Nashville Health Care Council

NHCC panel: Nashville healthcare stakeholders must promote elsewhere

May 11, 2011 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

Nashville Health Care Council events invariably attract a sea of suited healthcare executives intent on networking and hearing wisdom from panelists. Yesterday's "Financi.... Read More

NewBits, March 14, 2011

Mar 14, 2011 at 08:38 am by miltcapps

Nashville Medical Trade Center's spokesman Cole Daugherty (at right) recently told VNC that developer Market Center Management Company (Dallas is "even more confident t.... Read More

Tough Love: Local VCs and Silicon Valley<br>consultant work separately to keep it real

Mar 13, 2011 at 05:09 pm by miltcapps

Menlo Park-based Sramana Mitra says Tennessee startups can raise the odds of success by adopting the bootstrap guidance and the window onto Silicon Valley that she offers. Re.... Read More

VCs hope to avoid 'smoking holes', look for passion<br>and aim for 'great companies' over jobs-creation

Mar 07, 2011 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Solidus Co. Managing Partner Townes Duncan apparently shares a fear common among Ace fighter pilots: He really doesn't want to end-up being part of a "smokin' hole" in the gro.... Read More

Law + Leverage: Baker Donelson adds Sloan<br>for technology & emerging companies

Mar 07, 2011 at 08:04 am by miltcapps

Beginning today, Chris Sloan dons the colors of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, expanding the law firm's presence in the emerging-company and technology secto.... Read More

Solidus-SeedHatchery mentees named

Mar 02, 2011 at 02:26 pm by miltcapps

Lackey: Entrepreneur Center shows city<br>putting 'money where mouth is'

Feb 28, 2011 at 08:43 am by miltcapps

Updated On Dec. 17, PatientFocus announced investors Lucius Burch IV and Phil Hertik joined its board. Oct. 22, 2012 PatientCredit adopted new d/b/a PatientFocus and announced.... Read More

SecureWaters: TN VC's could take ORNL technology global

Dec 19, 2010 at 07:44 am by miltcapps

SecureWaters Inc., a Tennessee startup, is looking for roughly $500,000 in seed capital to make AquaSentinel water-security and monitoring technology ready for production.... Read More

NewsBits, Dec. 13: Böer, Ivy, TNInvestco and more

Dec 13, 2010 at 08:28 am by miltcapps

Böer MORE BÖER: Owen Entrepreneur Center Director Germain Böer, who had a massive heart attack during the Boulevard Bolt on Thanksgiving Day, told VNC he oversaw a cl.... Read More

VC Coleman demands access to TNInvestco records

Jan 28, 2010 at 10:43 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:45 p.m.:  State. Sen. Doug Overbey told VNC he will file a "caption bill" this afternoon to "reserve a space" for legislation advocated by the Bredesen Administ.... Read More

Nashville mobilizes for U.S. Health technology leadership

Jan 25, 2010 at 03:31 pm by miltcapps

Nashville industry, academe and government are said to be creating an alliance that could breathe reality into Music City's dream of becoming the Silicon Valley of Healthcare..... Read More

Health IT Roundup: Executives comment on Nashville's leadership options

Jan 25, 2010 at 03:31 pm by miltcapps

As reported in today's accompanying article, Nashville is mobilizing to strengthen its leading role in healthcare information technology and related domains. Here are excerp.... Read More

Venture Notebook: Change:Healthcare update

Oct 07, 2009 at 09:52 am by miltcapps

Robert Hendrick, the 42-year-old COO at Change Healthcare, told VNC on Friday that the company recently completed a $1 million Angel round of financing. The Angel round was co.... Read More

Chamber CEO: 'Fever pitch' battle vs recession requires tough calls

Oct 01, 2009 at 12:06 pm by miltcapps

Ralph Schulz, the president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, says, "What keeps me awake at night is 'What business environment will this settle into'.&q.... Read More

VC-backed MetroLight loses U.S. leader to competitor

Aug 24, 2009 at 04:29 pm by miltcapps

Updated 7:34 p.m.: Reid said that while it's true the firms compete on general lighting, a key category, they don't compete head-to-head on most other categories and he hopes.... Read More

Nashville Medical Trade Center team blitzes NV influentials

Aug 21, 2009 at 09:40 am by miltcapps

Updated:  On Friday, Aug. 21, Metro Council voted 33-3 in favor of creating the Convention Center Authority, which many believe increases the certainty of the proposed Mu.... Read More

Tech Startup: O'Connell launches SearchViz

Aug 05, 2009 at 09:03 am by miltcapps

'Search' is the name of the game these days, and it's a big part of why Freddie O'Connell is leaving Southcomm Communications. On Friday, O'Connell will end his service as dir.... Read More

Healthcare entrepreneurs, investors convene tomorrow

Aug 03, 2009 at 07:30 am by miltcapps

The nation's early-stage venture capital community is "broken," and VCs are investing "later and safer" in proven companies, rather than in startups. Fort.... Read More

Nashville HQ possible for Healthcare Management Partners

Apr 02, 2009 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Update 24 Feb 2017: HMP says its HQ is now on Nashville's Demonbreun, rather than Philadelphia. Managing Director on the ground here is Clare Moylan.-Ed. A Philadelphia-based.... Read More

VUMC's Jacobson will never buy lunch in this town, again

Mar 31, 2009 at 01:25 pm by miltcapps

Accolades showering down upon Dr. Harry Jacobson following his retirement announcement suggest that, at the very least, he'll never need to buy lunch in this town, again. Van.... Read More

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