One way of clever marketing that I have noticed is Spotify Ads in the free version of Spotify. Spotify has now made it so that if you want to listen to ad-free music, you have to pay for Spotify Premium….   Read more»

If I were to create my own company, I would create a company that designs and manufactures accessible technology for people with any sort of impairment that makes it hard for them to use their hands or general hand weakness….   Read more»

Involving patients in marketing strategies can be beneficial, but there are also downsides. Having someone who might potentially use your product be able to give input on what other products they use and what made them buy those products would…   Read more»

I recently accepted a job working as a Polymer Processing Intern at New Jersey Innovation Institute. This is my first industry job, and the reason why I decided to accept this job is that I get to learn things I…   Read more»

There are plenty of engineers who have started a business without an MBA degree. I believe the best way to learn about how a business works is through working at one. Pursuing an MBA is a good way to learn…   Read more»

A sole proprietorship can be turned into an LLC, so if the dad wants to pass on the family business to his 2 sons, he would have to go through the process of converting his sole proprietorship into an LLC….   Read more»

For my capstone project last year, my group made a wound-healing hydrogel. I was in charge of designing and 3D printing a mold for the formulation to freeze and thaw in. I had to make 4 iterations of a mold…   Read more»

QA and QC are often interchanged but they are different things and companies should put equal time and effort into both. QA refers to the regulation of how a process is performed/how a product is made. It is important for…   Read more»

The people who think that going through QA/QC is a burden don’t understand the consequences if it is not done. Yes, going through those processes will take additional time and perhaps additional resources. In the long run, it will pay…   Read more»

Private practice physicians can face a multitude of obstacles while creating their own medical devices. The first one is not knowing the regulatory processes that come with making their own device. The physician has to do research to see if…   Read more»

Technology can help improve the current processes and can help expedite the 510k process. Older practices with the help of technology, can improve the current systems in place. An example of this would be before the internet, people needed to…   Read more»

Drugs being banned in the US and not in other countries are due to regulations of the country. In India, there is the CDSCO whose job is to oversee drug quality and the State Governments also enforce regulations relating to…   Read more»

I think one of the pros of working in academic research is that you can work on research that interests you. If you have a research project idea, you can pitch it to your advisor and they will let you…   Read more»

I would rather do research that contributes to helping the current generation. Doing research for future generations is also important. I would like to see the research I work on being used in the current generation. There is nothing more…   Read more»

The expertise needed to go into academic research vs. industry research is similar but there are niche skills for each. For academic research, having strong writing skills is very important because you will be writing proposals to get funding for…   Read more»

PMs in the biomedical engineering field should have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree. I also think they should have some experience working on projects whether it be in a lab or academic projects such as Capstone. In addition, getting…   Read more»

Detail in project planning is very important. There should be a schedule with tasks that need to be completed. In my opinion, I think the people working on the different tasks should break those tasks down into smaller tasks. If…   Read more»

Missing a milestone is typically seen as a failure within projects. However, it can be a good thing. It gives the team the chance to reevaluate the proposed timeline and figure out what else is needed to complete the milestone/task…   Read more»

BME being a very diverse field definitely has some advantages and disadvantages. One of the main advantages is that you can narrow down what you’re interested in for your Masters as well as knowing what kinds of jobs you would…   Read more»