Jay DeVivo - A Keen Eye for Risk

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Jay DeVivo's angel investing ranges far from his insurance background. Here we discuss his involvement with startups such as Hubly Surgical, FleetNurse, and ApprentiScope. Fun chat with a lively guest.

Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish and Richardson.

Highlights:

• Sal Daher Introduces Jay DeVivo
• Hubly Surgical
• "... The advantage for Hubly is that doctors don't need to learn any new skills. It's pressing a button and in fact, there'll be a wider swath of clinicians that'll be able to use it than can use the current hand crank drill..."
• FleetNurse
• "... See, that's the thing with Angel investors. They may be new to Angel Investing, they're not new to business..."
• ApprentiScope
• How Jay DeVivo Came to Angel Investing
• "... It's really tough as an investor because you're not controlling things. You're along for the ride..."
• Jay's Career Journey
• "... Later on, I did some strategy work for larger companies as well. I started that business right before business school and then I consulted all through business school and things were good, so I did it for two years after business school..."
• "... It's like in the third ring out from there is where the jobs live. Basically, what you need to do is talk to a lot of people and do informational conversations, low pressure, just talk and you say, 'Hey, this is what I used to do. This is what I'm interested in'..."
• Advice to the Audience

Topics: angel investing strategies, biotech, product