
FITM Extended Interview: Charlie DeCook
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Charlie DeCook has exited seven medical device companies while performing 1,500 joint replacements a year — all packed into three clinical days per week. In this extended interview, he breaks down exactly how he evaluates new technologies and why he now filters every opportunity through an AI and robotics lens.
DeCook traces his entrepreneurial arc from his first venture in surgical impaction — a product that eventually sold to Johnson & Johnson and became Kincise — through to his current focus on software-driven solutions. He explains why the "jobs to be done" framework from…
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