A self-paced course that gets you ready to start advising startups, with an AI guide that assists you along the way.
From Clinical Expertise to Startup Advisor. Built for You, by AI.
You already know you have something valuable to offer startups.
In 6 lessons, the Startup Advisor Toolkit helps you build the exact assets and scripts you need to start reaching out in one week.
You Have the Expertise. You Don't Yet Know What It's Worth.
The Problem
You know you have something valuable to offer startups: years of clinical training, systems knowledge, and firsthand insight into patient care. But most physicians can't articulate what that value is in a way a startup would pay for.
What do you call the thing you do that isn't "being a doctor" but makes you invaluable anyway?
Which of your skills actually solve a startup's problem?
What advisory work would you even enjoy doing?
That's where this tool starts:
- Build your value proposition. Pulls in your CV and experience, translating clinical, systems, and leadership skills into language startups recognize as valuable.
- Identify your archetype. Maps you against real physician-advisor archetypes so you know what work would genuinely bring you joy.
- Search the market. After you build your value proposition, the outreach and the paid work follow.
A Custom Advisory System, Built Around Your Career.
How It works
The Toolkit walks you through building your own startup advisory business, guided by an AI-powered assistant. No coding. No AI experience needed. Just your CV, your interests, and the work you actually want to do.
In 6 lessons, here's the path:
- Set up your AI guide — a private project trained on your background, ready to work for you.
- Uncover your hidden expertise — through a guided conversation, identify the systems knowledge and specialized experience you didn't know was marketable.
- Get a real, sourced list of companies — your AI assistant researches and finds companies that need exactly what you offer, complete with citations.
- Build your outreach playbook — a personalized guide covering your LinkedIn profile, your introduction, and exactly what to say.
- Organize your pipeline — a tracker that turns your research into an actionable, day-to-day system.
- Execute with confidence — a proven outreach script and a repeatable process for turning conversations into real opportunities.
By the end, you will have an advisory pipeline with the companies, scripts, and a system to run it.
Your Advisory Toolkit: 4 Assets, Fully Built
What You Walk Away With
Launch Blueprint
A complete profile of your expertise, interests, and advisory "archetype."
Deep Research Brief
A sourced, cited list of real companies and venture firms aligned with what you offer.
Outreach Playbook
Your personalized guide: LinkedIn setup, introductions, and outreach messaging.
Outreach Tracker
An organized system to manage your pipeline, from first connection to booked call.
Built by a Physician, for Physicians Who Demand Proof.
Why This Works
You trust evidence. This system was built with that in mind.
- Sourced and cited. The research your AI assistant produces points to real sources. You get actual companies, actual names, and real context you can verify.
- Low-cost, low-barrier tools. You'll need about $20/month for a single AI tool subscription. No coding, no technical background required.
- Built on your CV. A system trained specifically on your background, however polished or unpolished your CV currently is.
- A system, not a one-time PDF. The same AI assistant you build in Lesson 1 keeps working for you afterward, for follow-up emails, proposals, and more.
Meet Your Guide
Alison Curfman
MD, MBA, Founder & CEO
Meet Dr. Alison Curfman—a practicing physician, founder of a multi-nine-figure startup, and CEO of her own venture advisory firm.
Through her work with numerous venture firms, she has learned EXACTLY what industry needs from physicians.
Clinical expertise is the engine of this industry. They need you in the room.
She created The Advisory Startup Toolkit to give physicians like you a step-by-step process to rapid launch a successful advisory business.
6 Lessons. One Working System.
CURRICULUM
Build Your AI Advisory Assistant
Set up a private, custom-trained AI project using your CV and background.
Discover Your Hidden Expertise
A guided conversation that uncovers your valuable specialized experience and identifies your advisory "archetype."
Get Your Sourced Company Research
Run deep, cited research across multiple AI platforms to generate a real list of companies and venture firms that need what you offer.
Build Your Outreach Playbook
Get a personalized guide covering your LinkedIn profile setup, your introduction scripts, and exactly how to present yourself.
Organize Your Outreach Tracker
Consolidate all your research into one clear, organized system for managing your outreach pipeline.
Execute Your Outreach
Learn the exact script for connecting with founders, running a discovery call, and following up. This turns conversations into real opportunities.
You'll have your plan built in about 2 hours. The outreach and opportunities after that? As much as you want to put in.
Enroll in the Advisory Startup Toolkit
pricing
This introductory price is for the first 50 physicians only!
"Physicians need to know how much more they can do with their skills" - Dr K.
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"I have much more clarity about who I am and what I can offer in the start up world." - Dr C.
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"Physicians need to know how much more they can do with their skills" - Dr K. 〰️ "I have much more clarity about who I am and what I can offer in the start up world." - Dr C. 〰️
Common Questions
FAQs
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Compare it to the alternative: months of unfocused networking, or paying a coach for one-on-one positioning work. The Toolkit gives you a complete system for less than the cost of a single coaching session.
And the upside is real. Physician advisory to digital health and medtech runs up to ~$500/hr at the high end. Fractional Chief Medical Officer roles typically pay $5,000–$20,000/month depending on scope, often plus equity. You won't necessarily get there on day one — but the payoff can be substantial, and the most important step is getting started. -
Yes. The setup takes a few clicks, and we walk you through every step. If you can send an email, you can do this.
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Start to finish, the whole build takes about 2 hours. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a few days. After that, you're ready to hit the ground running.
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The Advisory Startup Toolkit helps you build your pipeline and your outreach process, the foundation every successful advisor needs. It won't guarantee a contract on day one, but it gives you everything you need to start messaging founders in a week.
You have the expertise. Now you have the pathway.
Take advantage of this limited time launch offer.
After the first 50 physicians, the price goes up to $697.
Stop Waiting. Start Building.
Ready for More?
Startup Physicians Launchpad
The Toolkit gets your system built, and your outreach started. If you're ready to turn that into a real pipeline of paid advisory and consulting work, Physician Launchpad is a 3-month, physician-only program to help you step into paid advisory roles, without starting a company or leaving clinical practice.
Inside, you'll learn to build a pipeline of paid opportunities, speak the language of venture and investing, clarify your unique value, and contract with confidence.
Let's change the future of healthcare, together.
Disclaimer: Individual results may vary. This program provides tools and frameworks for career development; income and placement are dependent on individual effort, networking, and market conditions.