Maybe he can help fix the process rather than provide some spectacular singular breakthrough. A common complaint I heard (from the outside, I do not work in bio

Maybe he can help fix the process rather than provide some spectacular singular breakthrough. A common complaint I heard (from the outside, I do not work in biology) is that a large portion of scientists' productive time at many university labs is spent on finding funding. For example, if he establishes some initial funding streams and keeps it open long enough to see commercial benefits (10+ years) and uses those to transition this setup to self sufficiency (as opposed to a few unicorns spinning off), he could have a major long term impact.