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Executive Comments Endorsments

Jan 07, 2005 at 12:49 pm by miltcapps

From some former clients and employers: David Condra, CEO, Dalcon Communications, Former President, Nashville Technology Council "Thanks, Milt, for continuing to make a major.... Read More

Hapner quietly exits Beacon Technologies

Mar 27, 2008 at 07:40 pm by miltcapps

Beacon Technologies Co-Founder and CEO Bill Hapner is out of the firm. Reached for comment March 22, Hapner said his departure resulted from his views of the company's "future.... Read More

BioMimetic shakes-off FDA bruise,<Br> carves-out Biotechnology niche

May 16, 2008 at 12:53 am by miltcapps

Updated March 1, 2013: Wright Medical completed its acquisition of BioMimetic, in a transaction valued at $190MM or more. Release here.-Ed. BioMimetic Therapeutics provides a.... Read More

UPDATE: Pathfinder Therapeutics is back on the money trail

May 20, 2008 at 01:48 pm by miltcapps

During an interview with VNC yesterday, Pathfinder Therapeutics President and CEO Paul MacDonald expressed confidence his company won't be forced to emigrate from Nashville in.... Read More

VCs: Waiting for 'The Big One' and bridging the 'Confidence Gap'

May 30, 2008 at 09:54 am by miltcapps

Many Nashvillians feel that local science, technology and life-sciences sectors are on the brink of booming, while some others worry we have a dud on our hands. Savvy local ob.... Read More

Owen 'consultants' boosting nine top companies

Jun 24, 2008 at 11:32 am by miltcapps

UPDATE: Despite Levine's confidence, judging June 27 resulted in another proposal winning -- a mixed-use plan dubbed "Between the Bridges." Levine's proposal ranked.... Read More

Special Report: Cogent Healthcare and the Big Bang

Jul 23, 2008 at 07:56 am by miltcapps

Economically, of course, there's a big difference between building, owning and managing hospitals – versus running a business that provides hospitalist physicians&n.... Read More

Nashville VCs have strong views on 'what it takes'

Jul 29, 2008 at 06:36 am by miltcapps

It was a memorable moment during the Nashville Health Care Council's recent mergers and acquisitions conference. One by one, a panel of out-of-town venture capitalists had jus.... Read More

Liquidity event: Passport Health deal shows power of health-revenue cycle

Aug 05, 2008 at 05:53 am by miltcapps

The latest round of investment in Passport Health Communications provided an exit for an undisclosed number of investors, many of whom had been in place a decade or more, and.... Read More

VU Tech Transfer takes company's liquidation in stride

Apr 14, 2008 at 06:35 am by miltcapps

Posted at The VN BLog, April 10, 2008 "This is a high-risk business," said Vanderbilt Tech Transfer & Enterprise Development Director Chris McKinney (at left), as he resp.... Read More

Tech strategist joins Tennessee economic advocate

Jun 06, 2008 at 02:19 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation has brought aboard its former strategy consultant, Dan Schmisseur, to lead operations and strategy, reporting to TTDC President Er.... Read More

Strength in numbers: Claritas Capital wants more VCs in Nashville's early-stage deals

Sep 02, 2008 at 06:42 am by miltcapps

For the third year in a row, Claritas Capital Managing Partner John Chadwick is pretty happy about being the only Tennessee fund to make Entrepreneur magazine's ranking of "To.... Read More

Entrepreneurs welcomed at Southeast Community Capital

Sep 06, 2008 at 04:09 pm by miltcapps

Note: SECC rebranded as Pathway Lending-27 October 2010.-Ed. For entrepreneurs facing tougher lending criteria from banks, Pathway Lending (fka Southeast Community Capital) ma.... Read More

Bionic Woman: Exec perseveres, while biotech struggles for momentum

Sep 14, 2008 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Leslie Wisner-Lynch, DDS, DMSc, hesitated only briefly when asked in a recent VNC interview whether it's true she picked Nashville as the new home for BioMimetic Therapeutics,.... Read More

$5MM E-Dough: Edo Interactive re-loads with local VCs

Oct 06, 2008 at 03:49 am by miltcapps

Nashville-based edô Interactive has closed a $5 million Series A round of funding, with investment from venture-capital firms Claritas Capital and Clayton Associates. The rais.... Read More

Partnership 2010/Chamber call for 'Virtual Entrepreneur Center'

Oct 08, 2008 at 03:34 pm by miltcapps

The Entrepreneurship Task Force of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Partnership 2010 today announced plans to create an online community to help connect local entrep.... Read More

Cycles: Nashville CEO makes sagacious reports for The Fed

Apr 23, 2008 at 10:34 am by miltcapps

Updated 11:49 a.m. Sage Group CEO Rich Ford told VNC this morning his company's recently completed first quarter was the "best we've ever had," since he and co-inve.... Read More

Startup Weekend Nashville: Passions, Programmers and Products

Oct 09, 2008 at 09:06 am by miltcapps

The co-leaders of Nashville Startup Weekend, which convenes tomorrow on the Vanderbilt campus, believe the event will dramatically strengthen ties among local techies. The unp.... Read More

Pharos Capital's flush, but not immune to 'bunker mentality'

Oct 12, 2008 at 05:57 pm by miltcapps

Even with $600 million under management and at least $100 million available for new investments, Pharos Capital Group isn't about to go on a shopping spree in this Bear market.... Read More

Tennessee Technology Development Corp. sharpens venture focus

Nov 07, 2008 at 10:56 am by miltcapps

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation yesterday reported further progress in stitching-together the state's science and technology stakeholders. The TTDC board of direc.... Read More

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