Michael Burcham

Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship and Faculty Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Vanderbilt University

  • Nashville TN

Expert in the business of healthcare and entrepreneurial development.

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Biography

With over 20 years of extensive experience in healthcare innovation, entrepreneurship, and startup venture coaching, Burcham is a lynchpin in Vanderbilt’s and Nashville’s startup communities. He has served as an advisor for several companies, medical systems, and government initiatives, including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Georgia Pacific, HCA, and a 2002 US Health Care Trade Mission to the European Union. Burcham is the former President and CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneurship Center. From 2001 to 2007, Michael served as President of ParadigmHealth, an integrator of care and disease management services for health plans and employers which has managed over 100,000 individuals nationwide since its inception. Prior to joining ParadigmHealth, Michael was President of Theraphysics, a venture-backed specialty rehabilitation firm he founded in 1992. He also served HCA as the Vice President of Managed Care from 1988-1992. He sits on the boards of 7 companies operating the healthcare and education industries.

Areas of Expertise

Business Economics
Startup Incubators
Healthcare business strategy
Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital

Accomplishments

White House Champion of Change

Named a Champion of Change by the White House in 2012

Clinton Global Initiative for Entrepreneurship

Recognized in 2012

Executive MBA Faculty of the Year Award from Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management

Awarded in 2008

Education

The University of Mississippi

B.S.

Belmont University

M.B.A.

Medical University of South Carolina

D.H.A.

Selected Media Appearances

Entrepreneurs' Hall of Fame: Michael Burcham

Nashville Post  online

2024-08-09

The Nashville Entrepreneur Center has announced the 2024 Entrepreneurs’ Hall of Fame inductees, with the group to be celebrated at the NEXT Awards on Oct. 21 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. We will profile each member of this year's class.

With a career spanning three decades, Michael Burcham has established himself as an executive coach, entrepreneur, investor and strategist.

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Much-anticipated 'forgiveness' guidelines for PPP loans set to be unveiled

ABC News  online

2020-05-14

“The record-keeping and accounting to keep up with this is pretty daunting. The small businesses I advise, I’ve encouraged them to put this in a totally separate account,” said Michael Burcham, a professor at Vanderbilt University’s Owen School of Management.

“This is going to be almost a guilty until proven innocent situation. You’re going to have to have some arduous accounting,” said Burcham, adding, “Do you remember what you spent eight weeks ago? Is it in a format that our government might want?”

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For tribes, casinos fund what the government doesn't. Now, they're closed.

ABC News  online

2020-04-29

Some tribes had applications ready to go, having prepared them during weeks of lobbying Congress to let them apply for PPP. But for a program that's "first come, first served," the odds don't favor latecomers, said Michael Burcham, a professor at Vanderbilt's Owen School of Management.

"If it's phased-priority consideration, on a first-come, first-served basis, what's left? Not much," Burcham said. "Unless that changes, latecomers to this party are in a precarious spot to get funding in this second wave. When you think of a million [applications] sitting in the queue, if you're not in there, it would be a very tough thing to imagine getting funding."

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