Friends do business together: Podcast interview with Clerio Vision’s Totterman and Zapesochny

Mike Totterman and Alex Zapesochny grew up on the same street of immigrants in Rochester, NY. Two decades later they joined with Sasha Latypova to co-found iCardiac Technologies, a high-tech success story that helped pharmaceutical companies measure cardiac safety in clinical trials. Now, with Clerio Vision they’re plotting to revolutionize the world’s eyesight with innovative contact lenses and a noninvasive procedure to replace LASIK. I’ve been along for the ride, as an investor and board member in both companies.In this episode of the HealthBiz podcast, Alex and Mike talk about entrepreneurship, spinning technologies out of universities, making partnerships last, and what they do in their spare time. As I re-listened to the interview, I was struck by the wisdom they shared about how to turn a cool technology into a real business. It's hard to do but there are some best practices to follow.The HealthBiz podcast is now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and  many more services, making it easy to subscribe.Show notes:

• The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz 
• The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

—–By healthcare business consultant David E. Williams, president of Health Business Group