Kelly AlhooiePelviBiz, Pelvibiz · Healthcare Business Strategy Assistant

This Business Idea Seemed Perfect Until It Wasn't #startup #realities #pelvibiz #businessstrategy

27 Mar 2026 · 3 min

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In this first‑person video, the speaker recounts launching a pelvic health clinic in April of the current year. Initially, they recruited neighbors as discounted clients and realized they needed a dedicated clinic space. In June they joined the business group Paul V Biz, which offered access to an unused shockwave therapy device. Despite repeated warnings from Kelly Alhooie about red flags in the partnership, the speaker pursued the device out of curiosity, investing time in training and setup. The partner turned out to be unreliable, failed to fulfill obligations, and had misused the shockwave machine, causing it to malfunction and increase patient discomfort. The speaker spent extensive effort troubleshooting the equipment, but ultimately earned GAINSWave and FemiWave certifications through the process. Shortly after, a hurricane destroyed the original clinic space, prompting an emotional phone call with Kelly Alhooie and a strategic reassessment. Viewing the disaster as a “godsend,” the speaker relocated to a low‑cost gym space ($500/month) and launched a “Hurricane Healing Week,” offering free community sessions to attract new clients and re‑establish the clinic. The narrative highlights the challenges of early‑stage entrepreneurship, the pitfalls of ignoring advisory counsel, the learning gained from hands‑on experience, and the adaptive pivot after a natural disaster.

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I just started my business actually this year in April. But yeah, like I guess like initially I just kind of started with like asking my neighbors to be my clients, you know, and I was like giving discounts that way. And then I, I just knew myself and like how I really needed clinic space because that's just how I like to operate. And with like my ADHD brain, So I joined Paul V Biz in like June and then like I had started on this journey of starting my clinic space in St. Pete Beach. And the other interesting thing about this partnership was that they had a shockwave device and nobody was using it. So I was gonna be able to use a shockwave device and I was super excited about that. So I like spent a lot of time with training and setting up the clinic space and ultimately I didn't listen to Kelly's advice about like what I should be doing with this business partner because there were a lot of red flags. But I think I was just so clinically curious about like how the shockwave device worked, you know? And like I wanted this opportunity to like to play with it and see what the healing potential was, you know? And like it would've been $30,000 that I don't have out of pocket right now, you know? So anyway, like I just went ahead and like did my thing and like ultimately I did protect myself. But like at the end of the day, long story short, The guy turned out to be like a real flake and like didn't abide by any part of his, like what he had to do. So then I was like doing double the work and turns out like that with the shockwave device he had, he had misused it. So it was kind of broken a little bit and it was causing some more pain than expected for the patients. And so there was a lot of troubleshooting I was doing for him to like fix his machine. And so ultimately I still think I learned a lot. I have like a GAINSWave and FemiWave certification that I like I got for free kind of like through all of it and like just a lot more knowledge. But now also the hurricanes destroyed my clinic space. And so that was kind of a godsend. And like, I was like crying on the phone with Kelly Alhooie as I was like trying to get out of this business situation. And I was just like, do I just like do it? Like, cause I didn't want to be an asshole. But then like, when I really thought about it and like thought about it in business terms, you know, it was just like, like so much was like messed up about like what I was having to shoulder, you know? So like, I think the hurricane was kind of a godsend for me. And I ended up in a clinic space in a gym that was only $500 a month and started my launch of my clinic with the Hurricane Healing Week and gave free sessions for the community and just brought people into the space and let them know I was there. And I still would say like,