Hitting scale, anticipating what’s next

One of the strengths of Middle Tennessee’s $50 billion health care sector is its ability to incubate, finance and rapidly grow entrepreneurial firms that address emerging challenges and opportunities facing the industry’s biggest names. Our Vitals event in October brought together executives from four such companies — Zach Evans, CTO of Xsolis; Tod Fetherling, CEO of Perception Health; Britt Groomes, CFO of EvidenceCare; and Elliott Wood, president and CEO of Medalogix. With Post Editor Geert De Lombaerde, they discussed some of the tricks of the trade when it comes to running rapidly growing health technology businesses. Here, lightly edited for brevity and clarity, are excerpts of their conversation.