Our host, Richard Sokolov, Executive Director and co-founder of IDE Group, speaks with Michael Brooks,Head of R&D Radiology at Bayer and long-time judge of IDE’s BBFH Challenge.
Richard and Mick talk about Australia’s role in the global medical device market, the importance of execution and helping the patient, advice for entrepreneurs in Medtech and more.
About the BBFH Series
The Building Better Futures for Health (BBFH) Series is a series of interviews with founders, professors, executives, and other leaders of the Australian startup community. Together with our guests, we explore and analyse the drivers and challenges of the healthcare startup community in Australia and talk about their unique journeys and stories.
Website: https://www.idegroup.com.au/videos-podcasts
Website BBFH Challenge: https://www.bbfhchallenge.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ide-/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ide_group
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IDEGroupAU/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ide.group/
Chapters/Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:33 Background and career of Michael Brooks
03:33 Culture of innovation in Australia
05:05 History of Imaxeon and Australia’s role in the global medical device market
06:44 The BBFH Challenge and the importance of the human factor in startups
10:14 Standout projects of the BBFH Challenge over the past years
11:13 What startups get out of the BBFH Challenge
13:15 Impact of Covid on the Healthcare and Medtech industry and the concept of risk
16:24 Advice for applicants and other founders in Medtech
17:40 How to select the right team
20:10 Importance of execution and helping the patient
21:40 Outlook
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