How to Innovate Faster in MedTech: Solving the Speed-to-Market Problem with Spencer Jones

Why does it take so long to bring a medical device to market? And what can we actually do about it?

Spencer Jones is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of XO MedTech and MedTech Vendors. In this episode, he breaks down the real problems slowing innovation in medical technology and shares practical solutions that work.

This isn't about motivation. It's about the structural issues that make MedTech innovation slow, expensive, and isolating—and the systems that can fix them.

Inside this episode, you will learn:

✔ Why clinical innovators struggle to translate their ideas into manufacturable devices

✔ How the "glue person" who connects clinical needs to engineering is rare and critical

✔ Why most innovators should try to get their competitors to steal their ideas (seriously)

✔ How lean development and rapid customer feedback prevent year-long mistakes

✔ Why engineers should see surgical cases and clinicians should visit manufacturing facilities

✔ Where AI can save massive time in MedTech (hint: it's documentation)

✔ Why most MedTech teams need better vendor selection frameworks

Spencer shares real examples from his experience taking devices from idea through FDA clearance, raising $10M in venture capital, and working across vascular access, laparoscopic surgery, and orthopedic devices.

If you want to move faster, work smarter, and stop burning time on preventable mistakes, this conversation will help.

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XO MedTech: https://xomedtech.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/medtech-innovation/

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