In this episode of the Achieve Podcast, host Jessie Warner sits down with Cindy Grabowski, CEO and founder of Mindgrove, Inc., to explore how she’s building a new pathway into high-paying careers in med-tech without requiring a traditional 4-year degree. With over 30 years in medical device manufacturing and experience across nine med-tech companies (including multiple startups and exits), Cindy saw a massive gap: most students and even professionals have no idea how many meaningful, well-paying careers exist behind the scenes in medical device companies. So, she built Mindgrove: a skills-based, micro-learning e-learning company powered by 28 subject matter experts and 9 instructional designers, focused on 6 lesser-known med-tech career pathways:

• Quality Assurance
• Regulatory Affairs
• Clinical
• Data Management
• Reimbursement
• Marketing

In this conversation, you’ll learn:

1. How Mindgrove’s Introduction to MedTech (8 one-hour modules) helps learners understand the full medical device lifecycle—from concept to market
2. Why traditional “death-by-click” training fails, and how story-driven, animated microlearning changes retention and real-world application
3. How Cindy and her team use AI tools like Claude and Perplexity to:

• Turn SME interviews into structured, layered training content
• Double their daily output without sacrificing quality
• Keep content concise, clear, and validated with real-world experience
• B2B – Medtech companies that want more well-rounded, collaborative teams
• B2C – Individual professionals using education stipends to level up
• Education (B2U) – Universities and STEM/biomedical programs (like Cal Poly SLO) integrating MedTech training into their curriculum
• Battling the self-doubt voice
• Stringing together consistent days when you don’t have all the answers
• Why Cindy tattooed “She believed she could, so she did” on her arm when she launched the company

The 3 main audiences Mindgrove serves:

• How Mindgrove’s bootstrapped, employee-owned model works—no VC, no PE, just founders and experts investing time and sweat to build something bigger
• Why even a 30-year veteran like Cindy discovered big knowledge gaps between functions—and how closing those gaps leads to better collaboration and leadership
• The real emotional side of entrepreneurship

To learn more about Mind Grove, visit MindGrove.com