating outsourcing tasks & liability concerns as doctors

– Going into business together as a married couple, & including your kids in the family business

– Lessons learned along the way, both expected and unexpected!

If you want to check out their teas, go to www.herbsandkettles.com and use our affiliate code PSG15 for 15% off!

This episode is sponsored by Abridge, who is also sponsoring our Clinician Innovators Program at the ViVE 2026 health tech conference in Los Angeles this Sunday. If you’re a clinician, please join us from 2:30-5:30 for dedicated networking and panel discussions with colleagues on topics relevant to clinicians in tech. 

Abridge is an industry leading enterprise-grade AI platform that transforms medical conversations into clinically useful and billable documentation at the point of care, reducing administrative burden and clinician burnout while improving patient experience. For more information, please visit: www.abridge.com.

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