In this episode, Dennis McWilliams at Sante Ventures and Duane Mancini discuss starting in biotech, what he learned from his first company, being humble and building your team, the story of Apollo Endosurgery, the complicated process of licensing the Apollo IP portfolio, raising money during the great financial crisis, being replaced as CEO and transitioning to CCO, lessons learned during his time at Apollo, the mistake of trying to design the perfect product before commercial launch, Sante Ventures, making the switch from entrepreneur to investor, and so much more.Dennis McWilliams LinkedInSante Ventures WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Ben Holmes at Nanochon and Duane Mancini discuss the University of Virginia biomedical engineering program, the importance of understanding the economics of the problem you are trying to solve, the iCorp program, taking on the PMA pathway as a startup, finding capital as a PMA product, what’s next for Nanochon and so much more.Ben Holmes LinkedInNanochon WebsiteProject Medtech Website Project Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Daniel Hawkins at Avail Medsystems and Duane Mancini discuss his background in the medical device industry, his time at Advanced Cardiovascular Systems (Abbot Vascular), Intuitive Surgical, his startup with the founder of Amgen, how he founded Shockwave Medical, his relationship with Antoine Papiernik at Sofinnova Partners, the proper way to challenge voice of customer, the support from Casey McGlynn at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the investment @Shockwave received from Fred Moll at Intuitive Surgical, what he is doing at Avail Medical Systems, asking the right questions, Restore medical, staying the course, being very intentional about who you bring on your team, being mindful of your investors and board members, and so much more.Daniel Hawkins LinkedInAvail Medsystems WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Arpit Rao at Ankr Health and Duane Mancini discuss chatGPT, how it is going to change healthcare and business, generative AI and general AI, and so much more.Arpit Rao LinkedInAnkr Health WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Lindsay Watson at Augment Therapy and Duane Mancini discuss gamifying therapy, remote patient monitoring and remote therapeutic monitoring, their partnership with CareSource, her relationship with Sesame Street, go-to-market strategy, culture, the relationship between co-founders and so much more.Lindsay Watson LinkedInAugment Therapy WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, David DeRam at Greenlight Guru and Duane Mancini discuss what makes teams click, company culture, the Greenlight Guru story, the importance of mission, vision, and value, and so much more.David DeRam LinkedInGreenlight Guru WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Arlen Meyers and Duane Mancini discuss Sick Care vs. Healthcare, digital therapeutics, value based care vs. fee for service care, clinical advisor boards, and so much more.Arlen Meyers LinkedInSOPE WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, David Narrow and Duane Mancini discuss the stagnant innovation in dialysis, reimbursement strategy, the strategy behind a limited market release, identifying various stakeholders and how they are incentivized, the importance of building your team, licensing from an University, and so much more.David Narrow LinkedInSonavex WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Bryan Stewart and Duane Mancini discuss how he found non-dilutive capital, HMO Labs, what pieces of information he took from his diverse background to use in his startups, how do you take advantage of accelerators and incubators, his military background and how it prepared him to be an entrepreneur, the importance of your founding team, the importance of community, and so much more.Bryan Stewart LinkedInHDO Health WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Ty Hagler and Duane Mancini discuss industrial design, Trig, their current program called med+design by Trig, how to approach innovation for healthcare, and so much more.Ty Hagler LinkedInTrig WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Martin Muller and Duane Mancini discuss what makes Philips Ventures unique, his background and the differences between private equity and venture capital, evaluating a company, what spaces he is most excited about, and so much more.Martin Muller LinkedInPhilips Ventures WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Leah Brownlee and Duane Mancini discuss their strategy to getting through the FDA in 90 days from submission, who they have raised money so far and how they are different, her background in legal and how it prepared her for a leadership role, the biggest mistakes a startup can make, why they are a LLC over a Delaware C-Corp, how to set-up an equity pool for employees, and so much more.Leah Brownlee LinkedInLazurite WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Rob Kibler, Asim Roy, Brandon Canfield and Duane Mancini discuss their work in the sleep monitoring space, how they chose their beachhead market in dental, what they have learned so far, and so much more.Rob Kibler LinkedInAsim Roy LinkedInBrandon Canfield LinkedInDianyx LinkedInProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Daniel Sheppard and Duane Mancini discuss how we met, the importance of getting a team when working with a service provider, when do you have a call with a merger and acquisition advisor, strategics spend more money on acquisitions than their own research and development, what kind of M&A activity to expect in 2023,  and so much more.Daniel Sheppard LinkedInMedWorld Advisors WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Rachel Robinson, CL Tian, Phiex Technologies, Oriana Papin-Zoghbi and Duane Mancini discuss the companies they are running, the MassMEDIC IGNITE program, how to take advantage of programs like these as an early stage Medtech company, surrounding yourself with good people, the timing of when you do an accelerator program, lessons learned along their entrepreneurial journal, common pitfalls, best piece of advice, and so much more.Rachel Robinson LinkedInCL Tian LinkedInOriana Papin-Zoghbi LinkedInProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Bryan Dunn, Larry Snyder and Duane Mancini discuss the similarities between the aviation and medical device industry, FAA vs. FDA, the 1, 10, 100 rule, verification and validation of software and so much more.Bryan Dunn LinkedInLarry Snyder LinkedInGeneral Digital WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Livia Ng and Duane Mancini discuss clinical trial recruitment, how to improve it, empowering first time founders to have the network they need to succeed, and so much more.Livia Ng LinkedInNeuroute WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Arpit Rao and Duane Mancini discuss what he is currently working on at Ankr Health, his background in the healthcare system, how he went from a handful of clinics to a market leader in one year, the importance of the sales team, sales culture, shortening the sales process, and so much more.Arpit Rao LinkedInAnkr Health WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, David Canes and Duane Mancini discuss why he considers himself a reluctant entrepreneur, how he founded WellPrept, determining if your problem is just an isolated issue or a systemic problem, the problem with clinician retention at a hospital, being a physician entrepreneur,  and so much more.David Canes LinkedInWellPrept WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn

In this episode, Peeyush Shrivastava and Duane Mancini discuss the company he founded with his two other middle school friends, dropping out of college together, the rise of magnetocardiography, how they raised money from Mark Cuban, the support from CincyTech, a problem centric approach, and so much more.Peeyush Shrivastava LinkedInGenetesis WebsiteProject Medtech WebsiteProject Medtech LinkedInDuane Mancini LinkedIn