#19 - Jose Bohorquez: Purpose Driven Entrepreneurship

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Hosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Jose Bohorquez, President of CyberMed. Jose shares his story of navigating academia and his successful entrepreneurial path in MedTech. Giovanni and Jose explore faith, managing business while raising a family, fundraising, cybersecurity, challenges in the MedTech industry, business development, and more.

You can learn more about CyberMed and their cybersecurity consulting services at www.cybermed.ai

This episode is sponsored by Zapyrus, a business development and business intelligence software company based out of Toronto, Canada. To learn more about Zapyrus and the services they offer visit welcome.zapyrus.com

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:32 Faith
• 11:34 Entrepreneurship While Raising a Family
• 29:36 Woodworking
• 35:44 Who is Jose Bohorquez?
• 40:23 The Value of Internships
• 46:47 Transitioning from Academia to MedTech Entrepreneurship
• 58:04 Planting the Seed of Entrepreneurship
• 1:04:31 The Modern Work Ethic Dichotomy
• 1:10:20 Finding a Path in Academia
• 1:15:34 Moving Around the Country
• 1:27:13 Why Medical Device?
• 1:31:00 Grant Funding
• 1:37:45 Crowdfunding
• 1:41:52 IOT in MedTech
• 1:49:14 The Challenges of Medical Devices vs Other Industries
• 1:57:57 What Makes a Good Board?
• 2:03:07 Phasing Yourself Out as a CEO
• 2:08:50 Bold Type and CyberMed
• 2:14:42 Marketing and Branding
• 2:18:08 Cybersecurity in MedTech
• 2:25:01 Business Development for Service Providers
• 2:30:55 How to Integrate Marketing as a Service Provider
• 2:50:02 Business Development Tools
• 2:55:37 Taking On Partners