Wayne Chen - Innovation U.

<p><strong><span style="color: #e67e23;">Join Sal's Investment Syndicate List:</span></strong> <a href= "https://www.angelinvestboston.com/syndicates-101">Click to Join</a></p> <p>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.</p> <p>Highlights:</p> <ul> <li>Sal Daher Introduces Professor Wayne Chen Who Leads Innovation at Purdue’s School of Engineering</li> <li>Initiatives Afoot at Purdue to Get Technology Out of the Lab and Into Society</li> <li>Sal Talks About How Çağrı Savran, a Purdue Professor Was Helped in Founding Savran Technologies</li> <li>Applying Machine Learning to Determine the Best Management Strategies</li> <li>The Value of Machine Learning: “…you hit something that the typical human cannot see, that's where your opportunity space, right?”</li> <li>Purdue School of Engineering Now Being Evaluated on Value of Patents and Starting Companies</li> <li>“…"No, I'm not a CEO material," we find you a CEO.”</li> <li>Purdue Is Making Big Investments in Creating Spaces to Connect with Industry</li> <li>Pitch for Peter Passe, Patent Attorney at Fish & Richardson</li> <li>How Angel Groups Work</li> <li>Purdue University Is Geographically Isolated – Seeking to Connect with Startup Hubs</li> <li>The Increasing Possibilities of Virtual Connections Post- Corona</li> <li>“…the disciplines in which Purdue is strong are closer with the investor community in Boston than they are with Silicon Valley…”</li> <li>Why Sal Daher, CFA Is Now Investing Only in the Life Sciences</li> <li>Sal’s Biotech Investing Screen</li> <li>Sal Invites Listeners to Provide Ideas as to How Life Science Companies Can Best Be Supported</li> <li>The National Science Foundation Is Now Emphasizing Taking Scientific Discovery to Commercialization</li> <li>Purdue Is Also Supporting Student Entrepreneurship</li> <li>Wayne Chen’s Closing Thoughts</li> </ul> <p>Topics: university relations, raising mo