What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
According to an article in the New York Times, “The venture capital business is anything but serene these days. Profits for venture capitalists have dropped sharply and a shakeout is now gathering momentum. And fundamental changes in the business raise questions about whether venture capital, the pilot light of America’s high-technology world, can continue to […]
According to an August 18th, 2010 Reuters article, a new study suggests that a patient’s odds of having an orthopedic operation may depend on whether or not the surgeon has a financial stake in the treatment center. Patients receiving care for their wrist, rotator cuff or knee from a provider with …
According to an August 18th, 2010 Reuters article, a new study suggests that a patient’s odds of having an orthopedic operation may depend on whether or not the surgeon has a financial stake in the treatment center. Patients receiving care for their wrist, rotator cuff or knee from a provider with …
I had the chance to see Aneesh Chopra speak at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco last Wednesday, August 18th. Chopra is the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer and officially works in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. You know all that healthcare information technology stuff you have been hearing about from […]
Any day of the week you can walk into a pharmacy unsupervised and buy a test kit to find out if you’re ovulating so you can undertake family planning activities. You can buy home testing kits to screen for high cholesterol, illicit drug use, even presence of the HIV virus. You can also pony up […]
This post first appeared yesterday as a guest article in Xconomy. Almost everyone knows someone who has had cancer. It is the disease that seems to strike the most fear in people’s hearts, in part because it seems to affect people so randomly. We all know that if we eat right, exercise and keep our […]
Recently a new study on medical errors was published by the Society of Actuaries, Health Division (bet they’re fun at a party). For those of you who don’t know what an actuary is, it is basically the person at an insurance company who applies mathematical and statistical methods to assess and forecast risk in the […]
Last night I had the good fortune to go to a closing dinner to celebrate the sale of one of my portfolio companies to a strategic buyer, an event that happened earlier this year. In a time in venture capital when exits are few, and causes to celebrate even fewer it seems, it was great […]
In my last post I mentioned the concept of correlation vs. causation. Of course you know that causation refers to two things where one has the specific effect of causing the other. A good example of causation is what happens in my house when I open the refrigerator…it causes an immediate stampede of cat and […]
In my last post I mentioned the concept of correlation vs. causation. Of course you know that causation refers to two things where one has the specific effect of causing the other. A good example of causation is what happens in my house when I open the refrigerator…it causes an immediate stampede of cat 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.