Tim Spong, Founder - VistaPath Bio

<p>Sponsored by Peter Fasse of Fish & Richardson: <a href= "https://www.fr.com/team/j-peter-fasse/">https://www.fr.com/team/j-peter-fasse/</a></p> <p>To Join Sal's Syndicate: <a href= "https://www.angelinvestboston.com/our-syndicates">Click Here</a></p> <p>A terrible error in a lab led Tim Spong to start a company to improve the reliability and efficiency of pathology labs; big industry players are noticing. This interview was part of my due diligence on Tim’s startup, VistaPath Bio. Subsequently, I invested in the company.</p> <p>Highlights include:</p> <ul> <li>Sal Daher Introduces Tim Spong, Co-Founder of VistaPath Bio</li> <li>“Fast forward a hundred years, even if you walked into some of the best labs in the country, it's still a room full of people cutting tissue and staining tissue and sitting over jars.”</li> <li>“…VistaPath is really aiming to do is build the next generation pathology lab using automation, AI, advanced imaging practices, and then put that into every lab in the world…”</li> <li>“The rest of the time and a lot of the costs is spent in these labs, in histology labs, making the slides so that a pathologist can render a diagnosis.”</li> <li>The Horror Story that Motivates Tim Spong to Improve the Lab Sample Workflow</li> <li>How Tim Spong Connected with His Co-founder Ben Burley</li> <li>“When I decided to actually quit my job and do it, it was really with him. We made that leap together. Like I said, he is amazing. I couldn't imagine getting this far without him.”</li> <li>VistaPath Has Had to Overcome Investors’ Lack of Interest in Pathology</li> <li>VistaPath Has a Smart Benchtop for Grossing of Samples that Is Equipped with Cameras to Reduce Error and Automate the Process</li> <li>VistaPath Business Model</li> <li>“What we wanted to do with our business model is make our product something that anybody could have, any lab could afford…”</li> <li>“…our initial evaluations, we're already seeing that we're more accurate than humans, much faster than humans.”</li> <li>“We really strove and wor