Advocating for Medical Technology Entrepreneurs
The United States has long been the cradle of innovation for medical technologies and new medicines but America’s position as a leader is at risk. Why? Over the last ten years, medical technology...
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Contrarian Venture Investing? Is now the best time ever to invest in Medical...
It can seem like a very depressing time in Medical Device venture capital by the numbers. Colleagues and friends with years of experience in the med tech investment field are no longer deploying new...
View ArticleWe’re from the government and we’re here to help!
I had a beer with the CEO of an emerging medical technology company (let’s call his company “HealthTech”) the other day, and he related a story about our government’s intervention in his business that...
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Shipping Product without Revenues? What kind of system is this?
We live in America right? The land of capitalism, Adam Smith and free trade? Let’s take our current reimbursement culture for new medical device technologies and stack it up against our...
View ArticleWhere have all the VCs gone?
On a recent flight to a board meeting in Europe. Yes, most MedTech VCs now travel to Europe (or Asia) for board meetings since the good folks at the FDA aka, “forget device approvals”, have upped the...
View ArticleWhere have all the doctors gone, long time in passing
This headline caught my eye recently, “Half of doctors report symptoms of burnout”. My grandfather, father, and brother were/are all surgeons and loved their job – sure they worked the usual nutty...
View ArticleBuilding Syndicates: More Collaboration than Ever
As Guy Nohra pointed out in his earlier posting Where Have All the VCs Gone? venture capitalists who invest in medical devices are becoming more rare. What is not rare is a special bond being created...
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Resuscitating the Medical Device Industry – Apply Pressure
As venture capitalists, we are fortunate to work in the medical device industry. We get to go to work every day and help develop innovative products that help people. Extending, saving and improving...
View ArticleImmigration Policy and Reform – Beyond the Rhetoric
Questions on immigration policy and reform often focus on the flow of illegal immigrants over the southwest U.S. border or concerns about unemployment of U.S. citizens. What remains frequently...
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