Building w/ Heart-Caleb Polley, Founder & CEO-Cubby Beds

Building w/ Heart-Caleb Polley, Founder & CEO-Cubby Beds

July 22, 2025 · 47 min · Season 4 · Episode 129

About this episode

Caleb Polley discusses the intersection of empathy and engineering in creating innovative sleep solutions for children with special needs.

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab , I sat down with Caleb Polley , founder & CEO of Cubby Beds , to talk about how he's bringing empathy and engineering together to create safer, smarter sleep solutions for kids with special needs. We covered: The personal journey that sparked the Cubby Beds mission How to build products that truly serve underrepresented populations Balancing speed, scale, and regulatory rigor as a MedTech startup What it means to lead with empathy and how it shapes hiring and culture Key lessons for any founder building mission-first, market-ready solutions If you're a founder, product leader, or operator in MedTech (or beyond) looking for perspective on how to build with both precision and purpose Caleb delivers the blueprint. Caleb Polley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebpolley/ Cubby Beds on the web: https://cubbybeds.com/

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