started my own business extracurricular

[batista_123]

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I want to mention that I started my own business as an extracurricular. I started a business in 2009, I did everything on my own, from researching to making a website to promoting the website to renting the office space to...everything.

I am wondering what would be appropriate to put in the description field.
for example, for volunteering, you put "delivered blankets to patients"

what do I put here? like do I say "I made a website, set up a credit card processing machine, printed business cards, got a business license" ?

 

[DrYoda]

It's been too long for me to recall exactly what I put under my business owner section. But I'd put thing like "founded in ####", what the business does, number of accounts/customers/bandwidth, built and maintained website, researched/analyzed market, designed and implemented advertising campaign.

Anything you think is impressive be sure to mention. I wouldn't put menial things like "printed business cards", talk it up and call it advertising.

 

[batista_123]

It's been too long for me to recall exactly what I put under my business owner section. But I'd put thing like "founded in ####", what the business does, number of accounts/customers/bandwidth, built and maintained website, researched/analyzed market, designed and implemented advertising campaign.

Anything you think is impressive be sure to mention. I wouldn't put menial things like "printed business cards", talk it up and call it advertising.

oh, ok. The thing I am concerned about is mentioning this activity might make me look like a businessman, and doctors dont like businessmen.

 

[ppfizenm]

are you hiring?

 

[batista_123]

are you hiring?

ya, send your resume. just kidding, I am not that big, I am going to fire myself soon.

 

[DrYoda]

oh, ok. The thing I am concerned about is mentioning this activity might make me look like a businessman, and doctors dont like businessmen.

IMO if the rest of your application points to your commitment to going into medicine, there shouldn't be a problem. My business ventures came up at most of my interviews, and the vibe I got( admittedly all I have to go on here is subjective feelings) was neutral to positive. Hopefully LizzyM will swing by since she's in the best position to comment on what adcoms would think of it.

 

[plauto]

Actually Most doctors in the real world are business men. Even as I started my residency application process I get attendings asking me all the time about my business. It's a nice thing to have.

 

[jdok]

If you were wise enough to start up your own business, how are you dumbfounded on how to market yourself and accomplishments to adcoms? I don't get it. Based on your previous threads, you don't sound like the business type. You're probably lying...

 

[LizzyM]

Why did you go into business? Why are you choosing medicine as a career? What have you learned about business? What have you learned about yourself? If you couldn't go into medicine, what would you choose to do instead?

It is not that physicians don't like businessmen but they want to be sure of your motivations for medicine.