019 - "Carrying The Bag" with Omar M Khateeb

On this episode of the podcast we had Omar M Khateeb, the host of the State of MedTech, and Founder of Khateeb&Co where he Helps MedTech Companies Grow Sales & Drive Product Adoption Using Social Media. Omar and I talk about him leaving medical school to pursue his purpose, intuition vs. ego, the death of the existing medtech sales process and where it's going post-pandemic, MedTech and the Metaverse, and the power of reading & taking action. Omar M. Khateeb is a marketing leader who has developed marketing strategies at two publicly traded surgical robotic companies through their IPOs as well as co-founded and successfully launched a consumer product for men’s fashion. Having successfully crowdfunded and launched a consumer product, Omar brings his knowledge of B2C marketing through digital channels to a B2B world. His areas of focus are category design, driving adoption of new technologies, and developing strategies to channel attention towards generating demand. Currently he is principal at Khateeb & Co, a strategic advisory firm whose mission is to help medtech companies grow revenue through social media. In his spare time, he enjoys teaching, mentoring young professionals, and donating his marketing expertise to non-profits. He also spends time speaking at various industry conferences on topics around digital marketing, business development, and market engineering. Omar can be reached on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/okhateeb/. You can follow with him on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (@OmarMKhateeb) or Youtube (Mind Loom with Omar M Khateeb). I implore you to listen to his podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5NVrQLfLk0EXDeKDdX7BB6?si=ZrdzqZImQR6Y66RuVi1kjg