Wayne Chen - Innovation U.

Join Sal's Investment Syndicate List: Click to Join 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