30 lessons learned in 30 years of Orthopedics
Today, I am sharing 30 lessons for emerging orthopedic companies. I love to help my friends in the...
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Today, I am sharing 30 lessons for emerging orthopedic companies. I love to help my friends in the...
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This got me thinking. Why didn’t Stryker just invent OrthoSpace themselves?...
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If you want to build an ordinary orthopedic company, hire safe people. This hiring is easy. Just...
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Massive change is running through all of Orthopedics right now. One area ripe for change is...
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The Resume Is Dead. Here’s What Innovative Companies (Including Tesla) Are Using to Hire Instead (Inc.) A study was done that found that previous work experience is actually one of the weakest indicators of future...
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Your people ARE your company. You already know this. People ARE your company, NOT things like technology, building, logo, inventory, income statements, etc. Your employees determine your customers’ experience. If they...
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I know R&D. I have been lucky enough to experience world-class R&D, but I have also seen ineffective R&D. Often the R&D Leader is the problem. Here are 8 signals that you should consider making a change to...
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Startups place too much importance on the IDEA, and too little importance on the EXECUTION of the idea. This is my observation as a recruiter who works with early-stage startup leaders. Startup leaders fall in love with...
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I noticed funny behavior on the beach this summer. All the seagulls chase the same food at the same time. When someone drops a potato chip on the beach, the seagulls viciously fight for it. One bird eventually gets the chip,...
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We had a secret weapon at our startup. Ellipse was a VC-funded startup with zero bench strength in orthopedics. I joined in 2012 as the VP R&D. On paper, we had nothing. We had meager sales, finite funding, very few...
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1. Your Time Your time is valuable. By engaging Tiger, you are free to focus on your business, not self-recruiting. Working with Tiger is like having your own in-house recruiting firm and advisor. 2. Pure Orthopedics You...
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Orthopedic leaders call me to complain about the lack of innovation coming out of R&D. My advice is for them to get out of their lane and jump into the next lane. Explore technologies that are not inside your building. The...
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TEN BEST NEW SPINE TECHNOLOGIES FOR 2018 (Orthopedics This Week) Augmedics Winning Technology: xvision™ Inventors and Engineers: Nissan Elimelech, Stuart Wolf, Elazar Gerland, Nessi Benishti, Tsur Herman, Ziv Amitai, Ron...
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Shark Tank Meets Spine Start Up VerteCore! TRACEY ROMERO While most of the talk this summer has been about shark sightings and attacks along our beaches and Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps’s race against the great white shark on...
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If you want to build an ordinary orthopedic company, hire safe people. This hiring is easy. Just...
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How medical-device CEOs can navigate digital disruption in healthcare (McKinsey & Company) Medical-device companies will need to reinvent themselves to stay competitive. Now’s the time to craft a strategy and scale a...