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Dr. John Yianni

Dr. John Yianni

Dr. John Yianni

Title

Partner

Office

Berlin

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John joined Earlybird Health as a Partner in 2016 and has over 30 years of experience in the medical device industry. He has founded several successful startups, including Biocompatibles, Thermocore Medical, Securus Medical Group, Reverse Medical, and CryoTherapeutics, where he serves as CEO. John holds a doctorate in Biophysics from the University of Salford in the UK and completed postdoctoral research at both the University of Salford and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).


The first lesson I learned…

as a company founder and CEO is that you need to wear several hats and be very flexible. Your job description changes every day — from talking to investors and running the everyday operations to clearing up the lab when there’s been a flood. You have to be prepared to put your mind to anything and everything, with little support and infrastructure. The buck stops with you.

The first lesson I learned…

as a company founder and CEO is that you need to wear several hats and be very flexible. Your job description changes every day — from talking to investors and running the everyday operations to clearing up the lab when there’s been a flood. You have to be prepared to put your mind to anything and everything, with little support and infrastructure. The buck stops with you.

The first lesson I learned…

as a company founder and CEO is that you need to wear several hats and be very flexible. Your job description changes every day — from talking to investors and running the everyday operations to clearing up the lab when there’s been a flood. You have to be prepared to put your mind to anything and everything, with little support and infrastructure. The buck stops with you.

Hire people who…

are smarter than you! The Founder / CEO who thinks he or she has to be the smartest person in the company will hire average people and inevitably fail.

Hire people who…

are smarter than you! The Founder / CEO who thinks he or she has to be the smartest person in the company will hire average people and inevitably fail.

Hire people who…

are smarter than you! The Founder / CEO who thinks he or she has to be the smartest person in the company will hire average people and inevitably fail.

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