Michael Burcham named first President of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center
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The Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) announced today that longtime health care leader and entrepreneur Michael R. Burcham has been named its new president, effective Monday, July 5. His selection ends a six-month search that attracted 90 applicants from across the nation.
Currently, Burcham serves as a clinical faculty member at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. He has been instrumental in leading Vanderbilt’s successful Summer Business Institute, an intense month-long program that immerses college students and recent graduates in a competitive business environment and engages the business community by giving students real challenges from top local and national companies. Burcham also teaches entrepreneurial courses for Vanderbilt and has mentored numerous entrepreneurs in Nashville over the last decade. He writes a blog for entrepreneurs at www.michaelburcham.com.
“This is a great day for the Entrepreneur Center and for Nashville,” said EC Chairman Clayton McWhorter, founder of Clayton Associates, LLC. “Our board of directors set out to identify a strong, strategic and passionate leader, and after carefully considering an impressive pool of candidates, we wholeheartedly believe Michael Burcham is the right person for the job. Under his leadership, we are confident the EC will be a strong catalyst for entrepreneurial activity in our city.”
The EC’s search committee developed a list of key attributes to evaluate the candidates. Those attributes included: the ability to provide strategic leadership and vision; a track record of success as an entrepreneur or advocate; strong relationships within the Nashville entrepreneurial community; specific knowledge of operations, financial reporting, budgeting and fundraising; the ability to manage staff and resources effectively; the ability to plan, manage, prioritize and implement multiple tasks concurrently; and outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
“The Nashville Entrepreneur Center is focused on helping entrepreneurs thrive in Nashville,” said EC board member Mike Shmerling, chairman of Choice Food Group, Inc. and XMi Holdings, Inc. “Michael’s experience and passion for entrepreneurship brings new energy and a credible voice to help lead this charge.”
Burcham has nearly 30 years of professional and leadership experience, most of which was spent in the health care industry. Prior to his work at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management, he served as president of ParadigmHealth, an integrator of disease and care management solutions for medically complex and catastrophic events, from 2001 to 2007. He served as a professor of managerial studies at Vanderbilt University from 2003 to 2007; as president of Theraphysics Corp from 1993-2001; as vice president of managed care at HCA Centennial Medical Center from 1987-1992; and as regional coordinator of physical therapy services at National HealthCorp, L.P. from 1983-1987.
Burcham received a doctorate in health administration from the Medical University of South Carolina, a master’s degree in business administration from Belmont University and a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
“Nashville has provided me the opportunity to develop myself as an entrepreneur. The creative energy and business talent in this city is just amazing. I look forward to working with the people of this great community to help turn ideas into successful businesses,” Burcham said.
by JoeK on 5/12/2010 in
Michael Burcham to lead Entrepreneur Center
Burcham to lead Entrepreneur Center
Nashville Post
By Erin Lawley
May 12, 2010
The Nashville Entrepreneur Center has named Michael Burcham its first president.
The NEC, launched in September, is a joint project of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Nashville Technology Council designed to connect would-be entrepreneurs with resources necessary to start and grow successful businesses. The organization’s 26-member board chose Burcham after a six-month search that drew 90 applicants from across the country.
“Our board of directors set out to identify a strong, strategic and passionate leader, and after carefully considering an impressive pool of candidates, we wholeheartedly believe Michael Burcham is the right person for the job,” said EC Chairman Clayton McWhorter in a statement. “Under his leadership, we are confident the EC will be a strong catalyst for entrepreneurial activity in our city.”
Burcham is currently a clinical faculty member at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, where he teaches entrepreneurial courses and leads the school’s Summer Business Institute. His nearly 30 years of professional and leadership experience includes stints as president of ParadigmHealth, president of Theraphysics Corp., VP of managed care at Centennial Medical Center and regional coordinator of physical therapy services at National HealthCorp.
“Nashville has provided me the opportunity to develop myself as an entrepreneur,” Burcham said in a statement. “The creative energy and business talent in this city is just amazing. I look forward to working with the people of this great community to help turn ideas into successful businesses.”
Joe Kustelski, product manager for the NEC, said the nonprofit’s Web site has had traffic statistics “in the thousands” every week, and it’s got hundreds of followers on Twitter.
“We’re actually pretty psyched with how things are, just based on the limited resources we have to work with,” he said. “We’re looking forward as we begin our programming, and Michael really gets the center up and really takes it to the next level, we’re just expecting to see more growth.”
Kustelski said finding physical space for the NEC will likely be a priority for the organization once Burcham assumes the leadership role July 5.
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Nashville Entrepreneur Center names Michael Burcham its first President
Nashville Entrepreneur Center names Michael Burcham its first president
Nashville Business Journal
by Eric Snyder
May 12, 2010
Ending a six-month search, Michael R. Burcham has been named the first president of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.
Burcham currently serves as a clinical faculty member at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. According to a news release, he was one of 90 applicants from across the country that sought the job.
Burcham has helped lead Vanderbilt’s Summer Business Institute which, according to a news release, is a “month-long program that immerses college students and recent graduates in a competitive business environment and engages the business community by giving students real challenges from top local and national companies.” He also writes a blog for entrepreneurs at www.michaelburcham.com.
The Nashville Entrepreneur Center was launched as a website in September by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Nashville Technology Council, and was the result of the Chamber’s Partnership 2010 Entrepreneurship Task Force. It is, however, a standalone organization. The center is designed to assist budding entrepreneurs until they’re ready to pursue venture capital.
Clayton McWhorter, founder and chairman of venture capital firm Clayton Associates, LLC, was named chairman of the Entrepreneur Center in January. “Our board of directors set out to identify a strong, strategic and passionate leader, and after carefully considering an impressive pool of candidates, we wholeheartedly believe Michael Burcham is the right person for the job,” McWhorter said in the news release. “Under his leadership, we are confident the EC will be a strong catalyst for entrepreneurial activity in our city.”
Prior to his work at the Owen Graduate School of Management, Burcham served as president of ParadigmHealth, an integrator of disease and care management solutions for medically complex and catastrophic events, from 2001 to 2007. He has also served as president of Theraphysics Corp. from 1993 through 2001 and as vice president of managed care at HCA Medical Center from 1987 to 1992. “Nashville has provided me the opportunity to develop myself as an entrepreneur. The creative energy and business talent in this city is just amazing. I look forward to working with the people of this great community to help turn ideas into successful businesses,” Burcham said. According to the news release, Burcham received a doctorate in health administration from the Medical University of South Carolina, a master’s degree in business administration from Belmont University and a bachelor’s in physical therapy from the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
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2010 Tennessee Innovation Conference and Venture Showcase
he Tennessee Innovation Conference and Venture Showcase, Monday, May 10, and Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville, will provide a glimpse into the Volunteer State’s economic future through the public interactions of venture capital investors with more than 50 of our state’s leading scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs.
The innovation and venture presenters are looking for advice, the investors are looking for “what’s next,” and the hundreds of conversations initiated at this event could provide the catalyst for long-term transformational economic development outcomes.
The Tennessee Innovation Conference and Venture Showcase also serves as the inaugural event of the Tennessee Enterprise Network (TEN), a network made up of business-assistance organizations designed to foster entrepreneurial growth in the state of Tennessee.
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E-vents: SXSW Roundup, March 24th @ Yazoo Brewery
For those folks who could not make the trip to Austin, TX for SxSW this is your chance to capture the main takeaways, courtesy of Nashville’s Social Media Club.
Where: Yazoo Brewery, 910 Division Nashville, TN
When: Wednesday, March 24th 6pm-8pm.
Bayard Saunders, Dave Delaney, and Jessica Murray will be presenting the most important developments, trends and tools that have come from SxSW 2010. Each speaker will present a shortened SxSW for our Nashville community.
This is also the first Social Media Club Nashville event being held at Yazoo Brewery which is their new location sponsor for all of 2010. Fyi, Social Media Club is seeking a projector screen and projector for this event so if you’re feeling generous, please reach out to Jessica Murray @ gmail.com if you can provide this.
*There will NOT be any alcohol served on premises of the new Yazoo Brewery as they are still waiting for City permits.
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Michael Krause from Nashville Entrepreneur Center on Vimeo.
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Beth Chase from Nashville Entrepreneur Center on Vimeo.
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E-vents: PodCamp Nashville - THIS SATURDAY, March 6th @ Cadillac Ranch
There will be several FREE sessions on the topic of Social Media Marketing, E-Mail Marketing, SEO, WordPress, and MORE at PodCamp Nashville this Saturday!
PodCamp is a gathering of technology, digital marketing, and generally “in the know” people in Nashville. PodCamp is taking place Saturday, March 6th at Cadillac Ranch, downtown Nashville, from 8am to 4pm. More information can be found via the link below.
http://www.podcampnashville.org/pcn10/
Everyone is welcome to attend, so bring a friend, neighbor, or business associate…anyone who has been asking you, “so what’s all this social networking stuff you’re always talking about?” They will thank you!
by Ben Garrison on 3/3/2010 in Community, Digital Media, Technology