What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
I have advised (and continue to advise) a number of companies large and small about go-to-market strategies and how to think about launch and market entry. There are, as you can imagine, huge differences in how to approach these depending on whether one is a pharma/medical device company, a health services company or a digital […]
You know how you accumulate stuff in your office until it feels like a time capsule? Well, that was my office until last week. I decided it was high time to dig a trench between the door and the desk and, in the process, to move whatever was in there taking up space to that […]
Ever since the stock market realized that gravity was a real thing, people have been asking me, often multiple times a day, what this may mean for the world of venture capital and startups. And because this is my third rodeo (I was in venture capital during the 2000 stock market mini-implosion (aka the Dot […]
The world is filled with great partnerships and terrible ones. For every Ben & Jerry or Ernie & Bert there is also an Ishmael & Moby Dick or a Batman & The Joker. In business, great partnerships can be the path to great success. Failed partnerships can be the path to ruin. Getting this right […]
I had the pleasure of keynoting the recent UCLA Medtech Partnering Conference, where they asked me to speak on digital health,* and particularly its current state and where I see the opportunities and challenges over the next few years. I was happy to speak at this conference in part because it creates a forum to […]
You know how they say life imitates art and, also that art imitates life? Well, I have recently seen a great example of both: the Netflix movie “Don’t Look Up” demonstrates this concept to perfection. For those who haven’t seen the movie, it’s about what might happen if a giant asteroid were headed towards the […]
Another year, another COVID-driven cancellation of the mayhem that is usually happening this week in San Francisco, generally known as the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. As I thought about the negatives (missing friends, missing opportune key meetings, missing major news events), and the positives (no $200 coffee klatches, no sweaty crowds, no foot pain and […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the guy that is currently viewed as the “capo di tutti capi” of scientists these days, turned 81 on December 24th. Happy Birthday Doctor Fauci. I can only imagine how astonished Fauci is to observe the growing general disdain for and/or repudiation of science this past two years. My recollection is that […]
I’ve been planning to write my annual holiday song parody for a few days, but I kept getting distracted. The most recent distraction was last night, when I was actively seeking out a distraction from the evening news, which should really be renamed “The 10 o’clock reasons to consider ending it all.” I found my […]
Few of you are likely old enough to remember “Who’s on First?,” the famous comedy bit from Abbott and Costello, but that’s a shame. If you haven’t heard it, you really should seek it out (listen here) because it’s one of the funniest comedy skits in history, at least in the view of me and […]
Lisa Suennen is a venture capital investor and the managing partner of Venture Valkyrie, LLC, which publishes the Venture Valkyrie blog and co-produces the Tech Tonics podcast. She is also co-founder of CSweetener, a women's healthcare mentoring organization.