))
Surviving to Serve: A Parallel Entrepreneur’s Comeback Ft Michael Sprintz
Manage episode 473804862 series 3604446
Content provided by Mark A. Cleveland. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Mark A. Cleveland or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.
How do you launch a thriving medical practice, then pivot to a fast-scaling software startup—all while staying laser-focused on patient care, personal growth, and 24 years in recovery? In this episode, Mark Cleveland welcomes Dr. Michael Sprintz, an anesthesiologist-turned-tech-entrepreneur tackling chronic pain, addiction, and complicated billing structures in healthcare. Dr. Sprintz shares how resiliency, authentic leadership, and “flow” guide his parallel ventures.
Highlights:
- From OR to Revenue Tech – Why Michael traded the surgical suite for software code.
- 24 Years Sober – How recovery principles shape his resilience in business.
- Nail Compliance, Stop Revenue Bleed – The healthcare billing problem Michael solves.
- Mindset Hacks – Handling stress, negativity, and “the shadow self” with unshakable resolve.
- Chasing Flow – Moving from “hustle 24/7” to deeper creativity and real presence.
Show Notes:
- Cellarian Inc., healthcare software that improves diagnosis, treatment, documentation and risk-management for substance use disorder and other diseases - https://www.cellarian.com/
- A Life of Meaning: Relocating Your Center of Spiritual Gravity by James Hollis - https://jameshollis.net/hollisBooks.html
- Living with Borrowed Dust: Reflections on Life, Love and Other Grievances by James Hollis - https://jameshollis.net/hollisBooks.html
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho – https://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho/dp/0062315005/
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss – https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/0062407805
- Mark’s 2025 Bhavana – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twS9UpeqeF0
19 episodes
Share
