Dec 2
2022 Top 10 Medical Device Commercialization Videos
StarFish Medical YouTube subscribers grew 50% in 2022. What medical device commercialization videos were they watching?
Posts categorized as“Entrepreneur”
Jan 1
What Resolutions for 2022 Reveal About StarFish Company Culture
You may not be able to tell a book by its cover, but resolutions offer a peek into individual plans and priorities. When combined, they even offer a glimpse of company culture. Our employees share their 2022 resolutions as inspiration and an invitation for kindred spirits to join us in the new year!
Dec 1
Top 10 medical device commercialization videos in 2021
Our 2021 top 10 medical device commercialization videos include 4 new videos. They join favorites from previous years and cover topical and perennial subjects including 2021 updates, optimizing founder value, manufacturing for NPI and IVD insights.
Dec 5
Our Top 10 medical device development videos in 2020
Our top 2020 medical device development videos include 6 new videos. They join favorites from previous years and cover subjects including 2020 updates, COVID implications for research and POC devices, optimizing founder value, manufacturing for NPI, IVD insights, and working at StarFish.
Oct 6
What’s the worst mistake you can make when developing a medical device?
How many have you made? We posed the question, “What’s the worst mistake you can make when developing a medical device?” to our team of engineering, design, quality, regulatory and manufacturing experts. The answers were fast and furious (well, filled with enthusiasm) and in no particular order of importance, May you read and learn from […]
Jun 3
6 Commercialization insights from serial medtech entrepreneurs
Participant’s takeaways from 2019 Medical Device Playbook Medical Device Playbook was conceived as a way to inspire entrepreneurship and connect the many players in the Medical Device world. In seven words, I would describe this as an “informative and inspirational storytelling event, great people.” Medtech innovators and investors described their first-hand commercialization, partnership, regulatory, and […]
May 3
13 Lessons learned from 20 years of medical device commercialization
As part of our 20th anniversary celebrations, we asked our experts to share the biggest lesson they have learned in medical device commercialization. Several themes emerged: budgets, production readiness, usability, and what to tackle first. Here are their top 13 lessons learned in no particular order.
Oct 12
Health Hackathons: events with lasting impact
Hackathons are a fantastic environment for networking between academia and industry, and a real opportunity for students and young professionals to showcase their skills. On the last weekend of September 2018, the Victoria Health Hackathon was hosted by the University of Victoria’s Centre for Biomedical Research in downtown Victoria. The event brought together esteemed professionals […]
Oct 1
First-to-Market strategy, trade-offs and tips for medical devices
In a previous medical device company, I worked on a project where First-to-Market (FTM) was a deemed a priority for the company’s survival. To meet that highly compressed timeline, we decided to skip the phase-gate process and replace it with a FTM production release strategy. FTM product commercialization carries a much higher overall project risk […]
Aug 7
Proper documentation pays big dividends for visiting entrepreneur
When I arrived at StarFish with my idea for a patient handling device, I had just completed my engineering degree and was searching for further education in medical device development. Fortunately for me, StarFish provided master-level classes (albeit unaccredited) in project management, including Dealing with Vendors 101: Expect Delays and QMS 201: How to Maintain […]
Jul 3
Medtech entrepreneur journey: emergency medicine physician, and Founder and CEO
I am an emergency medicine physician, and Founder and CEO of Vaid Medical Devices. Starfish is working with us on a project to make IV access easier for patients and providers.