Firechat on the mindset shifts, skills, and trade-offs no one tells you about building beyond the lab with Ben Wright co-founder of Mimetic foundry

What if the thing holding your career back isn’t your skills, but the beliefs you keep repeating?

🔍 What You’ll Learn: Most STEM professionals don’t lack capability. They lack translation. This short fire chat cuts straight through the common beliefs that keep people stuck in roles that don’t reflect what they’re actually capable of doing. Why “I’m just a scientist” is a dangerous story to keep telling yourself What working smart actually looks like when time and money are on the line How to define what “good enough” is, so you stop waiting and start moving This is the shift from technical expert to someone who can shape opportunities, not just respond to them.

If you’re tired of waiting until you feel “ready,” play this episode and challenge the beliefs keeping you stuck.

🧠 About the Guest: Ben Wright is a MedTech investor and operator who works with clinicians and scientists to build real companies, not just ideas. As co-founder of Mimetic MedTech Foundry, he helps translate research into viable businesses by bringing in the right skills, structure, and strategy early on. His perspective is grounded in reality, what actually works when money, time, and risk are involved.

📌 Episode Highlights: 00:00 The beliefs that quietly hold STEM professionals back 01:30 What a venture studio actually does differently 03:30 Why “I’m just a scientist” limits your career 04:30 The two key skills scientists need outside the lab: storytelling and customer understanding 05:50 What working smart actually means in startups 06:40 Why “perfect” is the wrong goal in the real world 07:40 How to define what’s good enough to move forward 08:30 The real cost of starting something, time, relationships, and risk 10:00 Why clarity on your path matters more than jumping into a startup

🔗 Resources Mentioned: 🎧 Full Interview with Ben Wright https://shows.acast.com/multiple-hats/episodes/69ce18e3057b5949959db955 (Deep dive into MedTech, strategy, and why great technologies fail) Mimetic MedTech Foundry

🤔 Reflection Time: What belief about your role or identity is quietly keeping you playing small? Where are you waiting for “perfect” when “good enough” would already move you forward? If you looked at your career like a system, what skill or gap would you fill next instead of pushing harder?

Want to craft a career story that opens doors? I help STEMM professionals speak with clarity, confidence, and purpose and show up as thought leaders —so the right opportunities find you. 📬 Let’s connect: angeliquegreco.com.au | LinkedIn

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