
Jay DeVivo - A Keen Eye for Risk
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Angel Scale Biotech: <a href= "https://syndicate.angelinvestboston.com/en-us/the-surge-of-opportunities-in-angel-scale-biotech"> Learn More</a></span></p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">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.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p2">Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish and Richardson.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Highlights:</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Sal Daher Introduces Jay DeVivo</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Hubly Surgical</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... 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..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">FleetNurse</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... See, that's the thing with Angel investors. They may be new to Angel Investing, they're not new to business..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">ApprentiScope</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">How Jay DeVivo Came to Angel Investing</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... It's really tough as an investor because you're not controlling things. You're along for the ride..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Jay's Career Journey</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... 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..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... It's like in the third ri