The 3 facts
- Cancer at 22 → naval engineering → medicine
- Now = Frontier Psychiatry / MedFlow / OpenHi — NOT NeuroLex (exited 2020)
- Obsession = early dementia detection · voice biomarkers + lifestyle prevention
- His frame: "tech-enabled clinical systems rooted in clinical expertise"
If he asks "tell me about you"
I'm 18, headed to Alabama this fall on a pre-med track — psychiatry direction, with an AI tools habit on the side I keep feeding. Clint thought we'd connect.
Then re-aim: "What's the most interesting thing on your plate right now?"
Opener 1 — use first, after hello
I've been thinking about AI tools for mental health from the outside — building stuff for myself, friends, family. You're inside the system. What's the gap between what AI CAN do and what regulated clinical workflow will actually ALLOW it to do right now?
Follow-ups · when there's a pause or he asks back
- "What's a problem in psychiatry you'd want a smart undergrad to spend a summer on — not because it's a job, but because solving it would actually move something?"
- "40% of dementia is modifiable — in clinic, is the lifestyle conversation actually changing patient behavior, or is it still mostly academic?"
- "What did you wish someone had told you in undergrad about preparing for the dual track — building AND practicing?"
If I blank — universal reset
Can you walk me through how you split your time between clinical practice and the companies right now?
Always works. Hands him the floor.
Mentor ask · last 5 minutes · verbatim
Would you be open to talking periodically — maybe once a quarter — as I think through the pre-med path?
Transition line if needed: "Before we run over — one thing I wanted to ask…"
Hard don'ts
- Don't pitch yourself unless asked
- Don't lead with Christianity — let him reveal first
- Don't say "NeuroLex" as current
- Don't try to match his pedigree
- Don't fill silence — let him think
- Don't ask "will you mentor me" — "periodic" only
- Don't ask "is there anything I can do for you" — performative
- Don't bluff. "I haven't gone deep on that — what's the gist?"
Right after the call · 1:30 PM
Do not postpone
Write follow-up email. Reference ONE specific thing he said. Say what you're going to do with it. 4-6 sentences. Send within the hour.