How to Ship Faster in Regulated Industries | Bruno Virieux, CEO of PrediSurgeBruno Virieux, CEO of PrediSurge, builds AI-powered digital twins for cardiovascular surgery—shipping faster than most tech startups despite operating in the most regulated industry on Earth. Discover the counterintuitive principles that took PrediSurge from research institute to 250 hospitals across Europe in 18 months.KEY TIMESTAMPS:02:09 - How to ship fast in high-stakes environments05:00 - "You can fail as a team, not as a product"08:01 - The CEO unlock: Research to commercial09:30 - The Medtronic decision: ONE product, ONE customer23:15 - "Think twice, ship fast" framework28:30 - Three-day prototypes save three months49:41 - Weekend vision, weekday execution51:26 - The 5 non-negotiable principles for velocity53:26 - Strategic constraint framework: 250 hospitals story55:37 - What's launching in 2025-2026THE 5 PRINCIPLES FOR VELOCITY:Think Twice - Better decisions over good decisions. Two weeks of planning beats months fixing mistakes.Tiny Experiments, Big Learnings - A three-day prototype can save three months of development.Complexity is the Enemy of Velocity - Monitor meeting overhead; it signals organisational dysfunction.Simplicity Forces Clarity - Constraints force better decisions. Ship ONE thing right, not everything mediocre.Weekend Vision, Weekday Execution - Operations during the week (3-week sprints), long-term vision on weekends.THE STRATEGIC CONSTRAINT FRAMEWORK:Bruno's first decision as CEO: ONE product (Endolic Risk Index), ONE customer (Medtronic), ONE complication.Team's reaction: "Too small. Won't work."Result: 250 hospitals across Europe in 18 months."You can fail as a team. You cannot fail as a product." - Bruno VirieuxABOUT BRUNO VIRIEUX:CEO, PrediSurge (2022-Present)Co-founder, HTX Index (2025)PhD in AI, University of LyonPrediSurge: 250+ hospitals, 11-50 employees, hiring 10 more in 2026CONNECT:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brunovirieux/Website: https://www.predisurge.com/ABOUT PROPELIGENT: https://propeligent.com/AI implementation agency helping startups implement AI agents for operational acceleration without adding complexity.SUBSCRIBE:YouTube | Spotify | Apple PodcastsConnect with Jamal:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamalhirani/

What should you STOP doing to accelerate growth?In this episode, Joy Lewis, founder of LightBridge Life, shares the counter-intuitive truth most mission-driven founders resist: sometimes the path to scale requires cutting back, not adding more.After nearly a decade building LightBridge—first as a commercial SaaS platform, then formalizing a nonprofit arm in 2024—Joy faced a founder's paradox: a product with powerful flexibility serving veterans, caregivers, nonprofits, and wellness communities. But that optionality came at a cost.What We Cover:Why product flexibility can be your greatest strength AND your biggest liabilityThe hard pivot: From serving everyone to laser-focusing on nonprofits supporting military veteransHow community-driven adoption outperforms individual user acquisition by every metricThe personal resistance to elimination (and why "clarity is kindness")What becomes possible when you stop outreach and start deepening existing partnershipsThe 90-day elimination decision that could unlock 12 months of focused growthKey Insight: "I wanted to help everyone. It took me a while to realize that clarity is kindness—to the mission, to my team, to the people we serve." - Joy LewisStrategic Takeaway: Growth acceleration isn't about addition. The founders who scale fastest aren't the ones with the most ideas—they're the ones willing to say no to everything except what matters most.Connect with Joy Lewis:Website: lightbridgelife.comEmail: joy@lightbridgelife.comAbout LightBridge Life:LightBridge provides private-branded community platforms for nonprofits, with a focus on serving military veterans and first responders through daily check-ins, behavioral health support, and mobile-first engagement.Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction: The dual-model challenge01:21 - Where is LightBridge strongest today?04:20 - Activities that feel necessary but don't generate ROI06:04 - The cost of serving too many segments07:22 - Strategic elimination: What to stop pursuing09:44 - The bandwidth drain of unlimited optionality12:16 - Overcoming personal resistance to cutting back14:14 - The 90-day decision: Pausing individual outreach15:24 - Final takeaway: Growth through strategic subtraction

In this episode of the Propeligent Growth Forecast, I sit down with Miroslav Mihalik, CEO of Personia.ai, who's revolutionizing sales training through AI-powered role-play simulations. With over 200,000 end users and VC backing, Miroslav is building what could become the largest AI role-play marketplace in the world.Key Takeaways:🎯 The Evolution Path - How 11 years of entrepreneurial trial and error, including 5 years running an ERP implementation company, shaped Miroslav's approach to building scalable SaaS products💡 The Genesis Story - From needing money for bodybuilding supplements to building a portfolio of successful products (Personia, FeedBio, KudosLink, SurveyMeme)🚀 AI Role-Play Innovation - How Personia.ai started as a team advisor tool and pivoted to become a comprehensive sales training platform with gamification and objective performance metrics📊 The Critical Metric - Why conversion rates from discovery to quotation/proposal matter more than most sales leaders think🎭 From Toastmasters to AI - The connection between communication skills development and building a platform that democratizes training🌍 Underdog Advantage - Building a global AI company from one of the smallest countries in Europe (Czech/Slovak Republic)What You'll Learn:How to measure training effectiveness with objective data (not subjective opinions)The hardest lesson from custom software development (and why never to repeat it)Why being "too soft" was Miroslav's biggest leadership mistakeThe future vision: AI communication training beyond business (even for dealing with loud neighbors!)What excites AND scares Miroslav about AI in workplace learningTimestamps:00:02 - Introduction and background01:40 - The bodybuilding beginnings and first ventures04:40 - ERP implementation lessons and resource management06:48 - Toastmasters and developing communication skills08:30 - The birth of Personia.ai and solving the communication problem12:20 - From team advisor to AI role-play platform24:32 - Gamification and measuring training progress25:20 - Vision: The largest AI role-play marketplace27:34 - Biggest early-stage mistake28:12 - The one metric every sales leader should track29:06 - What excites (and scares) about AI in learningTry Personia.ai:🌐 Website: personia.ai📧 Email: miro@personia.ai💼 LinkedIn: Miro MihalikTry AI Role-Play in Under 2 Minutes - No account required for demo scenarios!About Propeligent:Propeligent is an AI implementation agency helping startups and SMEs accelerate growth through AI agents and intelligent automation. We turn AI complexity into competitive advantage.🎙️ Subscribe to the Propeligent Growth Forecast for more insights from founders and CEOs who are scaling with AI.📩 Want to discuss AI implementation for your business? Contact us at propeligent.com#AI #SalesTraining #StartupStory #SaaS #ArtificialIntelligence #SalesEnablement #Entrepreneurship #Leadership #RolePlay #MachineLearning #PropeligentGrowthForecast