by David Quick
Disrupted Cardiovascular Innovation & Got Acquired for $585 Million
1 min 55 sec read
with Ramin Mousavi
In this episode of The High Performance Herd, David Quick sits down with Ramin Mousavi, President and CEO of CathWorks, to discuss the leadership required to build and scale a medical technology company through innovation, strategic partnership, team development, and eventual acquisition. Their conversation explores how trust, collaboration, and disciplined execution shape a business operating in a demanding healthcare environment.
Ramin’s career has taken him from engineering into leadership and entrepreneurship, including the development of CathWorks and its cardiovascular technology. The company’s growth involved product development, customer feedback, strategic partnerships, investment, and the challenges of scaling a startup before its acquisition by Medtronic for $585 million. That experience gives him a practical perspective on the decisions and relationships that influence growth in medical technology.
As he explains in this conversation, trust is one of a leader’s most important assets because high-performance teams depend on people being able to collaborate openly, challenge one another, and remain focused on a shared mission. Ramin also emphasises the value of listening to feedback and being willing to stop, reassess, and improve a product when circumstances demand it.
David and Ramin also examine the role of calculated risk in career development, the mindset required to operate through startup uncertainty, and the importance of cultural fit when building a team. Their discussion covers transparency, vulnerability, strategic alliances, investment, scaling challenges, product improvement, and the emotional realities of transitioning leadership after building a company through several stages of growth.
For healthcare entrepreneurs, medical technology executives, and founders scaling innovation-led businesses, this episode offers a grounded perspective on how trust, teamwork, customer feedback, and strategic relationships contribute to organisational progress. It is a practical reflection on building a company through uncertainty while maintaining the culture and leadership discipline required to sustain performance.
Key Takeaways
- Trust strengthens leadership credibility and team performance
- Customer feedback improves product development decisions
- Strategic partnerships can accelerate organisational growth
- Cultural fit supports stronger high-performance teams
- Transparency reinforces trust during periods of change
- Calculated risk can create important career and business opportunities
- Shared mission helps teams remain aligned through uncertainty
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