Dave Ferrera recommends a founder mentorship standard for medical device leaders
Dave Ferrera, a founder at RC Medical, is recommending that other medical device leaders adopt a written mentorship standard before any new company gets built.
A rule he applies before the first product sketch
California, USA, Sep 16, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Dave Ferrera has helped start several medical device companies over the past three decades, including Blockade Medical, Single Pass, and Infinity Neuro. Before any of those companies wrote a single line of design specification, Ferrera says he sat down with the physician-founder and asked one question: what problem do you see every week that nobody has solved?
That question, he says, should be a written standard for anyone who mentors physician-entrepreneurs, not an occasional practice. Ferrera is now recommending it as a fixed first ste...
