What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
Every once in a while you learn something new from the field you work in that is completely unfamiliar and raises your eyebrows just a little. Despite 22 years in healthcare, many of which were associated with the field of psychology, I learned of a concept yesterday called “jamais vu”. Maybe you knew this, but […]
Quick update on a great female VC pal, Amy Belt. Amy left Advanced Technology Ventures and is about to become the face (and body too I suppose) of Covidien Venture Capital on the West Coast. Amy has a great background in the medical device world, having worked at Guidant, Bristol Meyers Squibb and elsewhere. She […]
Please! it’s all about popular. it’s not about aptitude, it’s the way you’re viewed, so it’s very shrewd to be, very very popular like ME! -lyrics from the song “Popular” from the musical Wicked That song is about how it’s great to be popular, but a study released this week was all about when popularity […]
As a healthcare venture capitalist, I see a lot of, shall we say, interesting ideas for how to treat patients. But today I really hit the jackpot in the “you’ve got to be kidding me” department. Unfortunately I didn’t see this in person, but on-line in a story that ran in the “Bad Ideas” (who […]
As a healthcare venture capitalist, I see a lot of, shall we say, interesting ideas for how to treat patients. But today I really hit the jackpot in the “you’ve got to be kidding me” department. Unfortunately I didn’t see this in person, but on-line in a story that ran in the “Bad Ideas” (who […]
While I am always reticent to promote anything that comes out of Stanford given my Cal Bear roots, a lawyer friend of mine, Stephen Thau, recently sent me an article from e!Science News that is definitely worth mentioning for the significance of the invention it describes and the fact that the inventors behind it are […]
There was a great article authored by Gregory Huang and posted in Xconomy on September 1st called Party Like It’s 1999: 10 Old Tech Ideas That Are New Again. The article was basically about the top 10 things that are hot right now but are, essentially, “back to the future” developments in technology that […]
Medical scientists dedicate their lives to unravelling the mysteries of the human body in order to advance the health of mankind. It is often a long and difficult road to discover the genesis of certain chronic diseases or what might cure cancer. Entire lifetimes and billions of dollars have been dedicated to finding cures for cancer […]
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 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 […]
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.