#39 - Teresa Prego: Integration Drives the Outcome

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Hosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Teresa Prego, CEO of EpiWatch. Teresa shares her story of building early stage companies. Giovanni and Teresa discuss the acquisitions and integration challenges, retail vs reimbursed medical devices, wearables and neuromodulation, building a company that can be acquired, and more.

You can learn more about EpiWatch and their wearable technology for seizure detection at www.epiwatch.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 Marathons
• 15:53 Soccer, Coaching, and Community
• 22:10 Who is Teresa Prego?
• 46:11 The Value of an MBA
• 1:01:54 Acquisitions and Integration Challenges
• 1:18:05 Building a Company That Can Be Acquired
• 1:24:37 Retail vs Reimbursed Medical Devices
• 1:29:43 The Consumer-Regulated Device Conundrum
• 1:36:13 Lobbying for MedTech
• 1:41:53 Wearables and Neuromodulation
• 1:49:30 International Expansion and Cultural Challenges
• 1:55:35 EpiWatch
• 2:08:16 MedTech Innovator
• 2:15:00 MedTech in Boston and Baltimore
• 2:23:51 Prolucid