From a Small-Town Classroom to Building a Problem-First Startup

The first pilot failed completely.

Hospitals found the system:

  • Too complex

  • Too time-consuming

  • Difficult to train staff on

Doctors didn’t want to change workflows. Front-desk staff felt the software slowed them down instead of helping.

Aarav realized a painful truth:

He had built what he thought hospitals needed—not what they were ready to use.

Six months of effort resulted in zero adoption.

• Building for institutions requires deep behavior understanding • Simpler solutions get adopted faster • Technology should adapt to people, not the other way around • Early failure saved months of future mistake
• Building for institutions requires deep behavior understanding • Simpler solutions get adopted faster • Technology should adapt to people, not the other way around • Early failure saved months of future mistake