Wayne Chen - Innovation U.

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Purdue is going all out to be Innovation U. Professor Wayne Chen and I spoke of the various initiatives to that end including evaluating faculty on the patents they get and what startups they found.

Highlights:

• Sal Daher Introduces Professor Wayne Chen Who Leads Innovation at Purdue’s School of Engineering
• Initiatives Afoot at Purdue to Get Technology Out of the Lab and Into Society
• Sal Talks About How Çağrı Savran, a Purdue Professor Was Helped in Founding Savran Technologies
• Applying Machine Learning to Determine the Best Management Strategies
• The Value of Machine Learning: “…you hit something that the typical human cannot see, that's where your opportunity space, right?”
• Purdue School of Engineering Now Being Evaluated on Value of Patents and Starting Companies
• “…"No, I'm not a CEO material," we find you a CEO.”
• Purdue Is Making Big Investments in Creating Spaces to Connect with Industry
• Pitch for Peter Passe, Patent Attorney at Fish & Richardson
• How Angel Groups Work
• Purdue University Is Geographically Isolated – Seeking to Connect with Startup Hubs
• The Increasing Possibilities of Virtual Connections Post- Corona
• “…the disciplines in which Purdue is strong are closer with the investor community in Boston than they are with Silicon Valley…”
• Why Sal Daher, CFA Is Now Investing Only in the Life Sciences
• Sal’s Biotech Investing Screen
• Sal Invites Listeners to Provide Ideas as to How Life Science Companies Can Best Be Supported
• The National Science Foundation Is Now Emphasizing Taking Scientific Discovery to Commercialization
• Purdue Is Also Supporting Student Entrepreneurship
• Wayne Chen’s Closing Thoughts

Topics: university relations, raising money, discovering entrepreneurship, management, robotics / AI