I saw a gap in healthcare. Now my bootstrapped nursing company is growing 80% a year

Jasmine Bhatti is the CEO of Navi Nurses. Caitlin O'Hara for BI

Jasmine Bhatti's alternative to traditional home health has grown an average of 80% year over year.

She says the keys to her growth has been using fractional staff and delaying full-time hires.

Navi Nurses hit $7 million in revenue last year.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jasmine Bhatti, CEO of Navi Nurses . It has been edited for length and clarity.

Since I was in college, I always knew I wanted to make an impact in healthcare at a big level.

At the time, my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer and needed 24/7 care. I learned through her experience that there were major gaps in the current home health system .

I became a nurse and was reminded of this problem again.…