Episode breakdown:

00:00 – What June’s headlines missed

01:44 – Why Medtronic exited another business unit

05:02 – The quiet strategy behind “focus”

08:20 – $700M in deal volume: Who’s buying, who’s scaling

09:56 – LSI 2024: What we learned on the ground

13:33 – GTM strategy shifts in diagnostics and devices

15:41 – Private equity’s next move in medtech

18:23 – Boston Scientific’s bet and others to watch

20:10 – Key signals investors are paying attention to

22:50 – Where AI is winning—beyond the hype

26:17 – Medtech’s Q3 setup: what matters next

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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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Episode breakdown:

00:00 – The Hidden Problem in Medtech Feedback

02:16 – From Bing + Netflix to Medtech: Sasi’s Journey

04:17 – The Missing Link in Voice of Customer

08:01 – How Fanvoice Works for Busy Surgeons + Reps

10:17 – Sales as a Strategic Feedback Channel

14:29 – Small Sample, Big Signals: AI Pattern Recognition

16:40 – Sentiment Analysis = Real-Time Product Intelligence

20:22 – Avoiding Slow Burn Failures Through Fast Feedback

26:06 – Consumer-Grade UX Expectations Are Here

28:48 – The Worst Feedback System in Hospitals Today

31:56 – Event-Based Feedback for Early-Stage Startups

34:14 – Automating CRM Insights from the Field

38:19 – From Bookkeeping to Strategy: What PMs Should Really Do

41:06 – Final Thoughts + CTA

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