#31 - Toufic Azar: Climbing the MedTech Summit

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Hosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Toufic Azar, Co-Founder and CEO of MEACOR. Toufic shares his journey from Lebanon to Montreal to Academia to Entrepreneurship. Giovanni and Toufic discuss the entrepreneurial challenges, transitioning from academia to entrepreneur, team building, legal strategy, mountain climbing and more.

To learn more about MEACOR and their CyroCinch anchoring catheter system, visit www.meacor.com

This episode is sponsored by Goodwin, a lifecycle legal firm with a specialized MedTech practice. To learn more about Goodwin's MedTech practice, visit www.goodwinlaw.com/en/people/g/gomez-martin or by emailing Martin Gomez directly at mgomez@goodwinlaw.com

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:33 Mountain Climbing and Risk-Taking
• 25:32 Skiing in Lebanon
• 33:23 Who is Toufic Azar?
• 42:57 Lebanon's Culture, History, and Challenges
• 59:22 Immigration, Education, and Entrepreneurial Pivot
• 1:13:40 Building MEACOR and Raising Capital
• 1:30:29 MedTech Innovator and KOL Strategy
• 1:41:54 JP Morgan and the Power of Network
• 1:50:16 MEACOR's Technology
• 1:56:08 Legal Strategy and Team Building
• 2:15:31 Entrepreneurial Philosophy
• 2:19:49 Goodwin