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- 0:00So
- 0:00in
- 0:00this
- 0:00episode,
- 0:01you're
- 0:01gonna
- 0:01learn
- 0:02the
- 0:02five
- 0:02lessons
- 0:03every
- 0:04MedTech
- 0:04founder
- 0:04should
- 0:05know
- 0:05before
- 0:06taking
- 0:06a
- 0:06product
- 0:07to
- 0:07market
- 0:07Welcome
- 0:08to
- 0:08Clinician
- 0:09to
- 0:09CEO,
- 0:10the
- 0:10podcast
- 0:11helping
- 0:11clinicians
- 0:12simplify
- 0:12your
- 0:13go-to-market
- 0:13strategy
- 0:14so
- 0:14that
- 0:14you
- 0:14can
- 0:15stop
- 0:15guessing
- 0:16and
- 0:16turn
- 0:16your
- 0:16working
- 0:17prototypes
- 0:18into
- 0:18international
- 0:19MedTech
- 0:19businesses.
- 0:20I'm
- 0:20your
- 0:20host,
- 0:21Hakeem
- 0:21Aade.
- 0:22Let's
- 0:22get
- 0:23started.
- 0:23So
- 0:24the
- 0:24three
- 0:24things
- 0:24that
- 0:25you're
- 0:25gonna
- 0:25discover
- 0:25in
- 0:25this
- 0:25episode
- 0:26is,
- 0:26number
- 0:26one,
- 0:27why
- 0:27solving
- 0:28a
- 0:28clinical
- 0:28problem
- 0:29isn't
- 0:29enough
- 0:29to
- 0:29guarantee
- 0:30adoption.
- 0:31Number
- 0:31two,
- 0:32how
- 0:32to
- 0:33build
- 0:33commercial
- 0:34thinking
- 0:34into
- 0:34your
- 0:34product
- 0:34from
- 0:35day
- 0:35one.
- 0:35And
- 0:35number
- 0:35three,
- 0:36the
- 0:36mindset
- 0:37shifts
- 0:38that
- 0:38separate
- 0:38successful
- 0:39med
- 0:39tech
- 0:39founders
- 0:40from
- 0:40everyone
- 0:41else.
- 0:42Over
- 0:42the
- 0:42next
- 0:42few
- 0:42minutes,
- 0:43I'm
- 0:43gonna
- 0:43share
- 0:44the
- 0:44five
- 0:44biggest
- 0:45lessons
- 0:45that
- 0:45I
- 0:45took
- 0:46away
- 0:46from
- 0:46my
- 0:46conversation
- 0:47with
- 0:47Jordan
- 0:48Morrison.
- 0:48So
- 0:49let's
- 0:49get
- 0:49straight
- 0:50into
- 0:50it
- 0:51Takeaway
- 0:51number
- 0:51one
- 0:52is
- 0:52solving
- 0:52a
- 0:53problem
- 0:53unfortunately
- 0:54isn't
- 0:54enough,
- 0:55and
- 0:55Jordan
- 0:55introduced
- 0:56us
- 0:57to
- 0:57what
- 0:57she
- 0:57calls
- 0:58the
- 0:58ugly
- 0:59baby
- 0:59syndrome.
- 1:00Because
- 1:00as
- 1:00founders,
- 1:01it's
- 1:01really
- 1:02easy
- 1:02to
- 1:02believe
- 1:02that
- 1:03because
- 1:03we've
- 1:03experienced
- 1:04a
- 1:04problem
- 1:04ourselves,
- 1:05everyone
- 1:05else
- 1:06will
- 1:06want
- 1:06the
- 1:06same
- 1:07solution
- 1:07But
- 1:07solving
- 1:08a
- 1:08clinical
- 1:09problem
- 1:09doesn't
- 1:09automatically
- 1:10create
- 1:10a
- 1:10commercial
- 1:11opportunity,
- 1:11cause
- 1:12the
- 1:12real
- 1:12question
- 1:13isn't
- 1:13whether
- 1:13it's
- 1:13a
- 1:14problem,
- 1:14it's
- 1:14whether,
- 1:15as
- 1:15I've
- 1:15said
- 1:15many
- 1:16times,
- 1:16it's
- 1:16a
- 1:16priority
- 1:17that
- 1:17people
- 1:17are
- 1:17willing
- 1:18to
- 1:18change
- 1:18Behavior,
- 1:19budget,
- 1:20and
- 1:20workflows
- 1:20to
- 1:21solve.
- 1:21So
- 1:21the
- 1:21action
- 1:22I
- 1:22want
- 1:22you
- 1:22to
- 1:22do
- 1:23here
- 1:23is
- 1:23to
- 1:23ask
- 1:24yourself,
- 1:24if
- 1:25you
- 1:25weren't
- 1:25the
- 1:26inventor,
- 1:26would
- 1:27you
- 1:27still
- 1:27build
- 1:28this
- 1:28product?
- 1:28If
- 1:29you're
- 1:29not
- 1:29sure,
- 1:30then
- 1:30it's
- 1:30time
- 1:30to
- 1:30validate
- 1:31the
- 1:31market
- 1:32a
- 1:32bit
- 1:32further
- 1:32before
- 1:33investing
- 1:33any
- 1:34more
- 1:34time
- 1:34or
- 1:35any
- 1:35more
- 1:35money.
- 1:35to
- 1:35takeaway
- 1:36number
- 1:37two,
- 1:37commercialization
- 1:38starts
- 1:39on
- 1:39day
- 1:40one.
- 1:40One
- 1:40of
- 1:40the
- 1:40strongest
- 1:41messages
- 1:42that
- 1:42came
- 1:42through
- 1:42the
- 1:43podcast
- 1:43was
- 1:44that
- 1:44too
- 1:44many
- 1:44founders
- 1:45see
- 1:45regulatory
- 1:45approval
- 1:46as
- 1:46the
- 1:46finish
- 1:47line,
- 1:47and
- 1:47it
- 1:47isn't.
- 1:47It's
- 1:48the
- 1:48starting
- 1:48line,
- 1:48and
- 1:49we've
- 1:49said
- 1:49this
- 1:49a
- 1:49load
- 1:49of
- 1:49time
- 1:50before,
- 1:50and
- 1:50you
- 1:50know
- 1:51it.
- 1:51Getting
- 1:51regulatory
- 1:52approval
- 1:52doesn't
- 1:53guarantee
- 1:53adoption.
- 1:54You
- 1:54still
- 1:54need
- 1:54customers.
- 1:55You
- 1:55still
- 1:55need
- 1:55a
- 1:55route
- 1:56to
- 1:56market.
- 1:56You
- 1:56still
- 1:57need
- 1:57this
- 1:57pricing
- 1:57strategy,
- 1:58and
- 1:58you
- 1:58need
- 1:59a
- 1:59commercial
- 1:59plan.
- 2:00The
- 2:00most
- 2:00successful
- 2:01founders
- 2:02think
- 2:02about
- 2:02all
- 2:03of
- 2:03those
- 2:03things
- 2:04from
- 2:04the
- 2:04very
- 2:04beginning,
- 2:05not
- 2:05after
- 2:06regulatory
- 2:06approval
- 2:07has
- 2:07been
- 2:07achieved.
- 2:07So
- 2:07the
- 2:07action
- 2:08point
- 2:08here
- 2:09is
- 2:09ask
- 2:09yourself,
- 2:10if
- 2:10you
- 2:10receive
- 2:11regulatory
- 2:12approval
- 2:12tomorrow,
- 2:13what
- 2:13would
- 2:14happen
- 2:14next?
- 2:15And
- 2:15if
- 2:15you
- 2:15don't
- 2:15have
- 2:16a
- 2:16clear
- 2:16answer,
- 2:16then
- 2:17it's
- 2:17critical
- 2:18that
- 2:18you
- 2:18start
- 2:18to
- 2:18spend
- 2:19as
- 2:19much
- 2:19time
- 2:20on
- 2:20your
- 2:20commercial
- 2:20strategy
- 2:21as
- 2:21you
- 2:21are
- 2:21doing
- 2:22on
- 2:22your
- 2:22regulatory
- 2:23strategy.
- 2:24That
- 2:24moves
- 2:24us
- 2:24on
- 2:24to
- 2:24takeaway
- 2:25number
- 2:25three,
- 2:25funding
- 2:26is
- 2:26market
- 2:26validation,
- 2:27and
- 2:27this
- 2:27is
- 2:27probably
- 2:28one
- 2:28of
- 2:28my
- 2:28favorite
- 2:29insights
- 2:29from
- 2:29the
- 2:29whole
- 2:30of
- 2:30the
- 2:30conversation,
- 2:31cause
- 2:31Jordan
- 2:31encourages
- 2:32founders
- 2:33to
- 2:33seek
- 2:33early
- 2:33investment
- 2:34from
- 2:34clinicians
- 2:35in
- 2:35the
- 2:35specialty
- 2:36that
- 2:36they're
- 2:36trying
- 2:36to
- 2:37serve.
- 2:37Why?
- 2:38Because
- 2:38if
- 2:38the
- 2:39people
- 2:39who
- 2:39eventually
- 2:40are
- 2:40going
- 2:40to
- 2:40use
- 2:40your
- 2:40product
- 2:41won't
- 2:41invest
- 2:41in
- 2:41it,
- 2:42then
- 2:42why
- 2:42should
- 2:42anyone
- 2:42else?
- 2:43Funding
- 2:44shouldn't
- 2:44be,
- 2:45and
- 2:45isn't
- 2:45just
- 2:45about
- 2:46raising
- 2:46capital.
- 2:47It
- 2:47should
- 2:47be
- 2:48one
- 2:48of
- 2:48the
- 2:48strongest
- 2:49forms
- 2:49of
- 2:49market
- 2:49validation
- 2:50that
- 2:50you
- 2:50can
- 2:51get,
- 2:51and
- 2:51the
- 2:51action
- 2:51point
- 2:52here
- 2:52is
- 2:52for
- 2:52you
- 2:53to
- 2:53ask
- 2:53yourself
- 2:54who
- 2:54are
- 2:54the
- 2:54first
- 2:54five
- 2:55people
- 2:55that
- 2:55you'd
- 2:56ask
- 2:56to
- 2:56back
- 2:57this
- 2:57idea?
- 2:57And
- 2:57more
- 2:58importantly,
- 2:58would
- 2:59they
- 2:59actually
- 2:59say
- 3:00yes?
- 3:00Moving
- 3:01On
- 3:01to
- 3:01takeaway
- 3:01number
- 3:01four,
- 3:02leave
- 3:02your
- 3:03ego
- 3:03at
- 3:03the
- 3:03door.
- 3:04There
- 3:04was
- 3:04something
- 3:04that
- 3:04Jordan
- 3:05said
- 3:05that
- 3:05really
- 3:06resonated
- 3:06with
- 3:06me,
- 3:07and
- 3:07that
- 3:07was
- 3:07that
- 3:07the
- 3:08best
- 3:08founders
- 3:08are
- 3:09coachable.
- 3:09They
- 3:09seek
- 3:10People
- 3:11who
- 3:11challenge
- 3:11their
- 3:12thinking,
- 3:12and
- 3:12they
- 3:12don't
- 3:13surround
- 3:13themselves
- 3:14with
- 3:14people
- 3:14who
- 3:14just
- 3:14tell
- 3:15them
- 3:15what
- 3:15they
- 3:15want
- 3:15to
- 3:15hear.
- 3:16You
- 3:16know,
- 3:16yes
- 3:16men
- 3:16is
- 3:17I
- 3:17think
- 3:17the
- 3:17normal
- 3:18term
- 3:18that
- 3:18we
- 3:18talk
- 3:18about.
- 3:19What
- 3:19the
- 3:19best
- 3:19founders
- 3:20do
- 3:20is
- 3:20they
- 3:21surround
- 3:21themselves
- 3:21with
- 3:22people
- 3:22who
- 3:22are
- 3:22willing
- 3:22to
- 3:22tell
- 3:23them
- 3:23when
- 3:23they're
- 3:24wrong,
- 3:24because
- 3:24that's
- 3:25how
- 3:25better
- 3:25products
- 3:26get
- 3:26built.
- 3:26You
- 3:26should
- 3:26be
- 3:26agnostic
- 3:27about
- 3:28the
- 3:28ideas,
- 3:28as
- 3:28we
- 3:28said
- 3:29in,
- 3:29in
- 3:29the
- 3:29podcast.
- 3:30You
- 3:30just
- 3:31need
- 3:31to
- 3:31get
- 3:31to
- 3:31the
- 3:32right
- 3:32ideas.
- 3:32So
- 3:33the
- 3:33action
- 3:33point
- 3:34here
- 3:34is
- 3:34ask
- 3:34yourself
- 3:35who
- 3:35regularly
- 3:36challenges
- 3:36your
- 3:37thinking.
- 3:37And
- 3:38if
- 3:38nobody
- 3:38comes
- 3:39to
- 3:39mind,
- 3:39you
- 3:39probably
- 3:40need
- 3:40more
- 3:41people
- 3:41around
- 3:41you
- 3:41who
- 3:42will
- 3:42tell
- 3:42you
- 3:42the
- 3:43truth
- 3:43and
- 3:43not
- 3:43just
- 3:43agree
- 3:44with
- 3:44you.
- 3:44So
- 3:44moving
- 3:44on
- 3:45to
- 3:45the
- 3:45fifth
- 3:45and
- 3:46final
- 3:46takeaway,
- 3:47and
- 3:47that
- 3:47was
- 3:47keep
- 3:48moving
- 3:48forward.
- 3:49And
- 3:49it's
- 3:49really
- 3:49nice
- 3:49'cause
- 3:50Jordan
- 3:50finished
- 3:51with
- 3:51a
- 3:51message
- 3:51that
- 3:51applies
- 3:52to
- 3:52every
- 3:53founder,
- 3:53and
- 3:54that
- 3:54was
- 3:54that
- 3:54most
- 3:54med
- 3:55tech
- 3:55companies
- 3:55don't
- 3:55fail
- 3:56because
- 3:56they
- 3:56have
- 3:56bad
- 3:56ideas.
- 3:57They
- 3:57fail
- 3:57because
- 3:58they
- 3:58stop
- 3:58moving.
- 3:59They
- 3:59get
- 3:59stuck.
- 3:59They
- 3:59start
- 4:00waiting
- 4:00for
- 4:00more
- 4:00evidence,
- 4:01more
- 4:01funding,
- 4:02a
- 4:02better
- 4:02product,
- 4:03the
- 4:03perfect
- 4:03strategy.
- 4:04As
- 4:04we've
- 4:04said
- 4:05on
- 4:05numerous
- 4:05podcasts,
- 4:06progress
- 4:07beats
- 4:07perfection
- 4:08every
- 4:08single
- 4:08time.
- 4:09And
- 4:09the
- 4:09action
- 4:09point
- 4:10here
- 4:10is
- 4:10I
- 4:10want
- 4:11you
- 4:11to
- 4:11ask
- 4:11yourself,
- 4:12what's
- 4:12the
- 4:12best
- 4:13decision
- 4:14that
- 4:14you
- 4:14can
- 4:14make
- 4:14that
- 4:15moves
- 4:15your
- 4:16product
- 4:16or
- 4:16service
- 4:17forward?
- 4:17And
- 4:17then
- 4:17make
- 4:18it.
- 4:18Don't
- 4:18procrastinate,
- 4:19just
- 4:19make
- 4:19it.
- 4:19Because
- 4:20momentum
- 4:20creates
- 4:21opportunities,
- 4:22standing
- 4:22still
- 4:23doesn't.
- 4:23And
- 4:23if
- 4:23there's
- 4:24one
- 4:24thing
- 4:24that
- 4:25I
- 4:25took
- 4:25away
- 4:25from
- 4:25my
- 4:25conversation
- 4:26with
- 4:26Jordan,
- 4:27it's
- 4:27this,
- 4:27successful
- 4:28med
- 4:28tech
- 4:29companies
- 4:29don't
- 4:29just
- 4:29build
- 4:30products,
- 4:30they
- 4:31build
- 4:31a
- 4:31path
- 4:32to
- 4:32adoption.
- 4:32And
- 4:32that
- 4:33means
- 4:33validating
- 4:34your
- 4:34assumptions
- 4:34early,
- 4:35thinking
- 4:35commercially
- 4:36from
- 4:36day
- 4:36one,
- 4:36being
- 4:37willing
- 4:37to
- 4:37listen,
- 4:38being
- 4:38willing
- 4:38to
- 4:38pivot,
- 4:39and
- 4:39never
- 4:40letting
- 4:40perfection
- 4:41become
- 4:41the
- 4:41enemy
- 4:42of
- 4:42progress.
- 4:42Because
- 4:43at
- 4:43the
- 4:43end
- 4:43of
- 4:43the
- 4:44day,
- 4:44a
- 4:44brilliant
- 4:45product
- 4:45only
- 4:45changes
- 4:46lives
- 4:46if
- 4:46somebody
- 4:47actually
- 4:47adopts
- 4:48it
- 4:48Hakeem: And
- 4:48Hakeem: if
- 4:49Hakeem: you're
- 4:49Hakeem: building
- 4:50Hakeem: a
- 4:50Hakeem: MedTech
- 4:50Hakeem: business
- 4:51Hakeem: and
- 4:51Hakeem: you're
- 4:51Hakeem: not
- 4:52Hakeem: sure
- 4:52Hakeem: whether
- 4:52Hakeem: your
- 4:52Hakeem: next
- 4:53Hakeem: move
- 4:53Hakeem: should
- 4:53Hakeem: be
- 4:53Hakeem: around
- 4:53Hakeem: evidence,
- 4:54Hakeem: market
- 4:54Hakeem: access,
- 4:55Hakeem: commercialization,
- 4:56Hakeem: distributor
- 4:56Hakeem: strategy.
- 4:57Hakeem: Or
- 4:57Hakeem: adoption.
- 4:58Hakeem: Do
- 4:58Hakeem: not
- 4:59Hakeem: guess.
- 4:59Hakeem: Book
- 5:00Hakeem: a
- 5:00Hakeem: healthcare
- 5:00Hakeem: export
- 5:01Hakeem: accelerator
- 5:01Hakeem: diagnostic
- 5:02Hakeem: Call
- 5:02Hakeem: with
- 5:02Hakeem: me.
- 5:03Hakeem: Use
- 5:03Hakeem: my
- 5:03Hakeem: link
- 5:04Hakeem: in
- 5:04Hakeem: the
- 5:04Hakeem: show
- 5:04Hakeem: notes.
- 5:05Hakeem: And
- 5:05Hakeem: in
- 5:05Hakeem: that
- 5:05Hakeem: session
- 5:06Hakeem: I'll
- 5:06Hakeem: help
- 5:06Hakeem: you
- 5:06Hakeem: identify
- 5:07Hakeem: the
- 5:07Hakeem: specific
- 5:08Hakeem: constraints
- 5:09Hakeem: blocking
- 5:09Hakeem: your
- 5:09Hakeem: momentum
- 5:10Hakeem: and
- 5:10Hakeem: the
- 5:11Hakeem: commercial
- 5:11Hakeem: move
- 5:12Hakeem: most
- 5:12Hakeem: likely
- 5:13Hakeem: to
- 5:13Hakeem: unlock
- 5:13Hakeem: your
- 5:13Hakeem: progress.
- 5:14Hakeem: Thanks
- 5:14Hakeem: for
- 5:14Hakeem: tuning
- 5:15Hakeem: in.
- 5:15Hakeem: Until
- 5:16Hakeem: next
- 5:16Hakeem: time,
- 5:16Hakeem: thanks
- 5:17Hakeem: for
- 5:17Hakeem: listening.
- 5:17Hakeem: Keep
- 5:18Hakeem: challenging
- 5:18Hakeem: your
- 5:18Hakeem: assumptions
- 5:19Hakeem: and
- 5:19Hakeem: keep
- 5:20Hakeem: growing.