Med Tech Talks Ep. 66: Crystal Phillips Pt.2

Shifting careers after being diagnosed with a serious illness is a mammoth task, and not everyone call pull it off. Luckily, Crystal Phillips’s skating experience definitely helped her manoeuvre her way through it.

Rejoin us on part two of this week’s episode of Med Tech Talks with Crystal Phillips. We learn about her career post speed-skating and how she aims to bring impactful changes in the field of health-tech, vide her role at Thin Air Labs.

Timestamps:

01:27-06:00 - Crystal’s career trajectory at Branch Out, and how she ventured into her role at Thin Air Labs.

06:02-08:27 - Crystal explains how Thin Air Labs function as a Venture Capital firm.

08:27-10:43 - The characteristics of an impactful company, and how they are parallel to the qualities that Crystal elaborates are also required to be a high performance athlete.

10:43-12:30 - How her personal experience with MS helps Crystal make informed decisions in her role at Thin Air Labs.

12:30-14:21 - Jumping through bureaucratic hoops, and navigating her way through it to make meaningful change.

14:22-18:23 - Crystal reminisces about the high points of her time at Branch Out and Thin Air, and the lessons she’s learned along the way.

18:23-20:41 - What’s next for Crystal at Thin Air, and her goal to focus more on health-tech.