Medtech Talk
Medtech Talk
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Episode: 202 - Navigating the Investment World with Kate Garrett and Deborah Kilpatrick
1 hour 8 minutes Posted Jan 20, 2026 at 4:00 pm.
Meet Deb And Kate Of Sonder Capital
From Engineers To CEOs To Investors
Kate’s Leap: IC To CEO To VC
Building Decision Muscles Under Pressure
Deb’s Guidant Pivot And Engineering Mindset
CardioDX: Learning Commercialization By Doing
Why Join Venture: Building Around Complexity
Sonder’s Thesis: New Standards Of Care
Robotics And Minimally Invasive Therapy Focus
De-Risking Through Hands-On Operating
Sizing Risk Vs. Reward And Team Fit
Speed Bumps Vs. Stop Signs
Pattern-Matching Failure Modes
When Capital Markets Kill Good Ideas
Governance And Alignment To Move Fast
Product-Market Fit That Vanished Post-COVID
Growth At Any Cost To Profitable Growth
What A “Good” Shutdown Looks Like
Careers After Failure And Real Lessons
Mentorship: Why It Matters And How To Find It
Get Into The Network: Give Before You Ask
Closing Rapid Fire: People And Energy
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How do you evaluate investments and risks? Kate Garret, managing partner at Sonder, and Deborah Kilpatrick, partner at Sonder, share their insights and experiences as entrepreneurs, CEOs, and investors in this episode of Medtech Talk, hosted by Swaril Mathur. They deep dive into the practical realities of entrepreneurship, including the importance of networking, knowing when to keep pushing or pull out of an investment, making hard decisions, and how to conduct a successful shutdown. Garret a...