What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
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 […]
By Susannah Fox, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn and Lisa Suennen I’ve lived long enough to have learned The closer you get to the fire the more you get burned But that won’t happen to us Cause it’s always been a matter of trust -A Matter of Trust, by Billy Joel If you’re in health care and you […]
Earlier this week I was on a panel at a major healthcare conference in Washington, DC and, while it covered a variety of healthcare system maladies, the main topic was healthcare pricing transparency. There were a few moments during the panel that raised my eyebrows and compelled me to set the record straight, both on […]
On April 2nd, which is not April Fools’ Day, Patagonia informed a finance company client that it will no longer sell co-branded fleece or puffer vests to their crowd, citing a refinement of its corporate values. An article in Buzzfeed ran their statement: I was understandably taken aback by this notice, as I have […]
I do a lot of public speaking. I’m sure there are any number of people out there who think they have heard enough from me, but I seem to keep getting invited to speak at events and conferences, so I am not going quietly into the night. As Jimmy Buffett always sings in his live […]
As everyone in healthcare knows, and also every single San Francisco-based Lyft and Uber driver, the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference (“JPM”) was held last week. “JPM” has become a shorthand for the ritual amassing of healthcare life forms in San Francisco that occurs right when your New Year’s Eve hangover is wearing off. It is […]
Hi All, every year I like to rip off a holiday song for my closing blog post and this year is no exception. I decided to go with a New Year’s song rather than Christmas (Hanukkah is no good because once you’ve knocked off Dreidel, Dreidel you are pretty much done with the genre). So […]
The article that set me off on this rant—the proverbial straw that broke Lisa’s back– was the one that concluded like this: “Shawarma is the ultimate treatment for depression. No further studies are required to assess its efficacy anymore.” The article was on PubMed after having been published in Neuropsychology International. FYI, Shawarma is not […]
You may recall that I started my blog post about going off to find my next work adventure with words of wisdom from Winnie the Pooh. The dude is a total prophet, I tell you (albeit, not gender inclusive). And after less time than I expected, I’m re-invoking Pooh and putting on my Big […]
Last week was a particularly tough week for our nation in a particularly tough year. There were so many terrorist incidents perpetuated by people within our own country that it is hard to believe we are the country that once stood out as the exemplar of what it meant to be free to be yourself, […]
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.