#21 - Oriol Iborra: From Patient to Pioneer

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Hosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Oriol Iborra, Co-Founder and CEO of Nimble Diagnostics. Oriol shares his story of how an early diagnosis lead him to enter the field of cardiovascular medicine. Giovanni and Oriol discuss different methodologies of diagnostic imaging, how to choose a CEO, dilutive vs non-dilutive funding, scaling a MedTech company, watches, Barcelona, and more. 

You can learn more about Nimble Diagnostics and their non-invasive stent monitoring technology at www.dxnimble.com

This episode is sponsored by Prolucid, a software commercialization company based out of Toronto, Canada. To learn more about Prolucid and the services they offer visit www.prolucid.ca

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:48 A Passion for Watches
• 20:41 The Economics of Watchmaking
• 35:33 Who is Oriol Iborra?
• 49:46 Founding Nimble Diagnostics
• 1:08:04 Worms
• 1:14:00 Barcelona
• 1:30:08 Nimble Diagnostics Technology
• 1:47:12 The Genesis of Nimble Diagnostics
• 2:07:22 Overview of Nimble Diagnostics Today
• 2:11:51 Choosing External Partners
• 2:21:37 Choosing a CEO
• 2:27:50 Out-Licensing Technology
• 2:31:24 Grant Writing
• 2:47:44 Scaling a Business
• 3:01:55 Advice for Scientist-Entrepreneurs