His Strategy and Success Story with the MedTech Startup: FastWave

03/19/24 • 26 min

He scaled his business from 0 to 20 million in under 3 years. Get inspired by the story of Scott Nelson's strategic brilliance and entrepreneurial triumph with Joovv and FastWave Medical, a groundbreaking MedTech startup reshaping the industry landscape. Learn about the strategic decisions, challenges overcome, and pivotal moments that defined Scott's path to success.
Harsh and Scott also discuss the challenges and rewards of transitioning from working with large strategic companies to early-stage startups. They emphasize the importance of taking risks, learning from experiences, and being prepared for the ups and downs of entrepreneurship.
You're watching Episode 037: Harsh Thakkar (@harshvthakkar) interviews Scott Nelson (@scottnelsonlive), Co-Founder, President, & CEO of FastWave Medical.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Entrepreneurship, Med-Tech, and startup journey.
(2:40) A new medical device for treating complex artery disease.
(6:04) Transitioning from corporate to startup life.
(9:38) Career advice and growth strategies for startups & entrepreneurs.
(13:52) Learning from experience.
(18:48) Decision-making, and consumer health trends.
(21:10) Perfect is the enemy of good.

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Life Sciences 360 - His Strategy and Success Story with the MedTech Startup: FastWave

Transcript

Scott Nelson00:00:00.000

Joovv j o o v v is the company that I started back in 2015. We designed to develop what are called Photo bio modulation devices or their class two devices commonly referred to as red light therapy. Now, joovv was one of the first companies to design develop and commercialize a full body light therapy device or photobiomodulation device for in home use. So we kind of created this category, it was really hard to find information online, but the