The Rhode Pod

This week we invited Jenna Marchal, an independent consultant, and Dom Messerli, a startup Founder and CEO, for a dynamic conversation. We chat about the advantages and disadvantages of hiring independent consultants, contractors, and employees to work for a Med Tech startup. This episode is a great listen for anyone thinking of breaking into consulting or the next hire for your startup's team.

The Boston Globe has a digital bureau covering Rhode Island. The nodes our increasing in our network and that is a great thing. I sat with Ed Fitzpatrick from the Boston Globe on the past, the present and the future of journalism in the digital age.

How do we design wearable for women when there is a shortage of women designing them? We sat down with Jeanette Numbers, Co-Founder of Providence-based design firm Loft llc, to talk about wearable trends, CES2020, the need for women in tech, and the industry's opportunities for adequately designing technology for women.

A small British company has set up its US footprint at the CIC in Providence, its mission, to commercialize its version of products based on graphene. Graphene is an extraordinary substance one atom thick. It is 30% lighter and 25 % stronger than carbon fiber. CEO Sandy Chen and CTO Dr. Steve Devine sat down with Tom Chiginsky to discuss their product and plans for graphene, and their desire to be based in Providence.

Abigail Kohler and Greg Fine are two undergraduate students at Brown University. They have spent the latter of their studies also working on building a startup around their assistive CPR technology. Listen and learn about how their technology will help us perform CPR correctly and what it's like being a student entrepreneur entering the medical industry.

The average person spends two and a half hours in their car every day.  What are they listening to, radio streaming, or podcasts? From an office on the Island of Jamestown, a global team of experienced media entrepreneurs, a former auto executive, and technologists with four patents under their belt just might have the answer.  Drive Time Metrics CFO Bob Maccini joins me for a very interesting interview.

Guest Brian Clancy, Co-Lead & Associate Director at AppScript (IQVIA) joins us in a discussion focusing on digital health and therapeutics.  The digital therapeutic world is fairly juvenile, making it hard for early adopters and entrepreneurs to find their payers and markets.  Listen as Brian shares his knowledge and experience and explores topics such as how digital therapeutics are being prescribed, who is adopting them, and who is paying for them.    

Tuni has been described as "Rhode Islands economic gardener", she is also a bundle of positive energy.   She is currently the Executive Director of Venture Cafe at the Point225 in Providence.  Her role is to facilitate getting entrepreneur's and potential entrepreneur's information and resources to help them build their businesses. 

The New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC) is New England's premier med tech venture studio.  NEMIC's mission is to support innovators and entrepreneurs, bridge the "valley of death", and expedite the developmental process in order for ideas to realize commercial success and provide value to the patients they serve.  Hear from Founder's Aidan Petrie and Lydia Shin Schroter as they explain why they set up NEMIC and how they support innovators and entrepreneurs streamline the commercialization process for regulated technologies.  

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