Episode 024

The Long Bet / with Fran Wang

Fran Wang, an engineer, will be the first to tell you that she isn’t an industrial designer, but her experiences sound very familiar to us. Now driving the Yona Care speculum forward as a solo project, we ask Fran how she manages to support the project with help from advisors, how she wears so many hats to fulfill project needs, and where she finds the motivation and consistency day in and day out. We learn where small victories and experiences outside work keep her balanced and in it for the long-haul of product development. True to her words, Fran is a conduit of learning, and knowledge -bombed us about the speculum and its history. Some 200 years after the speculum was invented under cruel circumstances, Fran is making the long bet on a better solution for patients and providers designed with empathy, inclusivity, and curiosity.