In this episode of the Achieve Podcast, host Jessie Warner sits down with Cindy Grabowski, CEO and founder of Mindgrove, Inc., to explore how she’s building a new pathway into high-paying careers in medtech without requiring a traditional 4-year degree.
With over 30 years in medical device manufacturing and experience across nine medtech companies (including multiple startups and exits), Cindy saw a massive gap: most students and even professionals have no idea how many meaningful, well-paying careers exist behind the scenes in medical device companies.
So, she built Mindgrove: a skills-based, microlearning e-learning company powered by 28 subject matter experts and 9 instructional designers, focused on 6 lesser-known medtech career pathways:
- Quality Assurance
- Regulatory Affairs
- Clinical
- Data Management
- Reimbursement
- Marketing
In this conversation, you’ll learn:
- How Mindgrove’s Introduction to MedTech (8 one-hour modules) helps learners understand the full medical device lifecycle from concept to market
- Why traditional “death-by-click” training fails, and how story-driven, animated microlearning changes retention and real-world application
- How Cindy and her team use AI tools like Claude and Perplexity to:
- Turn SME interviews into structured, layered training content
- Double their daily output without sacrificing quality
- Keep content concise, clear, and validated with real-world experience
- The 3 main audiences Mindgrove serves:
- B2B – Medtech companies that want more well-rounded, collaborative teams
- B2C – Individual professionals using education stipends to level up
- Education (B2U) – Universities and STEM/biomedical programs (like Cal Poly SLO) integrating MedTech training into their curriculum
- How Mindgrove’s bootstrapped, employee-owned model works no VC, no PE, just founders and experts investing time and sweat to build something bigger
- Why even a 30-year veteran like Cindy discovered big knowledge gaps between functions and how closing those gaps leads to better collaboration and leadership
- The real emotional side of entrepreneurship:
- Battling the self-doubt voice
- Stringing together consistent days when you don’t have all the answers
- Why Cindy tattooed “She believed she could, so she did” on her arm when she launched the company
Learn more about Mindgrove, Inc and her company by visiting the links below: