Tim Ring on Med-Tech Access

IN THIS EPISODE, TIM TALKS ABOUT:

• His motives for being in the healthcare industry [2:22]
• Internal dissonance of what feels right as a human being versus what’s expected as a company CEO [5:15]
• Taking a listening tour with his wife to find the gaps of healthcare access in low-resource communities [7:19]
• How TeamFund works as a for-profit organization that invests in commercialized med-tech [12:14]
• The need for med-tech in developing communities where doctors and nurses are not plentiful [15:10]
• Opening the aperture to see existing gaps in access [23:25]
• TeamFund’s mentorship program to match experts with companies facing strategic challenges [30:29] 
• Disarming cultural resistance though training [33:10]
• How he is finding fulfillment in his role at TeamFund without profiting financially [38:49]

RESOURCE LINKS

• TeamFund expanding access to affordable, appropriate and sustainable medical technologies that address unmet health needs in the world’s most resource constrained populations