Building with Fearlessness, Leadership Wisdom from Calibrate Founder, Isabelle Kenyon

Join hosts Alex Schinasi and Lee Rotenberg on this episode of Unfinished Business as they sit down with Isabelle Kenyon, pioneering entrepreneur and founder of Calibrate. In this candid conversation, Isabelle shares her remarkable journey from investment banking to revolutionizing healthcare following a life-changing injury. Discover how she built a company in the GLP-1 space before most people had heard of Ozempic, and her insights on building category-defining businesses.
Timestamps:
00:53 - Isabelle's background and early career path
01:53 - The skiing accident that changed everything
03:18 - How breaking her back inspired her healthcare mission
04:52 - Developing an entrepreneurial mindset
07:53 - The pharmacy frustration that sparked her business idea
11:21 - The thesis behind direct-to-consumer pharma
14:22 - Pioneering GLP-1 medications before mainstream adoption
18:08 - Understanding Ozempic and metabolic health
24:45 - Raising $100M in just one year for Calibrate
31:12 - The challenges of building without a co-founder
35:37 - Isabelle's next venture: a community platform for GLP-1 users