2025 Webinar Series

Join our guest experts for discussion and strategic insights in the medical devices, digital and diagnostic space
About
Webinars are one hour in length and are live-streamed on our YouTube Channel. They will also be recorded and available for later viewing.
The goal of the MedTech Innovator webinars is to provide the medtech ecosystem and our portfolio companies with feedback from experts and professionals in areas that are specific to the strategic needs outlined in our discussions and surveys. Strategic areas to be covered include: intellectual property, product development, commercialization, reimbursement, healthcare economics, regulatory strategy, clinical trial design and execution, and fundraising.
Our webinars are administered virtually and consist of one or more panelists addressing key questions supplied in advance by the MedTech Innovator Accelerator & Showcase companies, as well as a general discussion on the topic within the context of the evolving healthcare ecosystem.
Webinar Recordings
Webinar 1 – Cure-ated Clips: Storyboarding Your Science
July 10, 2025 | 9 AM PTAs a scientist, a strategist, and a creative, Sam is the sum of her expertise cultivated across diverse domains. From scientific inquiry to strategic leadership, She’s honed a skill set uniquely tailored to tackle multifaceted challenges.
Her approach blends analytical rigor with creative flair, delivering solutions that surpass expectations. Her work ethic and intuitive understanding drive tangible results, leaving a lasting impact.
Jim is an engineer turned entrepreneur. With a master’s in both Biomedical Engineering Product Development and Entrepreneurship, he blends the business with the technical. Jim previously worked in life sciences and medical devices helping to bring new products to market. He served as Co-Founder and CEO of his most recent company, Clara Biotech, which was founded in 2018 and was acquired by Innovaprep in the summer of 2023.
Entrepreneur, strategy/marketing/product-oriented general manager and board member with passion, empathy and grit. Proven ability to envision, start, grow and lead new-to-the-world businesses and new-to-the-company capabilities; strategize and plan in the midst of uncertainty; and recruit, coach, motivate and retain world-class teams. Extensive track record of growth and achievement in global technology companies, from pre-IPO start-up through Fortune 100 firms. End-user and OEM expertise with hardware and software products and services in consumer electronics, consumer health & wellness, medtech, digital therapeutics, semiconductor, automotive and sporting goods industries.
Max Rousseau graduated UCF with a Digital Entrepreneurial Cinema MFA in Summer 2013. There, he produced his feature film, Pembroke Circle. In 2017, Rousseau moved to Boston where he currently works as Science Multimedia Coordinator at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard. “My job is to tell the stories behind the cutting-edge science and innovations through short documentaries, narratives and photos.”
Rousseau has worked on projects that celebrate the extraordinary women at the Wyss Institute and that capture the Institute’s creative and innovative spirit as faculty discuss how disruptive technology solutions can positively impact the world.
Neil is a master of animation marketing. Animated videos are a powerful tool that can have wonderful results when mixed with the right script. His focus is on the tech section, specifically biotech, because these clients’ stories are literally changing the world.
He leverages the power of animation to help get the word out on diverse topics, such as new alternative energy options and programs, inequality in high schools, business growth and development, and (as an example of his growing biotech work) new disease management programs to help teens with Type 1 Diabetes.
Through a detailed discovery process, he guides clients to identify visual analogies that simplify their stories. For example, a descending, under-the-water theme was used to illustrate the “deep dive” necessary for background checks.
He has the skills necessary to execute entire animation projects from 20+ years in professional project management and marshal his creativity to tell clients’ stories in a fun and interesting way.
Tech companies spend a considerable amount of time explaining their products — to investors, prospects, and to employees. Neil starts by identifying your aspirational goals for the video, then guiding you through the scripting and storyboarding process. He produces animated stories that will achieve that goal through visual analogies and crisp scripting. This is critical because your audience must believe your product will benefit them before taking action.
Richard is a physicist and entrepreneur in the Triangle. He moved to North Carolina to complete a PhD in biophysics at UNC Chapel Hill. In 2010 he co-founded Redbud Labs with two UNC professors. Building on a MEMS invention incubated at UNC, they’ve commercialized a technology platform called Redbud Posts, and they’re using it to build cartridge-ready components that will advance science and improve care. Redbud Labs was the BioTools Innovator Best Video winner in 2024.
Date | Topic |
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JUL 10 | Cure-ated Clips: Storyboarding Your Science |
JUL 17 | Peers in a Pod: Navigating Growth Together |
JUL 24 | The Payer Puzzle: Aligning Access and Economics |
AUG 14 | Deal or No Deal: Reading Between the Terms |
AUG 21 | From Seed to Scale: Managing Timing, Dilution, and Investor Expectations |
AUG 28 | The Strings Attached: Navigating Grants & Non-Dilutive Dollars |
SEPT 4 | Acquired Taste: What Strategics Really Want in MedTech |
SEPT 11 | The Class II Conundrum: 510(k) vs. De Novo Decoded |
SEPT 18 | TAP-ing into Resources: Accelerating through the Breakthrough Device Pathway |
SEPT 25 | Trial Run: Making Pilots Count & Partnerships Last |
OCT 2 | Clear(ed) Pathways: Building Proof and Product at Scale |
OCT 16 | Moving MedTech: From Product to Purchase |
OCT 23 | Out of Pocket, Into Market: Winning with DTC Products |
OCT 30 | Hire Ground: Building Teams That Scale |
NOV 6 | Too Many Cooks: Managing Advisors, Consultants, & CROs with Confidence |
NOV 13 | Living on the Ledger: Accounting & Audits in Life Science Startups |
- Perfecting Your Pitch Video
- Pushing Partnerships
- Finding Funds: Raising from Venture Capital and Angel Investors
- Negotiating Term Sheets & Deal Structuring; Key Considerations in Contracts and Negotiations; Cap Table
- Route to Revenue: Healthcare Economics, Payers, & Reimbursement in MedTech
- Distribution Decisions: Getting Products in Good Hands
- Q&A for M&A: Mergers and Acquisitions in MedTech
- Telling Your Story: Brand Management & Marketing
- HR: Hiring, Firing and Inspiring
- Building Better Boards: How to Prevent a Bored Room
- Manufacturing MedTech: Supply Chain to Final Product
- Regulatory Routes: Bringing MedTech Innovations to Market
- Dealing and Healing: How to Engage with Hospitals & Large Health Systems for Clinical Studies & Beyond

Date | Topic |
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JUN 27 | Perfecting Your Pitch Video |
JUL 25 | Pushing Partnerships |
AUG 1 | Finding Funds: Raising from Venture Capital and Angel Investors |
AUG 8 | Negotiating Term Sheets & Deal Structuring; Key Considerations in Contracts and Negotiations; Cap Table **By Invite Only |
AUG 15 | Route to Revenue: Healthcare Economics, Payers, & Reimbursement in MedTech |
AUG 22 | Distribution Decisions: Getting Products in Good Hands |
AUG 29 | Q&A for M&A: Mergers and Acquisitions in MedTech |
SEPT 5 | Telling Your Story: Brand Management & Marketing |
SEPT 12 | HR: Hiring, Firing and Inspiring |
SEPT 18 | Building Better Boards: How to Prevent a Bored Room |
SEPT 26 | Manufacturing MedTech: Supply Chain to Final Product |
OCT 3 | Regulatory Routes: Bringing MedTech Innovations to Market |
OCT 10 | Dealing and Healing: How to Engage with Hospitals & Large Health Systems for Clinical Studies & Beyond |