How Strategic Partnerships Can Fast-Track Your Medtech Startup: Interview with Innova Vascular CEO Sanjay Shrivastava

In this episode of Medsider Radio, we’re sitting down with Sanjay Shrivastava. As the CEO and founder of Innova Vascular, and founder of BlackSwan Vascular, Sanjay’s deeply entrenched in the cardiovascular interventional device space. Sanjay has worked for household names like Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic as well as small, early-stage startups. Throughout his career, he’s gained experience in various core functional areas of medical device companies, having led teams in R&D, marketing, and business development. In this episode of Medsider, Sanjay explains the financial strategy he’s used in his two startups, gives advice on when (and how) to develop strategic partnerships, what questions to explore in the early stages of a medtech startup company, and the best timeline for a win-win exit strategy.Before we jump into the conversation, I wanted to mention a few things:If you’re into learning from proven medtech and healthtech leaders, and want to know when new content and interviews go live, head over to Medsider.com and sign up for our free newsletter. You’ll get access to gated articles, and lots of other interesting healthcare content.Second, if you want even more inside info from proven experts, think about a Medsider premium membership. We talk to experienced healthcare leaders about the nuts and bolts of running a business and bringing products to market. This is your place for valuable knowledge on specific topics like seed funding, prototyping, insurance reimbursement, and positioning a medtech startup for an exit.In addition to the entire back catalog of Medsider interviews over the past decade, Premium members get exclusive Ask Me Anything interviews and masterclasses with some of the world’s most successful medtech founders and executives. Since making the premium memberships available, I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how many people have signed up. If you’re interested, go to medsider.com/subscribe to learn more.Lastly, here's the link to the full interview with Sanjay if you'd rather read it instead.