Episode 222: Frank Jaskulke + Medical Alley Starts

Today on the podcast we connect with entrepreneurial ecosystem builder Frank Jaskulke. Frank is the VP of Intelligence at Medical Alley Association, a Twin Cities based trade organization for Minnesota’s healthcare and healthtech industry. Medical Alley Association was launched in 1984 on the belief that Medical Alley, the place, which refers to the entire state of Minnesota, is the global epicenter of health innovation and care. Very recently, Medical Alley Association launched Medical Alley Starts, a focused set of services to lower the cost of starting, scaling, and pivoting new healthcare and healthtech ventures in Medical Alley through critical and credible connections. Services for Medical Alley Starts are currently focused on access to capital, connection to talent and suppliers, and a global epicenter campaign to promote the work being done in Medical Alley around the world.

Links from today’s show:
Website: https://medicalalley.org/medical-alley-starts
Facebook: @medicalalleyassociation
Twitter: @MedicalAlley

Music Attribution: Like That by Ano Domini Beats is licensed through the YouTube Audio Library.

Episode Breakdown:
0:00 Start
2:33 Introduction to Frank
7:15 About Medical Alley Association
10:00 Importance of storytelling to an ecosystem
12:37 About Medical Alley Starts
17:58 Value of network in the entrepreneurial journey
20:01 How to access Medical Alley Starts
20:54 Team behind Medical Alley Starts
24:02 Connectivity within the entrepreneurial ecosystem
27:52 Draw to this type of work
29:48 Stories everyone should know from Medical Alley
32:33 Final thoughts and how to connect with Medical Alley Starts
34:40 Conclusion
35:29 End

Photo courtesy of Frank Jaskulke.

Today on the podcast we connect with entrepreneurial ecosystem builder Frank Jaskulke. Frank is the VP of Intelligence at Medical Alley Association, a Twin Cities based trade organization for Minnesota’s healthcare and healthtech industry. Medical Alley Association was launched in 1984 on the belief that Medical Alley, the place, which refers to the entire state of Minnesota, is the global epicenter of health innovation and care. Very recently, Medical Alley Association launched Medical Alley Starts, a focused set of services to lower the cost of starting, scaling, and pivoting new healthcare and healthtech ventures in Medical Alley through critical and credible connections. Services for Medical Alley Starts are currently focused on access to capital, connection to talent and suppliers, and a global epicenter campaign to promote the work being done in Medical Alley around the world.

Links from today’s show:

Website: https://medicalalley.org/medical-alley-starts

Facebook: @medicalalleyassociation

Twitter: @MedicalAlley

Music Attribution: Like That by Ano Domini Beats is licensed through the YouTube Audio Library. 

Episode Breakdown:

0:00 Start

2:33 Introduction to Frank

7:15 About Medical Alley Association

10:00 Importance of storytelling to an ecosystem

12:37 About Medical Alley Starts

17:58 Value of network in the entrepreneurial journey

20:01 How to access Medical Alley Starts

20:54 Team behind Medical Alley Starts

24:02 Connectivity within the entrepreneurial ecosystem

27:52 Draw to this type of work

29:48 Stories everyone should know from Medical Alley

32:33 Final thoughts and how to connect with Medical Alley Starts

34:40 Conclusion

35:29 End