What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
History repeats the old conceits The glib replies the same defeats – from Beyond Belief by Elvis Costello Some of you may remember my blog post and other reportage on the now legendary LifeSci Advisors party that occurred at the 2016 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference (a party not sponsored by JP Morgan). That event, where […]
A self-proclaimed optimist who calls himself “a change-agent with a funny foreign name,” Amir Dan Rubin has spent his career shaping and reshaping healthcare delivery systems. Today Amir is the CEO of One Medical, a company focused on making primary care personal, accessible, and affordable. He joined One Medical after a brief stint at Optum […]
One of the things I most often get asked is how one gets themselves appointed to a Board of Directors. In the world in which I travel, this is apparently one of the signs you have arrived. As a result, it is a highly sought-after role and a shining star on one’s LinkedIn page that […]
It has been a tough couple of weeks for America and it has finally caught up with me. I usually sit down to write this blog with relish for whatever topic I have on my mind and sense of humor ready to go, but this week I can only think of dark things and many […]
I was thinking a lot this week about what it takes for healthcare companies to adopt new innovations, particularly those that fundamentally change what has come before. The topic was top of mind because I was at the HealthXL Global Gathering where very large companies and many startups come together to collaborate in numerous permutations […]
I recently went to see the movie The Founder, which is about the formation of Ray Kroc’s version of McDonalds. It’s a very compelling movie and while I have no idea if it is a skewed view of history, it held some great lessons and cautionary tales for entrepreneurs. According to the Rotten Tomatoes website: THE […]
Finish this sentence: Man is to computer programmer as Woman is to __(fill in the blank)____. Depending on your point of view, the answer to fill in the blank could be damn near anything, including computer programmer. But as I sit here writing on International Women’s Day, I know the actual truth is this: the […]
“There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.” –Alice Paul It has been, not just for me but for many, national women’s month. Maybe it’s not officially proclaimed as such, but it has just worked out that way. It started for me the second week of January at […]
As part of my Aspen Institute Health Innovation Fellowship, I am required to dream up and start a “venture,” which can be anything that advances the leadership of innovators in healthcare. I had come up with an idea but wasn’t quite satisfied with it. I knew that I hadn’t hit on the right thing yet […]
“The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention.” – Plato, The Republic I was at the Aspen Institute last week, where I am participating as a Health Innovation Fellow. During the four weeks we spend present at the Aspen locale itself, we use much of it to discuss, college seminar style, […]
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.