Julia Brown Explains How Founders Can Reach the Next Milestone

Julia Brown’s recent leadership of Bethesda, Maryland-based AI/AR and spatial computing software company MindX Corp. through its acquisition by brain science company Blackrock Neurotech marks the culmination of a five-year journey — one that started two years before she was named MindX’s CEO in 2019.

What follows is a brief, Q&A-style guide of the framework Brown used to reach the acquisition. This framework is built on the lessons she learned cofounding EpiWatch, a Johns Hopkins University (JHU)-developed seizure detection and data tracking platform that found use as an Apple Watch app. Brown also incorporated lessons from her time working at the JHU School of Medicine’s Technology Innovation Center, where she led development on 25 software applications and facilitated related startups’ launches.

This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

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