Episode 235: Summertime Rewind with Jim and Philip Conway

For the next few weeks we’re taking a break from airing new interviews to revisit some of our most popular podcasts over the five years of Rochester Rising. This week we tune back in to episode 8, which aired on September 7, 2016, where I talked with serial entrepreneurs Jim and Philip Conway, who currently serve as President and Vice President, Production Technologies at MN Medical Technologies in Stewartville. Jim and Philip are brothers from a family with deep entrepreneurial roots. The brothers co-founded Arcon Corporation in 1979 and later founded Rochester Medical Corporation in 1989. Rochester Medical Corporation began by selling silicon folding catheters and silicon male external catheters and was sold to C.R. Bard in 2013. The Conway brothers broke ground with their latest business, MN Medical Technologies, in the Schumann Business Park in Stewartville, Minnesota in October 2015. This company provides a solution for fecal incontinence, a massive global problem.

Links from today’s show:
MN Medical Technologies
Website: https://mnmedicaltechnologies.com

Our sponsors:
CliftonLarsonAllen
Website: https://www.claconnect.com/

Rochester Rising Tip Jar: https://www.4giving.com/donation/5307

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

Episode Breakdown:
0:00 Start
4:29 About MN Medical Technologies
6:53 Selling of Rochester Medical Corporation and transition to new focus
8:06 Growth of family businesses in Stewartville
9:14 Buildout of new facility in Schumann Business Park
10:31 Journey of these serial entrepreneurs
13:26 History of Rochester Medical Corporation
16:06 The Conway brothers’ passion for entrepreneurship
20:01 Advice for other entrepreneurs
23:43 Conclusions
24:48 End

For the next few weeks we’re taking a break from airing new interviews to revisit some of our most popular podcasts over the five years of Rochester Rising. This week we tune back in to episode 8, which aired on September 7, 2016, where I talked with serial entrepreneurs  Jim and Philip Conway, who currently serve as President and Vice President, Production Technologies at MN Medical Technologies in Stewartville. Jim and Philip are brothers from a family with deep entrepreneurial roots. The brothers co-founded Arcon Corporation in 1979 and later founded Rochester Medical Corporation in 1989. Rochester Medical Corporation began by selling silicon folding catheters and silicon male external catheters and was sold to C.R. Bard in 2013. The Conway brothers broke ground with their latest business, MN Medical Technologies, in the Schumann Business Park in Stewartville, Minnesota in October 2015. This company provides a solution for fecal incontinence, a massive global problem. 

Links from today’s show:

MN Medical Technologies

Website: https://mnmedicaltechnologies.com

Our sponsors:

CliftonLarsonAllen

Website: https://www.claconnect.com/

Rochester Rising Tip Jar: https://www.4giving.com/donation/5307

Donate

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

Episode Breakdown:

0:00 Start

4:29 About MN Medical Technologies

6:53 Selling of Rochester Medical Corporation and transition to new focus

8:06 Growth of family businesses in Stewartville

9:14 Buildout of new facility in Schumann Business Park

10:31 Journey of these serial entrepreneurs

13:26 History of Rochester Medical Corporation

16:06 The Conway brothers’ passion for entrepreneurship

20:01 Advice for other entrepreneurs

23:43 Conclusions

24:48 End