What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
Dr. Molly Coye comes from a family who was obsessed with innovation and had a high tolerance for risk. They also had a history of commitment to anything that would disrupt unjust social paradigms and passed that down through the generations. Molly has packed all of these qualities and more into a healthcare career marked […]
It’s July 4th week and I must admit I’m not doing much and motivation to write deep thoughts is rather, well, non-existent. I’m content to take a week of doing nothing, Seinfeld style. So my blog contribution this week is on the silly side. But then again, what would you expect? To set the stage: […]
Raised in a small town in Maine, and passionate about infectious diseases in the developing world, Noah Craft may not seem like your typical health tech entrepreneur – but on today’s show, we’ll hear how he’s channeled his passions into Science37, a high-flying startup the brings clinical trials to patients.” Growing up, Noah might have […]
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 […]
He’s one of those tech people that came to healthcare to find a career of significance, but Matthew Stoudt has actually been destined for the health tech world since his youth. Matthew Stoudt aspired to be a lawyer, then a senator, before he realized he was an entrepreneur at heart. A foundational experience of losing […]
Last week was a tough emotional week for many people I know. There were numerous high profile suicides. First Kate Spade, then the sister of Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, then Anthony Bourdain. Of course the story we don’t hear is the one about the 123 not particularly famous people who die from suicide every […]
Oh hey, sorry if I bumped into you. I should be more careful when I walk down the street, but I was distracted. By what you ask? Well, me and my trusty binoculars have been looking skyward for flying pigs and downward for massive blocks of ice because it has become apparent that things have […]
This week I had the pleasure to give a talk about big data/AI and digital health (buzzword bingo alert) at the Stanford Big Data in Precision Health Conference in Palo Alto. While most of the very interesting speakers spoke about technology and fascinating uses for data, I chose to take a somewhat different tack and […]
In the course of his fascinating career, physician-scientist Amalio Telenti has had the opportunity to work in two imiscible centers of excellence in genomics: Eric Lander’s Broad Institute and Craig Venter’s Human Longevity Institute (HLI); on today’s show, we’ll learn what he’s taken away from these two exceptional and distinct organizations – and why he’s […]
I am a little late in posting this week as I was away for the weekend watching my daughter graduate from college (USC). It was exciting and lovely and surreal all at the same time and, as a Berkeley graduate, I will never feel entirely comfortable on the USC campus just because. But since this […]
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.