Dr. Bryan Hartley

But within that ecosystem, how do you maximize your chances? And so I went to work with an investment group where I would regularly just help them for free research all of the companies that came through. So it was mutual benefit. I learned about investing, they got to learn about medicine and so forth.

I was at a conference and there was a social event afterwards and I dropped my name tag on the ground and then a guy picked it up and said, is this yours? And he was a really smiley gentleman. And so I started talking to him and it turns out he had started a company to solve a problem I had identified as a surgeon, which was putting a breathing tube in the food tube.

I was at a conference and there was a social event afterwards and I dropped my name tag on the ground and then a guy picked it up and said, is this yours? And he was a really smiley gentleman. And so I started talking to him and it turns out he had started a company to solve a problem I had identified as a surgeon, which was putting a breathing tube in the food tube.

I was at a conference and there was a social event afterwards and I dropped my name tag on the ground and then a guy picked it up and said, is this yours? And he was a really smiley gentleman. And so I started talking to him and it turns out he had started a company to solve a problem I had identified as a surgeon, which was putting a breathing tube in the food tube.

So someone's dying, they can't breathe for themselves. You try to artificially ventilate them and instead you inflate their stomach and they die. So it sounds like a mistake you shouldn't make. It gets made all the time. So I had a post-it note on my desk that I was going to solve this problem one day. And I meet this guy and he's already solved it. And he's really far ahead.

So someone's dying, they can't breathe for themselves. You try to artificially ventilate them and instead you inflate their stomach and they die. So it sounds like a mistake you shouldn't make. It gets made all the time. So I had a post-it note on my desk that I was going to solve this problem one day. And I meet this guy and he's already solved it. And he's really far ahead.

So someone's dying, they can't breathe for themselves. You try to artificially ventilate them and instead you inflate their stomach and they die. So it sounds like a mistake you shouldn't make. It gets made all the time. So I had a post-it note on my desk that I was going to solve this problem one day. And I meet this guy and he's already solved it. And he's really far ahead.

And so I knew that I liked him immediately. And he and I started talking and he learned that I had done some consulting in urology. I was a surgeon. I had this background. And he pitched me this other idea of his. And the way that idea came to him was that he was a paramedic. And he kept getting called to nursing homes to pick up women who were really ill.

And so I knew that I liked him immediately. And he and I started talking and he learned that I had done some consulting in urology. I was a surgeon. I had this background. And he pitched me this other idea of his. And the way that idea came to him was that he was a paramedic. And he kept getting called to nursing homes to pick up women who were really ill.

And so I knew that I liked him immediately. And he and I started talking and he learned that I had done some consulting in urology. I was a surgeon. I had this background. And he pitched me this other idea of his. And the way that idea came to him was that he was a paramedic. And he kept getting called to nursing homes to pick up women who were really ill.

No one was sure why and bring them to the emergency department. And time and time again, it was because they had a UTI and that was causing them to have sepsis and their brain was altered. And he thought that was pretty interesting. But then he kept getting called to bring the same women from the nursing home to the ER month after month after month. And then he got pissed off.

No one was sure why and bring them to the emergency department. And time and time again, it was because they had a UTI and that was causing them to have sepsis and their brain was altered. And he thought that was pretty interesting. But then he kept getting called to bring the same women from the nursing home to the ER month after month after month. And then he got pissed off.

No one was sure why and bring them to the emergency department. And time and time again, it was because they had a UTI and that was causing them to have sepsis and their brain was altered. And he thought that was pretty interesting. But then he kept getting called to bring the same women from the nursing home to the ER month after month after month. And then he got pissed off.

And he talked to the doctors and said, why can't if you know who's going to have the problem, why can't you stop it? And they said, we can't. The best solution is they take antibiotics every day for the rest of their life. They don't want to do that. The side effects are terrible. And a lot of them can't remember to do it. So this is just their reality.

And he talked to the doctors and said, why can't if you know who's going to have the problem, why can't you stop it? And they said, we can't. The best solution is they take antibiotics every day for the rest of their life. They don't want to do that. The side effects are terrible. And a lot of them can't remember to do it. So this is just their reality.

And he talked to the doctors and said, why can't if you know who's going to have the problem, why can't you stop it? And they said, we can't. The best solution is they take antibiotics every day for the rest of their life. They don't want to do that. The side effects are terrible. And a lot of them can't remember to do it. So this is just their reality.

And so again, on a post-it note, he writes a problem that he's going to solve. And then one day he's sitting in a friend's jacuzzi and he sees this plastic ball floating in the water. And he says, what's that? They say, oh, you know, it's got a little chlorine in it. It releases it into the jacuzzi so that bacteria don't grow. You know, it's warm water. It's easier for them to grow.

And so again, on a post-it note, he writes a problem that he's going to solve. And then one day he's sitting in a friend's jacuzzi and he sees this plastic ball floating in the water. And he says, what's that? They say, oh, you know, it's got a little chlorine in it. It releases it into the jacuzzi so that bacteria don't grow. You know, it's warm water. It's easier for them to grow.

And so again, on a post-it note, he writes a problem that he's going to solve. And then one day he's sitting in a friend's jacuzzi and he sees this plastic ball floating in the water. And he says, what's that? They say, oh, you know, it's got a little chlorine in it. It releases it into the jacuzzi so that bacteria don't grow. You know, it's warm water. It's easier for them to grow.

And I guess he'd had a couple of beers at that point. He was fuzzy enough that he connected those two ideas together. And he said, what if I put a floating jacuzzi ball into the bladders of women to stop them from getting UTIs? And he went home and got a piece of graph paper and wrote the provisional patent. That ended up becoming the core IP to the company.