Vital Care Industries: Mia Jackson

The Search Fund Podcast

In this episode, Mia recounts her unique transition, from engineer by training to management consultant to self-made entrepreneur. From running an African art exhibit as an undergrad to simultaneously launching both her consultancy practice and a beauty startup, Mia's certainly no stranger to the entrepreneurial world. One year into her acquisition of Vital Care Industries, Mia shares the challenges she's faced, especially at the helm of a healthcare business amidst a global pandemic, and how the wealth of operating experience she's gained over the years has helped her navigate them.
Some advice from Mia:

"You have to strike the balance of being prepared and having the confidence to do this. Having the confidence to take the leap, because it is a big leap. In many cases, you’re going to make, as a searcher, less money than you’re making now at your corporate job and so you’re investing in yourself."

"It is something that you have to really want to do. It is not, just like startups are for everyone, ETA is not for everyone either. It’s more than just, “Hey, I just wanna be a CEO or wanna run a company.” There’s a lot that has to go into it. And so taking the time to prepare yourself for that I think is important."

Resources:

broadtreepartners.com

smeventures.com

vitalcareindustries.com

Chapters

1. Vital Care Industries: Mia Jackson (00:00:00)

2. Early beginnings: From engineer to entrepreneur (00:05:57)

3. Discovering the search fund model (00:16:29)

4. Keystone Group: The management consulting experience (00:18:26)

5. Stunning on Standby: Co-founding a beauty start-up (00:22:07)

6. Corporate life, startup space, search fund world (00:24:12)

7. The acquisition: Vital Care Industries (00:31:12)

8. Post-acquisition: Overcoming challenges (00:34:49)

9. Onto loftier goals: past, present and future (00:39:26)

10. On hindsight: Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs (00:41:04)