By now you have all heard of the acquisition of Ellipse Technologies by NuVasive for nearly 10 X sales. This multiple was a big one for our industry and a good benchmark for all growing companies. OrthoStreams readers have asked me to write about the Ellipse success. So let me try to give you a first-hand glimpse inside the Ellipse culture.
How did Ellipse do that?
I was there. In 2012, I joined the Ellipse team to lead R&D as employee #18. In my mind, Ellipse was a startup with great potential because it ticked all the right boxes – excellent management team, good financing runway, ga...