On a Tuesday morning in Manila, izigulane zihlanganisa umugqa ngaphandle kwe-clinic okuyinto ayizokungasene. Abanye zihlanganisa kusukela ekubeni. Umfundi wabhala idokhumenti yayo zonyango emaphaketheni. Umntu wahlala nge-smartphone yakhe, ukhangela izixazululo ezingenalutho. Ukuze ama-Millions of Filipinos, lokhu nto i-healthcare ibamba: isitimela, ukuhambisa, futhi ukucindezeleka. U-Emil Eriksen, umbhali we-30 edolobheni waseDenmark, wahlola le ngcindezi futhi wabhala akuyona isizukulwana, kodwa akufanele. "Ngama-Philippines, abantu akuyona ingozi emzimbeni yabo," wathi. "Ama akuyona isikhathi, ubumfihlo, kanye nokuthembeka." inkampani yakho, Ukusungulwa ngo-March 2025, i-Hims & Hers iye yenza isibopho se-South East Asia ngokuvumelana ne-Hims & Hers ngokuvumela ukunakekelwa kwe-care ngokushesha njenge-command of anything else online. I-Company ikhubeka izigulane abesifazane ze-Philippines izidakamizwa ze-private kanye ne-home delivery ye-treatments e-prescribed. &Yini &Yini 
 
 Umthombo lethu kuyinto ukwenza ukwelashwa kwezempilo ngokuphathelene, ngokuphathelene, futhi abantu, "Eriksen wathi. "Siphakamisa ukujabulela ukujabulela ukunakekelwa ngokuvamile. Umthombo lethu kuyinto ukwenza ukwelashwa kwezempilo ngokuphathelene, ngokuphathelene, futhi abantu, "Eriksen wathi. "Siphakamisa ukujabulela ukujabulela ukunakekelwa ngokuvamile. I-Reality & You Wants To Replace Ngaminyaka eminyakeni, izinhlelo zempilo e-Southeast Asia zihlanganisa ngokunambitheka. Amahhotela zihlanganisa. Abacwaningi zihlanganisa. Abacwaningi zihlanganisa ngokuvamile ku-self-medication noma i-online grey markets engaphezulu. U-Eriksen uye ukholelwa ukuthi okuzenzakalelayo. "Besifazane apha akufanele," wathi. "Bona nje bayazi ukuthi uhlelo lihlanganiswe ukuze ushiye isikhathi yabo." &you yasungulwe kuleli khosi. Ngaphandle kokuzihlanganisa abantu izivivinyo eminingi, ibonelela ngesivinini, ubumnandi, nokucaciswa. Ukusebenzisana kubhalwe abacwaningi abacwaningi, futhi izidakamizwa zithunyelwe ngokusebenzisa izidakamizwa ezivunyelwe ezivunyelwe ngqo nomdlavuza. I-tone ye-experience ibonakalisa ibhizinisi elithakazelisayo kunomthanethi kunomthanethi. I-Brand Ebhekwa E-Trust And Culture Ukubuyekeza isixazululo phakathi kwezidakamizwa kanye nenkcubeko esidumile, &you wabelane Kylie Verzosa, umbhali, umkhakha, futhi umkhakha wempilo, njenge-partner, i-investor, ne-brand director. Umthamo wayo kuyinto ukwenza izivumelwano ze-healthcare zibonele ngokuvamile emzimbeni lapho i-stigma ivele. "Ngithanda ukuthi ukuphazamiseka kunokukholela abantu ukukhula," Verzosa wathi. "Yini ngithanda ku &you kuyinto ukuthi ukwandisa ukunakekelwa kwinto enhle. Kuyinto engatholakali, akukhathazeki." Phakathi nenkqubo yayo, i- &you's amakethe kubona i-health noma i-fashion content kunoma ama-advertisements e-clinical. I-messaging yama-brand iboniswe ekuphuculeni kwama-self-improvement ne-confidence kunokuba ama-symptoms noma ama-fear. Umphumela yinkampani okuyinto ngokucacileyo ama-Filipino kodwa elula kakhulu ukujabulela e-Southeast Asia. Building For Scale, Not Just Hype Ukwakhiwa kwe-scale, akuyona kuphela i-hype I-Eriksen inikeza ukuthuthukiswa kwama-diagnostic kanye ne-chronic care ngaphakathi kwenyanga lokuqala, ngokuvumelana nesibopho se-discretion kanye ne-user trust. I-privacy iyisisombululo se-identity yebhizinisi. "I-privacy yabasebenzisi bethu akuyona engcono," u-Eriksen uthi. "Isiyo yindlela yokufika kwethu kuqala." Iphrofayili ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos ye-Filipinos. The Race To A Billion Ukuhamba ku-Billion Umthombo we-Eriksen iyatholakala kahle: ukwenza &you e-Southeast Asia ye-consumer health unicorn yokuqala eminyakeni eminyakeni eminyakeni eminyakeni. It is not about valuation alone. It is about proving that empathy can scale. “I-healthcare e-ultrasound iyahlukaniswa ngezinga le-cultural,” wathi. “Uma sinikeze abantu ukujabulela ngokushesha ngokuzimela kwelinye, singenze ngaphezulu kunazo ukwakha inkampani. Sithala isitimela.” Ngemuva kwalokho, wathi, "Ukuhlolwa okuqhubekayo wokupholisa akuyona eSilicon Valley, akuyona kusukela lapha. Ukusuka kwindawo lapho abantu bafikelele ukuthi ukwelashwa kunokwenzeka ngokushesha." 
 
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