291. How Mako Became Medtech’s Most Ethical Robot, and Crushed the Shorts

Episode breakdown:

00:00 – Why Ronny Abovitz has better mics than podcasters

01:45 – From MAKO Surgical to Magic Leap: Rony's medtech journey

03:00 – Growing up in Cleveland and why he built MAKO near home

06:00 – The talent stack: engineer, cartoonist, D1 javelin thrower, DJ

14:16 – The cartoon that nearly got him expelled

18:16 – Building MAKO Surgical from a backroom lab

23:16 – How he met Chris Dewey & closed his first big round

30:16 – 9/11 almost killed the company—and how he saved it

34:16 – Mako’s ethical moonshot: the “Mom Rule”

42:05 – What Striker saw in MAKO that J&J missed

52:05 – His partnership with Maurice Ferré and the “talking stick”

58:05 – Going public in 2008 the week after his father died

1:06:05 – How work-life “imbalance” makes legendary founders

1:12:05 – What really happened with Magic Leap’s famous whale

1:16:05 – Rony’s message to founders: “Do what is right”

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