Ep 36. DAVE WHELAN - "Diversity is Los Angeles's Entrepreneurial Superpower"

In this episode, Rob and Ileana are joined by super connector/visionary, Dave Whelan, CEO of BioscienceLA, an innovative catalyst for Life Science and Health Innovation in Los Angeles. If you are an entrepreneur or investor in Life/Bio/Health Sciences, you'll want to hear what Dave has to say. He talks about Los Angeles's unique opportunity to grow its Life/Health sciences entrepreneurial economy. He proudly articulates his belief that LA is positioned to leverage its diversity, economic size, creativity, innovative universities, private capital and leading global companies to become a global leader in the future of the bio/life/health sciences-tech economy over the next 50-100 years. He is a hobby photographer, retired university DJ and overall, maybe the most kind person in LA! As a consultant, advisor, entrepreneur, and operating executive, Dave has devoted his career to building successful businesses, from strategic, operational, financial, and human capital standpoints. He served as Chief Strategy Officer of the New York Genome Center and collaborated on development of the business plan, fundraising of $115 million, and operational launch. He launched one of the first fitness tracking wearable device companies, alongside 24 Hour Fitness. He is a Mentor at the Cedars Sinai Accelerator, Founding Member of the UCLA CEO Forum, Principal Advisor to the LARTA Institute, co-founder of the Stanford Ideas and Connections Network and a loving husband, dad and master relationship builder. He holds an MBA with Honors from the UCLA Anderson School of Business and an undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. Feel free to follow and engage with Dave here: Twitter: @djwhelan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/djwhelan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djwhelan Instagram: @djwhelan Website: https://www.biosciencela.org TikTok: @djwhelan  We're so grateful to you, our growing audience of entrepreneurs, investors, builders, influencers and those interested in the entrepreneurial economies of Latin America and the under-represented entrepreneurial communities in the USA! Plug in, relax and enjoy some Spanish, English and a fun dose of spanglish as always. We're here to help inspire, educate and empower you, so that you can build the future! ¡Salud y gracias!, Mentors Today's Team

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