Practical support for early stage medtech founders

Medtech Mentor offers a range of support designed to help early stage medtech founders move from idea to viable business.

 

Whether you want to start with accessing free resources, structured learning, personalised mentoring, or something more tailored, our services will help you make better decisions earlier and avoid common early-stage mistakes.

Choosing the right type of support

Founders come to us at different points, with different levels of confidence, time, and support needs.

Some want to build a solid foundation first. Others want tailored guidance to work through specific challenges. Many use a combination of both.

The sections below outline the different ways we can support you.

Services & Resources

Ways we can support you

Medtech founders come to us with different challenges, timelines, and levels of certainty. Our services and resources are designed to meet you where you are. Offering practical resources, structured learning, and experienced mentoring to help you move forward with confidence.

Free Starter Pack

Stop guessing. Start validating. A simple, practical guide to help you test your idea early, avoid costly mistakes, and take the right first steps with confidence.

Online Course

Don’t build the wrong thing. Turn your idea into a clear, testable business model—so you know it’s worth pursuing before you invest serious time or money.

1:1 Mentoring

Get clarity on your next move. Personalised support to work through challenges, sense-check decisions, and move forward with confidence.

Group Mentoring

Build faster with structure and support. An 8-week programme to sharpen your idea, stay accountable, and learn alongside other founders facing the same challenges.

Bespoke Packages

Support designed around your goals. Tailored workshops, programmes, and advisory to help teams and organisations develop strong, validated medtech ideas.

What we do (and don’t) do

Being clear about boundaries helps founders choose the right support.

We can help with:

We do not:

Our role is to help you think clearly, test sensibly, and move forward with confidence.

Unsure where to start?

If you’re not sure which option is right for you, the free Starter Pack is a good place to begin. It will help you clarify your thinking and decide what kind of support makes sense for your situation.

Choosing the right type of support

Founders come to us at different points, with different levels of confidence, time, and support needs.

Some want to build a solid foundation first. Others want tailored guidance to work through specific challenges. Many use a combination of both.

The sections below outline the different ways we can support you.

Free Resources

Starter Pack

Best for: Founders who are exploring an idea and want clarity on what to do next. The Medtech Mentor Starter Pack is a practical guide to help you turn a medtech idea into a viable business. It includes tools, prompts, and guidance you can apply immediately to your own idea. It’s designed to help you:
  • Understand what really needs validating early on
  • Avoid common mistakes that slow founders down
  • Decide what your first steps should be

Best for: Founders who want to work out whether an idea is worth pursuing, and what to do next.

This course helps you turn an early idea into a clear, testable business model before you build anything.

You’ll use it to:

  • Clarify the problem, customer, and solution so you don’t build the wrong thing
  • Stress-test viability early using real assumptions and Minimum Success Criteria
  • Avoid building the wrong thing by validating before committing time or money
  • Create a clear action plan with a Now / Next / Later roadmap
  • Explain your idea simply with a sharp elevator pitch and 10-slide deck

By the end, you’ll have practical outputs you can use immediately: a stress-tested Lean Canvas, a viability check, a clear plan, and a pitch you can take into real conversations.

The course is self-paced, designed for early stage founders, and works well on its own or alongside mentoring.

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Personalised support

1:1 mentoring

Best for: Founders who want tailored guidance and direct feedback.

1:1 mentoring offers personalised support from experienced mentors who understand the realities of early stage medtech.

Mentoring sessions are used to:

  • Work through specific challenges or decisions
  • Sense-check plans and assumptions
  • Prioritise what to focus on next
  • Build confidence in uncertain situations

Mentoring is flexible and shaped around your needs and stage.

→ Learn about 1:1 mentoring

Best for: Founders who want structured progress, peer learning, and expert guidance at the early stage. Group mentoring is an 8-week programme that helps you turn early uncertainty into a clear, testable business model and a practical plan. You’ll work alongside a small cohort of founders, supported by experienced mentors, to think through key decisions and avoid common early mistakes. Sessions are structured and facilitated, with a mix of short teaching, founder hot seats, discussion, and clear next actions. Access to our flagship course, From Idea to Business Model, provides shared structure so live time is spent applying ideas to your own context. Group mentoring is particularly useful if you want:
  • Clarity on your problem, user, and value proposition
  • A Lean Canvas and validation plan that improves over time
  • Regular momentum and accountability without being rushed
  • Constructive feedback from mentors and peers at a similar stage

Bespoke support

Bespoke programmes

Best for: Organisations or teams with specific needs. We also design bespoke support for accelerators, teams, and organisations that want targeted input for early stage medtech founders and teach innovation approaches. This might include:
  • Founder workshops or short programmes
  • Curriculum support for entrepreneurship education
  • Advisory input on validation, evidence, or routes to market
  • Bespoke course development or one off sessions
Bespoke work is scoped based on your needs, objectives and context.

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