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In this episode, Tara speaks with Elyse Dickerson, Co-founder and CEO of Eosera, a biotech company that addresses underserved healthcare needs. The two touch on everything from career development and risk-taking to mental health and self-care. Elyse shares some of her tips on how she keeps her mindset positive and stays present for her family, as well as in her business; innovation as an entrepreneur and what it can mean to put people ahead of profits; and some solid advice about mentorship and the things she wished she had known when she was just starting in her career.

From corporate America to people-centric entrepreneurship

When Elyse and her co-founder created Eosera in 2015, they had both just left long stints in the healthcare industry and had seen how corporate America was failing its employees by prioritizing stakeholders. So, they set out to create a company that took care of its people first, believing and trusting that profits would follow. In fact, today, Eosera employees themselves have a hand in the generation of ideas for new products.

In their initial research, Elyse and her partner spoke to many doctors and identified a need for a product that would solve the widespread problem of earwax impaction. Thus, after doing the necessary research and preparation — rather than creating the product first and hoping there was consumer demand for it — Eosera was born.

Planning for the future

Elyse does not consider herself a huge risk-taker. However, she is a planner. At 20 years old, Elyse began planning for her future financial stability by slowly saving up. She advises young professionals looking to create a nest egg to only spend money on the things you really need and to pay yourself first. Making money doesn’t happen all at once; even if it’s $10 per paycheck, putting money aside into savings helps compound that growth.

Elyse’s two cents

From her rich and varied career and life experience, Elyse gives excellent advice on a variety of topics, including resilience, surrounding yourself with people who believe in you, shifting your mindset from “doom and gloom” to “I’ve got this!”, meditation and quieting the mind, protecting your energy, prioritizing what matters to you, the importance of physical activity to overall health, what mentorship really entails, and seizing the opportunity to ask for what you really want.

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