Startup generation
The road to entrepreneurship in health is full of opportunities, but also complex decisions and hurdles to overcome. We interview members of the entrepreneurial community to hear about their experience on this path, the difficulties they’ve had, how to set up a team, what they value most from the experience and their tips for others who want to create a startup.
“Everything takes longer than expected, so be realistic about the timelines”
Silvia FrutosCofounder and CTO of SpliceBio
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"During the creation of the company you have to be flexible and adapt to changes"
Maziar Ahmadi
CEO and cofounder of Imaz Technology
“As a neurologist, I wasn’t aware of the option of starting a company. It was the tech transfer department that encouraged us to do it”
Alicia Martínez-Piñeiro
Founder and CEO of Time is Brain
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Silvia Frutos
Cofounder and CTO of SpliceBio
“You will hear a lot off "noes" during the journey but you have to believe in your idea”
Evan Floden
CEO i cofounder of Seqera Labs
"The journey of a medtech or biotech is very different from other businesses"
James Hugall
Co-founder and CEO de Breaz Medical
“You have to be open to criticism, but without losing sight of your goal”
Francesca Domenech Wuttke
CEO and Founder of Nen
"The patient must be the main priority of your business"
Diliara Lupenko
Chief Operations Officer at Impress
“Fail fast, fail cheap doesn’t apply to healthcare startups”
Sergi Valverde
Co-founder and CEO of Tensormedical
“We have to invest time in getting to know the team to prevent discrepancies that can affect the company”
Esther Riambau
Co-founder and CEO of Oniria Therapeutics
“It’s important to understand the problem before you go looking for a solution”
Stephen Dunne
Chief Product Officer of Koa Health
“What matters most is to keep moving forward and learning from your decisions, even when they turn out to be mistakes”
Gisela Lorente Marina
Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)
“It’s important to get good legal advice right from the start”
Adrián Dorado
UX/UI Manager and Co-founder of Qualud and Laia Contigo
“Failure is part of the journey and it only means that you have to change your strategy and do better”
Xavier Palomer
Co-founder of Psious
“It’s important to understand others’ points of view to become successful”
Josep Cardona
CEO of Onalabs
‘One out of every three cases of Alzheimer could be predicted’
Carla Zaldúa
co-founder and CEO of acceXible
"The best part of being an entrepreneur is the ability to create something from nothing"
Gabriela Jiménez Valerio
CEO d’Angiotheragnostics