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Paper Napkin Wisdom - Podcast for Entrepreneurs and LeadersDr. Jenny Hoffmann: Open Up! Lead with Curiosity, Empathy, and ConnectionToday on Paper Napkin Wisdom, we welcome Dr. Jenny Hoffmann, a leader in health-tech innovation who currently serves as Executive Director at the New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC). With a rich background in healthcare strategy and technology deployment, Jenny has spent her career bridging clinical insight with entrepreneurial energy, helping organizations turn innovative ideas into meaningful patient-outcomes. In this episode, we dive deep into how leaders can lean into vulnerability, curiosity, empathy and connection — the key themes captured on her paper napkin: "Open Up! Be vulnerable enough to lead with curiosity, empathy, and connection." Story & Insight: The Napkin Unpacked Je...
2025-11-0641 min
We Know Texas VinoEpisode 110 - Whatley WinesSend a textI was first introduces to Melissa from Amie Nemic, and she told me I need to get them on the show ASAP. Ok if Amie tells me this, I need to do it. When I talked to Melissa on the phone, the story I was given, I knew I needed to get them on the show. I am not going to spoil it, but Tyler and Melissa has a story to tell, that only God could write for them. This is Whatley WinesWhatley Wines
2025-09-071h 26
Commit OneEp. 81: It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s an...Elephant??: Commit One’s Review of Operation Dumbo DropThis episode is dedicated to the memory of Ray Liotta.
Disney is at it again! Will, Mike, and Sam jump back into the Disney vault for a Vietnam War family comedy film (talk about an oxymoron) that is somehow based on a true story in 1995's Operation Dumbo Drop. Featuring a well-rounded cast with main stars Ray Liotta, Danny Glover and Denis Leary along with Doug E. Doug and Corin Nemic, the film follows a dysfunctional group of soldiers attempting to deliver an elephant to a Vietnamese village in order to maintain a military influence over the fa...
2025-04-081h 47
Schreckmümpfeli«Schrecken ohne Ende» von Martin LagodaWer zuletzt brüllt, brüllt am besten.
Mit: Jan Bluthardt (Lutz Grausen), Christian Kerepeszki (Nemic), Siegfried Terpoorten (Drescher)
Tontechnik: Tom Willen
Regie: Päivi Stalder
Produktion: SRF 2024
Dauer: 09:02
2024-09-0209 min
Radio Entrepreneurs"Introducing NEMIC" with Lydia Shin Schroter of NEMICTitle: "Introducing NEMIC"Guest: Lydia Shin Schroter - NEMICInterviewer: Jeffrey Davis - Mage LLCLydia Shin Schroter of NEMIC discusses their holistic, hands-on accelerator program for startups in the medical device, medtech, and life sciences space.FOLLOW RADIO ENTREPRENEURS:Website | Spotify | Facebook | LinkedIn | TwitterInstagram | Youtube | Google Podcasts | Apple Podcasts
2023-11-1610 minRadio Entrepreneurs"Changing the Catheter Game" with Katelyn Holt of KT InnovationsTitle: "Changing the Catheter Game"Guest: Katelyn Holt - KT InnovationsInterviewer: Jeffrey Davis - Mage LLCKatelyn Holt shares how she founded KT Innovations to bring her external male catheter, KT Cath, to fruition, an alternative to traditional internal catheters that can cause infection, and even sepsis and death.FOLLOW RADIO ENTREPRENEURS:Website | Spotify | Facebook | LinkedIn | TwitterInstagram | Youtube
2023-10-2010 min
Beyond InnovationNavigating the MedTech Valley of Death with Aidan PetrieJoin host, Justin Sirotin and Aidan Petrie, Founding Partner of NEMIC (New England Medical Innovation Center) as they discuss navigating the Valley of Death in MedTech, the value of customer-led innovation and the changing landscape of software as a medical device.Aidan is best described as a lifelong Innovation Advocate. Aidan’s passion for innovation and design has brought hundreds of products to market that range from drug compliance aids to wearable therapeutics, home monitoring products and complex surgical systems. His passion for innovation in healthcare led to the founding of Ximedica, one of the world’s lead...
2022-01-2648 min
Med Tech MondayData and Entrepreneurship: Hand in HandEpisode SummaryThis episode’s guest is Kate MacNamee. She is Ximedica’s director of design research.Danielle and Kate dive deep into collecting data and advanced statistics within medical technologies and devices. Although this may sound big and complicated, Kate explains it wonderfully and compellingly. Kate also questions which department should manage and collect data. She reflects on the relevance of data in entrepreneurship and in building business. They close down the conversation turning to data and digital health. Data will always affect the design; that’s why saving it and...
2021-07-1933 min
Med Tech MondayManaging the Unexpected in MedTech R&DWe are joined by Alan Humphrey this week! As a mechanical and biomedical engineer, Alan has a lot of knowledge in the medical device industry. He shares his vision towards the challenges the development cycle has right now. He calls out also the impacts within the cycle. Alan also reflects on how the teams are addressing the development of new medical technologies. He also shares memories in hindsight of specific production processes and how teams should face up to problems that pop up.If you know little things about the medical development c...
2021-07-1236 min
Med Tech MondayThe Intersection of Business, Innovation, & DesignWe're back and ready to talk about Med Tech innovation, commercialization, and startup development! In this episode, NEMIC’s Co-founder and Healthcare Innovator Aidan Petrie joins Ayan Bhandari, Senior Human-Centered Industrial Designer at Ximedica and CEO of his own startup Nuway to recap how we implemented NEMIC's Innovation Design Sprint Process at the COVID-19 Response Innovation Hackathons. Both guests teach the Business of Design course at RISD, where they focus on the intersection of Design and Business. Listen in as two incredibly talented designers speak to the importance of implementing a tried and true design process to invent ideas th...
2021-06-1440 min
TALKING SMARTEp. 11: Indoor Air Quality and Reopening Schools & WorkplacesEp. 11: Indoor Air Quality and Re-opening Schools & Workplaces
Dave Bernett
This episode, our featured guest is Dave Bernett, the administrator at the National Energy Management Institute Committee, or NEMIC. Brother Bernett works with a team of professionals developing workforce training and personnel certifications for SMART members and employers in the sheet metal construction industry.
With three COVID-19 vaccines now being distributed in North America and around the globe, attention is increasingly turning to how we can safely re-open schools, offices and public spaces across the country. Airborne transmission of COVID-19 in enclosed spaces is a m...
2021-03-2243 min
Don't Tell Me Your MajorDTMYM7: In A World of Your ImaginationEpisode Notes
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M: And we are your hosts and sophomores here at Northwestern. This is Don't Tell Me Your Major, an interview podcast where we avoid getting to know people on the surface level with questions like what their major is, where they're from, and how old they are, but try to get to know them on a more profound level. That's how you really get to know the kind o...
2021-03-0912 min
Med Tech MondayAn Uncommon Approach to Med Tech R&DToday's guest , Michael Pereira is the Chief Strategy and Technology Officer at one of the largest medical device developers in the US, Ximedica. Michael has over 25 years of product development and manufacturing experience and has been at Ximedica for over 20 years taking the company from 20 to over 200 employees. Michael focuses on supporting clients on how to best manage the right mix of business, technology and portfolio needs while understanding budgetary and time constraints of device development. On this episode, we discuss the opportunities for Med Tech startups and established companies to partner with independent product developers to best utilize...
2021-01-0454 min
Med Tech MondayTwo Programs for Med Tech EntrepreneursOn this episode you will meet our new co-host, Maey Petrie and learn the backstories of how two young women in Providence, Rhode Island ended up hosting a Med Tech commercialization focused podcast and are supporting the growth of Southern New England's Med Tech ecosystem. Also, we introduce two NEMIC Programs that just launched to support Med Tech entrepreneurs ( free to Rhode Islanders). Applications are now open for our Med Tech Leadership Program and Digital Health Accelerator. Listen to learn more.
2020-11-3022 min
thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future299 Innovation in Health Care with Aidan Petrie New England Medical Innovation CenterI interview Aidan Petrie (112 patents), who runs the New England Medical Innovation Center. We discuss where the health care industry is going in the United States and globally, how we are seeing more systems as opposed to single-purpose devices, how the lines are blurred between devices that need to go through the standard FDA process and which don't. It's a surprise to me that even with all of the strides we've made to speed things up - there is still a lot of time and money involved in bringing a new product to market. NEMIC addresses the need for...
2020-11-2353 min
Med Tech MondayThe Past, Present, & Future of DiagnosticsFernando Oliveira, Vice President of Strategic Development at Ximedica, joins up for a discussion around diagnostic devices. Fernando's deep background in the diagnostic industry makes for a robust conversation around the state of the industry pre-COVID-19, how patient and industry needs, due to the pandemic, have accelerated innovation in the space, and how business models have changed to meet commercialization needs. We close the episode with a forward-looking discussion around the future of the industry and up-and-coming diagnostic technologies.
2020-11-1745 min
Med Tech MondayEcosystem Spotlight: MMIDOn this episode, we spotlight MMID's Providence Office with guest Steven Nijenhuis, Cluster Manager. MMID is an product development group based in the Netherlands that focuses on developing healthcare and regulated medical devices.Steven joins us to share why Providence, RI was chosen as the groups first and only US based office, their competencies in not only developing products for the US market but, accelerating the transition to the European market, and tells us about one of his favorite projects, which was completed during COVID with their partner Drager.
2020-11-0218 min
Med Tech MondayThe Front End of Medical Product DevelopmentOn this episode of Med Tech Monday, guest David Copeland, Director of Human Centered Industrial Design at Ximedica, joins us for a conversation around how entrepreneurs can successfully commercialize beginning at the early stages of designing a medical product. David also talks about the integration of research and user design inputs, and the importance of failing early. In the digital age of COVID-19, Ximedica and their partners have also pivoted to accomplish user and product testing remotely, listen to find out how.
2020-10-1948 min
Minnesota Leads, America FollowsAubrey "I Used To Talk To Her" GrahamIn this special Bday episode. We talked about The Minnesota Twins losing another playoff series. Vikings 1-3 record. Malik Beasley arrested. Wolves trading for Ben Simmons. Donald Covid-19 positive??? Kanye being Kanye. Dr. Dre keeps $1.5 million a month. Nicki Minaj is a mom. & Lastly Drake used to date SZA. Also new music from Nemic Revenue????
2020-10-0645 minMed Tech MondayNEMIC Fall 2020 EventsOn this episode, Danielle Sturm, is joined by her colleague, Maey Petrie, Program Manager at NEMIC to update us on all the programs and events available to support Southern New England's Med Tech ecosystem. Listen to learn about out upcoming programming and events. NEMIC Fellow, ResusciTech also joins us for an update on their startup and launch of their app.
2020-09-2923 minMed Tech MondayBig Data Analytics in Healthcare:Ximedica's Director of Technical Innovation and Advanced Analytics, Jennet Toyjanova joins us for an extremely enlightening and forward thinking discussion around how big data and analytics currently influences the development of medical technologies. Then shares how the utilization of these tools will influence moving towards a more connected healthcare system to better patient's lives and the steps she imagines we need to take to build the infrastructure to support it.
2020-09-1450 min
2020-09-0402 minMed Tech MondayBrown - Lifespan Center for Digital HealthDr. Megan Ranney joins us this week to announce her newest endeavor, the launch of the Brown University and Lifespan Health System partnered Center for Digital Health (CDH). As the newest addition to the medial innovation ecosystem in Rhode Island, the CDH is hub where creative minds from Brown and its affiliated hospital partners collaboratively design, test, and deploy digital solutions to society’s most pressing health challenges.
2020-08-3135 minMed Tech MondayMedtech Monday - Seed Stage FundingThis week we have two very special guests, Paul LaViolette, Managing Partner of SV Health, and Lisa Carmel, VP of Strategy joining us to give you an inside "listen" about the current state of the Med Tech investment landscape and their thoughts on opportunities within the space. This is a can't miss episode for anyone in the industry, especially entrepreneurs planning to fundraise in this mid-COVID climate. Listen carefully for a Trends and Insights segment with Brian Wong.
2020-08-1752 minMed Tech MondayHealth Care Marketing - 21st CenturyPeter Lucas, President and Founder of RI based Practice Marketing & Communications joins us to talk about how COIVD has impacted the marketing landscape of the US healthcare system. How are providers reaching new patients how are they maintaining current patients, what messages make patients feel safe? Listen, as we cover telehealth, best marketing practices for healthcare entrepreneurs, and tips for social media marketing.
2020-08-0540 minMed Tech MondayThe Best Job in MedTech?Brian Wong, Phd, joins us for our first installment of episodes with our partner, Ximedica. As a Sr. MedTech Analyst, Brian's day to day job is to research and analyze the MedTech industry then translate it to actionable insight and plans to best develop regulated products. Listen for insight into the current industry trends, opportunities, and what the future of medical technologies looks like.
2020-07-2056 minMed Tech MondayExploiting the InventionMeet Dave Josephs, IP lawyer and NEMIC SMARTeam Member joining us on this episode for mini master class for MedTech entrepreneurs. Dave covers all you NEED to know when you create an invention and what not to do if you want to protect it.
2020-06-2346 minMed Tech MondayMedTech Marketing- RI Ecosystem ExpandsThis week, hear from new-to-the-ecosystem marketing consultant and one of NEMIC's newest SMARTeam members, Brian Morley. Within the year, Brian left his previous employer, J&J. Looked for a way to get involved in the local community while utilizing his MedTech marketing skills. And started a local marketing consultancy to fill a RI ecosystem need, regulated product marketing and strategy for startups. Listen as he tells his timely story and how he is supporting the local startup and healthcare communities.
2020-06-0943 minMed Tech MondayPilotitus in the Digital Health WorldIn this episode, we discuss digital health, paths to market, barriers, how to leverage hospitals, nailing your value proposition, and pilotitus with our guests Brian Clancy and Brian Mullen. Both guests, bring a deep understanding of the digital health world and have a robust discussion as Brian Clancy brings expertise in the digital therapeutics world and Brian Mullen brings knowledge from experience in a hospital digital innovation center.
2020-06-021h 16Med Tech MondayPrice your product right and win!Having a go to market strategy is one thing, having a go to market strategy with the RIGHT PRICE is quite another. In this episode David Mok a product pricing guru gives a short master class ( that]s why its our longest episode yet) in the strategy of product pricing in the Medtech space. Listen and take notes, it's worth it.
2020-05-2758 min2020-05-1900 minMed Tech MondayStartup Story: MyMOC, Combating physician burnout.This week, meet CEO Brad Artery who is leading the RI based startup, MyMOC. MyMOC is combating physician burnout with their platform, MOCingbird making it easier for healthcare professionals to keep up with board certifications, state licensing, and continuous learning. We talk to Brad about administrative burdens on healthcare professionals, piloting and growing the company in Rhode Island, fundraising for the healthcare SaaS platform, and his entrepreneurial journey.
2020-05-1256 minMed Tech MondayMedtech Monday - What should you know about an EUAThis episode we are joined by regulatory expert and NEMIC SMARTeam Member, Tom Hutchinson who details what EUAs are, how innovators should utilize them, what happens when EUAs end, and EVERYTHING in between. Get ready for an informative yet interesting episode delivered precisely by seasoned regulator, Tom Hutchinson. Thinking of submitting under the EUA? Listen here first.
2020-05-0544 minMed Tech MondayAligning Development and Funding StrategiesThrough our work at NEMIC, we know that developing a new medical technology that meets a clinical need is only half of the feat of bringing a regulated product to market. On April 2nd, we hosted an online event called, Aligning Development and Funding Strategies for MedTech Startups: A Conversation with Digital & Device Commercialization Experts, in partnership with the Venture Cafe Cambridge.
2020-04-281h 04Med Tech MondayMedtech Monday startup story Lura HealthOn this episode of #MedTechMonday, guest Daniel Weinstein, CEO and Co-Founder of Lura Health, shares the story of how his team of 3 student entrepreneurs are combating one of the world's leading diseases, tooth decay. That's just the beginning, saliva is the new blood and can help detect and monitor a broad range of health issues.
2020-04-2043 minMed Tech MondayPlanning for COVID-19's Impact on Workplace CultureHow can employers begin planning for the re-integration of employees after the quarantine? What can we be doing now? What challenges may occur? How can we best manage one of the most important assets of any business, our people? And what if this happens again? Explore conversations around all these questions with guest, HR, and workplace culture guru, Stephanie Chamberlin, in part 2 of this 2 part episode.
2020-04-1734 minMed Tech MondayPlanning for COVID-19's Impact on Workplace CultureHow can employers begin planning for the re-integration of employees after the quarantine? What can we be doing now? What challenges may occur? How can we best manage one of the most important assets of any business, our people? And what if this happens again? Explore conversations around all these questions with guest, HR, and workplace culture guru, Stephanie Chamberlin, in part 1 of this 2 part episode.
2020-04-1441 minMed Tech MondayMedtech Monday Healthcare Wellness and AlexaAmbient computing and Amazons Alexa will redefine interactions in healthcare. We are at the beginning but the future is bright, but not without hurdles. Alexa wanted to co-host! How could I resist?
2020-04-0724 minMed Tech MondayAdvance-CTR Immersion ProgramThis weeks guests, Sean Monaghan, MD and Jonghwan Lee are both researchers out of Lifespan Health System and Brown University. Both men took part in our Planning Pitch Deck + Immersion Program where we worked with them, one-on-one, on the various components of translating research into an eventual business plan, startup, and pitch deck with investors in mind. Listen as both men share advice for translating research into an eventual startup and business plan.
2020-03-3039 minMed Tech MondayXimedica Joe Gordon VP of InnovationNEMIC was created because our Founders saw too many medical technologies getting stuck in the "Valley of Death.' This was due to many different reasons, usually on the business side, that marked the technology currently un-fundable. Ximedica, a Rhode Island based FDA registered product developer, would run into the same complications when potentially partnering with startups and new technologies.
2020-03-2334 minMed Tech MondayMedTech Monday - NEMIC is a Venture StudioTrying to innovate in the MedTech space is easy. There is so much low hanging fruit in our health care system ripe for innovation. The New England Medical Innovation Center defines itself as a “Venture Studio”, listen to find out why.
2020-03-0921 minMed Tech MondayBuilding an innovation community in ProvidenceIt takes much more than a building to build an innovation center today. We are well on the way with more work to be done. The community has to grow, evolve and embrace the challenge to thrive. Rebecca Weber of the Cambridge Innovation Center is one of the people tasked with the hard part.
2020-03-0535 minMed Tech MondayMedTech Monday - Resources for entrepreneursRhode Island and NEMIC offer support, funding and professional services for budding businesses. Learn how you can leverage these resources to accelerate your venture.
2020-03-0221 minMed Tech MondayMedtech Monday - Startups and consultantsThis week we invited Jenna Marchal, an independent consultant, and Dom Messerli, a startup Founder and CEO, for a dynamic conversation. We chat about the advantages and disadvantages of hiring independent consultants, contractors, and employees to work for a Med Tech startup. This episode is a great listen for anyone thinking of breaking into consulting or the next hire for your startup's team.
2020-02-2432 minMed Tech MondayWearables with Jeannette Numbers of LOFTHow do we design wearable for women when there is a shortage of women designing them? We sat down with Jeanette Numbers, Co-Founder of Providence-based design firm Loft llc, to talk about wearable trends, CES2020, the need for women in tech, and the industry's opportunities for adequately designing technology for women.
2020-02-1735 minMed Tech MondayWho knew CPR was so difficult?Abigail Kohler and Greg Fine are two undergraduate students at Brown University. They have spent the latter of their studies also working on building a startup around their assistive CPR technology. Listen and learn about how their technology will help us perform CPR correctly and what it's like being a student entrepreneur entering the medical industry.
2020-02-1023 minMed Tech MondayDigital therapeutics are right around the cornerGuest Brian Clancy, Co-Lead & Associate Director at AppScript (IQVIA) joins us in a discussion focusing on digital health and therapeutics. The digital therapeutic world is fairly juvenile, making it hard for early adopters and entrepreneurs to find their payers and markets. Listen as Brian shares his knowledge and experience and explores topics such as how digital therapeutics are being prescribed, who is adopting them, and who is paying for them.
2020-02-0341 minMed Tech MondayA conversation with the founders of NEMICThe New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC) is New England’s premier med tech venture studio. NEMIC’s mission is to support innovators and entrepreneurs, and expedite the developmental process in order for ideas to realize commercial success and provide value to the patients they serve. Hear from Founder’s Aidan Petrie and Lydia Shin Schroter as they explain why they set up NEMIC and how they support innovators and entrepreneurs streamline the commercialization process for regulated technolo
2020-02-0327 min
Nothing Shines Like DirtEp 33 - Mel MackWelcome Back to Nothing Shines Like Dirt episode 33. Elise & Lesley sit down with Casting Director/Acting Coach Mel Mack. They discuss acting tips for auditions, her studio "Mel Mack Acting Studio" and her dance off with Madonna.
www.melmackactingstudio.com
Melonie “Mel” Mack has been involved in the entertainment industry professionally in both NY and L.A. for over 18 years. She began her teaching experience under Lesly Kahn of Lesly Kahn and Company for many years where she learned to develop her comedic chops as an acting coach and teacher.
Melonie has worked with actors on film/tv shows including: Blin...
2017-09-1800 min