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