Med Tech Talks Ep.78: Linh Le Pt. 1

Flexing his ability to run a marathon 🏃‍♂️ with little to no training, talking to Linh is quite the treat for us.

On this week’s episode of Med Tech Talks, Geoff chats with Linh Le, the founder of Flextrapower and BUYO Bioplastics, as they navigate through Linh’s entrepreneurial journey. Linh talks about founding Flextrapower, the challenges he faced, working with patents at the tech transfer office, and much more from the past 10 years of his life.

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Timestamps

00:51-04:01 - Introductions - Getting a PhD. Running a marathon. Flexing on Geoff. Etc.

04:02-06:15 - Realizing the flexibility of graphene, and founding Flextrapower during his PhD.

06:15-09:30 - Go for tenure or entrepreneurship? Linh explains why he went for the latter.

09:31-13:05 - Linh’s role as a tech transfer associate, working with patents, and shortlisting potential future partners at Flextrapower.

13:05-17:42 - Choosing the right patent, as well as the right people to work with.

17:43-21:27 - Comparing an entrepreneurial undergrad’s opportunities 10 years ago versus now; the growth, the support, and everything in between.

21:28-23:58 - The challenges that budding entrepreneurs face when building something new’ and Linh’s perspective on how to face them.

23:59-25:35 - Linh’s two cents on what new entrepreneurs need to correct about their approach towards building their businesses.

26:05-28:28 - How to handle the commercialization of intellectual property from the university level to a large scale market - Linh puts forth his point of view.