musingsbyromela

2025 as a 2x solo entrepreneur and a vet 2x'ed revenue Operated at >90% margins  Launched 1 product Wrote 1 book (yet to publish)  Added 1.5k+ members on LinkedIn  Added 1.1k+ followers on Tiktok  Wrote >260 posts on LinkedIn  Wrote 65+ pet nutrition articles  Treated 8 species of animals Treated 3700+ pets 99% patients recovered Wrote 1 Foreword for a veterinary book Exercised ~300 days  Gained 2. 5 kgs Had 360 meals with family Went live on Tiktok 4 times Featured on media 3x Visited 2 companies - pharmaceutical, powder coating Attended 3 national forums Visited 3 exhibitions  And I still believe you can live a modest life without a big building or a big staff 2026, bring it on This post was inspired by Justin Welsh whose posts in general resonate with me as a solo entrepreneur

What happens after you win an award?  One year ago, I was awarded as the "Skilled Youth Entrepreneur of Sri Lanka 2024" but 1. I'm pretty sure there are better youth entrepreurs than me 2. I was fortunate to win the competition At that time I only had one goal, to start Pet Labs (™️) in Sri Lanka but it went on to a whole different journey  It has now created a whole new system of sustainable pet nutrition not just for Pet Food and Pet supplement brands but also for individual pet owners who  believe in the power of food - through  - Innovation - Education / advocacy - Improving animal health standards  - Cross sector collaborations  Where am I through Pet Labs (™️) as of now? ✅ Scaled upto 15 countries including Sri Lanka ✅ Multiple Intellectual Property rights applied ✅ Pet Labs (™️) blog with 700 active readers per month  ✅ Launched the website ✅ Launched Spotz in my own country 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka ✅ Collaborated with several brands ✅ Qualifi...

Out of more than 13,600 applicants from all over the world, I'm humbled to have been selected to the United People Global  Sustainability Leadership, one of the most amazing sustainability leadership programs! 🌎 This is a fully funded program by the US for the most motivated individuals with potential to support positive citizen leadership on sustainability I'll be representing my country and  what I stand for, to connect with a global community of like minded and highly motivated young leaders and, to learn and share insights #upgsustsainabilityleader #upgsustsainabilityleadership #SDGs #sustainableliving #veterinarian #vet #sustainableliving #upg

Happy Women's Day. Stay Strong 💜 Not gonna lie but to me I am my super hero and my super woman. I hope I handle everything ahead like how I have handled life already. Next in line is my mother My upbringing was molded mainly by my mother. I'm a product of home schooling and self learning mostly - obviously I took tuition too but beyond that there was a lot of self learning. Until I was about 8 years of age I was 90% home schooled by my mother due to my asthmatic condition back then. She never failed to teach me the syllabus and gave me a lot of self work on the taught subjects. Later on, when I turned 10 years my mother stopped herself from home schooling me for two reasons: 1. I was getting better with my health. I could go to school more 2. I was dependent on her insisting me to study I had to do everything on my own - all of my studies. Ammi was just monitoring my grades and helped me find tutors but she made me be independent with my studies  My father was the ...

It's concerning how "prescription only medicine" are dispensed "over the counter" (OTC) for pets and other animals without a prescription of an authorized veterinarian. This month I had 4 cases of such toxicities in pets with both tablets and injections dispensed OTC Prescription only medicine may elicit potential health risks when not taken under proper guidance The same takes place in plenty among  production animals too. The witholding periods are not properly adhered to which can affect human health Why don't we still have a system to have full control over how prescription only medicine including injections are distributed and dispensed?  There are several loop holes in the drug distribution and dispense chain in the country The misuse of drugs may lead to populations of both humans and animals that are:   - resistant to antibiotics and anti parasitic medication    - with more immune mediated diseases    - with more premature organ fai...

The pet food industry is booming at a CAGR of 5.9% but what matters the most is what percentage of that 5.9 promotes sustainability and longevity in pets "Sustainability" - living a healthy life without the need for medication "Longevity" - living beyond the currently determined average life span of a dog. Sustainability and longevity go hand in hand and depend on 3 main factors:       •  genetics       • environment       • nutrition.  Out of these three factors, the one which we can have the most control of is nutrition Keeping the nutrition factor in mind it's vital that we: - as pet owners, read, understand and choose genuinely nutritious pet food and supplements  - as veterinarians, take one step forward to learn, understand and recommend genuinely nutritious food and supplements leaving all the marketing noises aside to consider what's suitable for each particular pet - as Pet food and pet supplement companies, choose to ...