What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
I was engaged in a conversation this morning with a large group of healthcare leaders about how the threatened and actual dismantling of the US Postal Service is not just a way to suppress the vote, but is also a way to ensure that we further cripple what’s left of our country’s efforts to improve […]
Our economy cannot recover without addressing the needs of caregivers By Alexandra Drane and Lisa Suennen The word “asynchronous” first appeared in print in 1748, according to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary. A quick Google search suggests that the word was rarely used until the 1950’s, but its usage has gone up, hockey stick style, since that […]
Part three of my attempt at levity in tough times: I was hanging out, on Zoom of course, with my junior high buddies (why make new friends when you can keep your old ones!) and we were kvetching about the new world disorder. Someone made the comment that it’s a bit like living in a […]
Here we are, burrowed deep into week four of what McSweeney’s calls “living among the mole people.” I don’t know about you, but those in my family do all we can to avoid making eye contact at this point. Even the dog is saying, “Thanks, but I’ll walk myself.” I’ve already watched The Tiger King. […]
It is really rough out there. Between coronavirus, politics, risk of economic meltdown and the melting glaciers, just the macro level bullshit could make you go insane. Add to that what each and every one of us faces in challenges each day and I’m looking everywhere for my strait jacket and wondering exactly how much […]
I just got back from a phenomenal two-week vacation in Japan, a place I had never been before. If you haven’t been to Japan, you really have to go. It was incredible. There is everything from ancient history to modern marvels, as well as the most welcoming of people and fab food galore. I could […]
Hi everyone, it’s been a while. I have been putting the podcast notices out but haven’t written an actual blog post since mid-October. It’s actually the longest stretch I’ve had without writing for over 11 years. It’s been a weird couple of months following a weird couple of other months. In particularly it’s been a […]
This blog post appears during the 2019 HLTH Conference, held in Las Vegas, NV. As a venture capital investor, I love Las Vegas. It is the ultimate home of hoping your money makes more money, so it is like my natural habitat. This is the 2nd year of the HLTH Conference, and already it is […]
It is easy to get depressed quickly when reading about mental health and substance use statistics and how much negative impact poor mental health status has on people, on families, on the healthcare system and on the economy as a whole. Suicides are up, depression rates are rampant, opioid and other substance use is off […]
During the last Tech Tonics episode (released September 23 and featuring the inimitable Tanisha Carino of FasterCures), David Shaywitz and I delved into Tanisha’s underground obsession with Karaoke. While admitting that Madonna’s “Dress Me Up” is her go to song on the microphone, I got it in my head to ask her what song exemplifies […]
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.