In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, our hosts Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis talk to Mark Luhovy, Founder & Principal at BioEnginuity, which provides strategic digital healthcare & biotech consulting. Listen in as the conversation takes us through Mark’s medical career, the possibilities in the digital health space, his start-up experience, and the exciting world of robotics.

Mark has spent most of his career in the medical device sector. Towards the end of his medical school journey, he decided not to pursue additional clinical training. Instead, he rolled up a lot of his experience into his own consulting business, which is what BioEnginuity. And since 2018, he has been doing really several different consulting projects with clients as large as Johnsons & Johnsons but also small as emerging medical health companies in the digital health space. When working in the US, Mark fell in love with the practical side of engineering: from product design to product implementation to sales. To him, it brought together the best of both worlds: sound fundamentals of a scientific discipline and the actuality of making tangible things.

Topics Covered

• Mark’s career in the medical sector

• Foray into the digital health space

• Possibilities for start-ups in digital health

• Surviving a major failure

• The highs and lows of running a start-up

• Challenges faced

• Key Learnings

• The exciting world of Robotics

Time Stamps

• Foray into the digital health space (2:51 – 4:57)

• Possibilities for start-ups in digital health (4:59 – 6:39)

• Why do start-ups fail? (8:27 – 11:42)

• The start-up experience is a roller coaster (15:34 – 17:43)

• Roadblocks along the way (17:44 – 20:25)

• Key learnings (24:03 – 25:42)

• Exciting world of Robotics (29:29 – 31:55)

• Connect with Mark (39:25 – 40:51)

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