The Rhode Pod

This weeks guests, Sean Monaghan, MD and Jonghwan Lee are both researchers out of Lifespan Health System and Brown University. Both men took part in our Planning Pitch Deck + Immersion Program where we worked with them, one-on-one, on the various components of translating research into an eventual business plan, startup, and pitch deck with investors in mind. Listen as both men share advice for translating research into an eventual startup and business plan. Gabby Stranieri also joins us to discuss what resources, opportunities, and funding Advance-CTR has for RI based investigators.

NEMIC was created because our Founders saw too many medical technologies getting stuck in the "Valley of Death.' This was due to many different reasons, usually on the business side, that marked the technology currently un-fundable. Ximedica, a Rhode Island based FDA registered product developer, would run into the same complications when potentially partnering with startups and new technologies. Ximedica became one of NEMIC's Founding Partners to help support those startups they could not partner with by suggesting they come to NEMIC to round out their business plans and get help raising funds. Vice President of Innovation at Ximedica, Joe Gordon, joins us this episode to share Ximedica's capabilities, how they work with clients and the synergy between Ximedica and NEMIC.

In a previous podcast, called ITS WHEN NOT IF I spoke about my experience and how I felt the "fake news" issues being described by the political right would affect us in a crisis.   That time has come.. unfortunately.

For any innovation district to succeed it needs young thoughtful entrepreneurs, Brown graduate Adam Alpert id one.  He is the co-founder of Pangea, based here at the Wexford building.  His goal is to connect college students to small businesses for meaningful work experience.

Trying to innovate in the MedTech space is easy. There is so much low hanging fruit in our health care system ripe for innovation. The New England Medical Innovation Center defines itself as a "Venture Studio", listen to find out why.

Tuni Schartner of Venture Cage in Providence updates on the precautions taken and programming changes. 

It takes much more than a building to build an innovation center today. We are well on the way with more work to be done. The community has to grow, evolve and embrace the challenge to thrive. Rebecca Weber of the Cambridge Innovation Center is one of the people tasked with the hard part.

Rhode Island and NEMIC offer support, funding and professional services for budding businesses.   Learn how you can leverage these resources to accelerate your venture. 

Design seems to be embedded in the DNA of Rhode Island.  Lisa Carnivale and Kristine Merz provide an overview of Design by Rhode Island and the Rhode Island design community.