If you want to build an ordinary orthopedic company, hire safe people. This hiring is easy. Just hire people based on experience alone who fit neatly into your job description. These people will follow instructions and work...
Read MoreYour 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...
Read MoreI 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...
Read MoreStartups 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...
Read MoreI 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,...
Read MoreWe 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...
Read More1. 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...
Read MoreOrthopedic 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreWe all know the successful innovation stories in Orthopedics. Stories about Danek, SpineTech, Kyphon, Arthrex, MAKO, Hand Innovations and Mazor Robotics that rocketed to success with...
Read MoreThanks to Joe Hage at MedDevicesGroup.net for sharing Mark Kraus’ investment template. Mark Kraus was the life sciences chairman for a Seattle-based keiretsu.For investor presentations. He saw a ton of medical device funding...
Read Morewritten by Lisa Denison & Tiger Buford Few orthopedic companies can execute great Marketing. Most do not. Often the Marketing leadership is to blame for poor marketing execution. Here are 6 signals that you should consider...
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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...
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...
If you want to build an ordinary orthopedic company, hire safe people. This hiring is easy. Just hire people based on experience alone who fit neatly into your job description. These people will follow instructions and work...
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...
