From Academic Research to Medtech start-up Founder: Dr. Maryam Parviz’s STEM Career Reinvention through entrepreneurship, with SDIP Innovations

🎙️ From Academic Research to Medtech Founder: Dr. Maryam Parviz’s Career Reinvention with SDIP Innovations

From lab bench to global accelerators—Dr. Maryam Parviz shares what it’s really like to launch a medtech startup while raising a young child

🔍 What You’ll Learn:

• Take your IP with you to drive science commercialisation and real world impact: How a research breakthrough became the foundation for a startup
• Steps and resources to build a medtech: What it takes to build a medtech company from scratch in Australia
• Take it one step at the time: How to navigate incubators, investors, and high-stakes decision-making
• Be in the driver seat: Why confidence and clarity matter more than credentials alone
• Navigate your loved (and not so loved) detractors: What you can learn from ignoring detractors and betting on your own vision

🧠 About the Guest:

Dr. Maryam Parviz is the founder and CEO of SDIP Innovations, a medtech company developing bioresorbable bone implants designed to reduce surgeries, cut costs, and improve outcomes for patients and surgeons alike. Maryam’s journey started in academic research—but her story is about much more: embracing risk, engaging the right stakeholders, and building a global company while raising a young child.

📌 Episode Highlights:

• 00:00 The spark: from research to ideation
• 07:10 Commercializing a breakthrough in bone implants
• 12:48 Pivoting and reinventing the tech
• 17:15 Getting into top global accelerators
• 22:44 Building a medtech team + culture from scratch
• 29:00 What it's like pitching to investors as a first-time founder
• 36:20 Confidence vs. critics: how she kept moving forward
• 45:03 Insights on funding, product-market fit, and long-term vision
• 49:19 Final reflections: career reinvention and leadership as a working parent

🔗 Resources Mentioned:

• Dr. Maryam Parviz on LinkedIn
• SDIP Innovations

🤔 Reflection Time:

• Are you sitting on a powerful idea you’ve never tested outside the lab?
• What if the people telling you it’s “too risky” are wrong?
• Could your next chapter begin before you feel fully ready?

Want to craft a career story that opens doors?

I help STEMM professionals speak with clarity, confidence, and purpose and show up as thought leaders —so the right opportunities find you.

📬 Let’s connect: angeliquegreco.com.au | LinkedIn 

 

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