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How to Start a Medical Startup

My Story

  • GluCase
  • Accelerator
  • Funding Process

Why should I Start a Medical Startup?

  • My experience with health tech and humans
  • Health remains one of the more unfulfilled tech spaces in the world
  • Most important thing in the world; one's health

What types of Medical startups are there?

  • Sensors
  • Non-Invasive Testing Devices
  • Medical Software
  • Hospital Billing
  • Insurance Billing
  • On-Demand Med Services
  • Wearables

How do I Start a Medical Startup?

  • FIND A NEED(Customer Discovery)
  • Decide early on whether existing or new technology(510k etc)
  • Understand typical Business Models
  • Analyze reimbursement strategies

How do I get funding for such an idea?

  • Local Angel Networks
  • Initial prototyping
  • NSF
  • Other grants

Where do I go to further learn about the process?

  • Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies
  • ebiodesign.org (companion to above book)
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