In this latest podcast episode from the entrepreneurship frontier, Co-Hosts Braden Kemp and Tracy Morningstar join Sydney Robinson, Co-Founder & CEO of southern Ontario-based start-up, Vessl Prosthetics, for a conversation about business, innovation and defining company culture from the beginning. Sydney is a mechanical and biomedical engineer working on an isoform socket to improve prosthetic solutions: “we are dedicated to amputees and being the best company we can be.”
Themes we encounter during this episode include:
- Biomedical engineering innovation and iterative, user-driven design
- Business model, innovation commercialization and regulatory strategies for prosthetics start-ups
- Social media
- Food and travel, and sources of inspiration
- Building a strong company culture
Vessl secured $25,000 in matching, performance-based seed funding from NCFDC's thriveFORWARD initiative, with the support of FedDev Ontario and the Government of Canada's Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF).
The Executive Producer of the Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast is Robert Washburn. Special thanks to NCFDC’s Victoria Pichler and John Hayden. This project is made possible with the support of FedDev Ontario and the Government of Canada.
Quick Links and References:- Vessl Prosthetics official website
- Earned media: Global News, CTV News, University of Waterloo.
- Mechanical Engineering (Queen’s University, Kingston, ON)
- Western Medical Innovation Fellowship (Western University, London ON)
- Key vocabulary: ”Prosthesis” (Wikipedia), ”Osseointegration” (Wikipedia), ”Physiatrist” (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
- Brené Brown (brenebrown.com)
- NCFDC’s thriveFORWARD initiative and portfolio.
Bioenterprise is Canada’s Food and Agri-Tech Engine, a community of entrepreneurs, researchers, accelerators, and partners, committed to driving innovation across Canada in the agri-tech and food industry. To learn more, and discover opportunities for collaboration, head to bioenterprise.ca.
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