Startup West podcast 107: Intan Oldakowska, Earflo

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Startup West episode 107 - Intan Oldakowska, Earflo
// // Intan and her team is developing a non-invasive device that drains middle ear fluid in children with chronic ear infections, avoiding the need for surgery...

Australia’s number 1 startup podcast talks with Intan Oldakowska, co-founder and CEO of medtech startup Earflo.

She and her team are developing a non-invasive device that drains middle ear fluid in children with chronic ear infections, avoiding developmental delay and the need for surgery.

From an idea first borne over at Stanford University, California, the company was recently awarded $500,000 in WA government funding, which will help them commercialise their solution over the next few years.

Originally from Jakarta, Indonesia, Intan moved to Perth during high school, wanted to be a ballerina at WAAPA, then switched to engineering, and later a PhD.

Startup is a tough road. Don’t go into it because you want to get famous or something. Because it’s totally not worth it. The pain is not worth that, right? So you want to be in it for the right reason. Be ready for it to be a long journey, with lots of setbacks.

Intan Oldakowska

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For more: www.linkedin.com/company/earflo

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Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.

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Produced by Startup News, the Startup West podcast talks with West Australian startups who have been there and done it, or are right here and doing it! Recorded in beautiful Perth, WA.
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