Gurus Neha Rastogi, founder and COO at Agasta reinforces some age old advice in this episode, “if you can dream it” you can make it happen. Neha also explains that if you can design a product that can just save one life you can save many.

Gurus Neha provides so many insights in this episode it is no wonder she was named one of Forbes most Audacious Women! 

Gurus you are going to love what Dr. Ruchi Thanawala has to bring in this episode. Dr. Thanawala is a thoracic surgeon at Oregon Health & Science University. Along with that is co-founder at Firefly  She gets into why it has never been a better time to be a healthcare entrepreneur.

She does discuss however why starting a company from scratch is so hard. Ruchi goes deeper into this and points out  the 3 reasons why we should value our mistakes!

Gurus Ruchi really delivers in this episode!

In this episode Guru’s we have Dr. Pritesh Shah. Pritesh is a Pharm. D. and Chief Commercial Officer at Novocure. Pritesh has worked and advised startups as well as some of the largest global organizations in the healthcare space. He helps us by comparing and contrasting what a product launch takes with each type of company. Pritesh also gets into why failure if handled correctly can actually be beneficial and open the door to innovation.

Gurus Pritesh doesn’t stop there; he also provides insights as to why having the right soft skills in a team can help deliver on the mission and vision. Gurus you will love the knowledge and experiences that Pritesh brings us in this episode!

Guru’s you are going to love our guest in this episode! Mr. Ben Oyler Co-Founder of Nectar brings us terrific insights as to why the key word is education! Ben gets into why you really need to drill down into “who is your customer” and “who is paying the bill”. Once you have defined these key aspects the rest of your plans will fall into place. Ben doesn’t stop there; he gets into the specifics as to why it is so hard to create change in the healthcare industry. You will really enjoy the insights that Ben brings us in this episode.

Guru’s this is an amazing episode! Our guest Mr. Matthew Collier is CEO of Sutherland Healthcare. Matthew has an amazing background and delivers some amazing insights and lessons on innovation and where digital health is heading. Matthew discusses why it is so difficult for healthcare systems to engage with labor saving systems. Then he gets into a playbook on selling your innovations to the payer system in the US. Gurus this episode is so packed with useful information you are going to want to listen to it multiple times!

I am so excited to have such amazing Gurus on this episode : Zane Hammoud, MD Chief of General Thoracic Surgery Ascension Providence Hospital System and Tom O’Brien Worldwide President of J & J Ethicon Endomechanical Division. This is a follow up episode from episode #143 where Tom was with us to discuss innovation and the importance of data in product development.

This episode builds on that as Tom & Dr. Hammoud get into why TRUST is so important in the innovation process. Why a trusting relationship between a clinician and innovator is so important. Dr. Hammoud takes us through the fact that it is much more than the relationship. It’s the comfort that he and his colleagues can give an innovator a list of 8 or 10 recommended improvements or enhancements and they actually listen and come back with solid improvements in the recommended areas.

Gurus the path to innovation is never linear you will love the insights that these two Gurus bring us on how to overcome the challenges and really deliver for your stakeholders and the patients they serve!

Gurus, Ms. Shefali Shah Global Vice President of Market Value and Commercial Effectiveness at Mindmaze is with us today. Let me tell you Shefali really delivers in this episode. She discuss why you need to develop a value story first and how it will help your team scale. However, it doesn’t stop there, Shefali takes us through the importance of the patient journey and why that is at the center of everything.

Gurus you will love what Shefali delivers in this episode!

Gurus, in this episode we have João Magalhães co-founder and CTO of knok healthcare.

João takes us through an amazing journey of product development and best practices. He gets into the key aspects of observing the users and why that is important. Why it is so important to develop a culture of experimentation. Then why your team needs to be ready to adapt fast.

Gurus, fasten your safety belts as João is going to launch us into an amazing episode!

Gurus, you will love Dr. Benjamin Wang. He is a MD Entrepreneur and the founder and CMO of NEVAP. He takes us through how he was observing patients developing ventilator acquired pneumonia and wanted to do something about it. The solution wasn’t easy, he and his team had to be persistent. Eventually they were accepted into the UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and his product continued to improve and take shape.

You will love the journey that Dr. Wang takes us on in this episode!

Gurus, Jeff Chu CTO at Simbex really delivers in this episode. Jeff gets into some of the keys of innovation. Such as, did you ask enough people? Did you really ask the right question? Jeff gets into why innovation is a great thing, however too much innovation can also cause issues.

Listen in as Jeff really delivers in this episode!