Back to my women in venture capital focus for a moment, as I want to promote the efforts of two colleagues to create very professional and useful venues for people who happen to be women (as opposed to women who need to make a big deal out of it) to connect around issues that matter […]
Government as an Engine for Innovation
I’ve been thinking a great deal about the newly formed Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. (CMI). This entity was established as a result of the Affordable Care Act (the new healthcare reform legislation) and its purpose is to “research, develop, test and expand innovative payment and service delivery models that will improve the quality […]
Antidote to the Baconator: Apps for Healthy Kids
A quick antidote to the Baconator post: Tim Marklein at Weber Shandwick sent me an article about a cool competition now underway in which GE, the USDA and Michelle Obama have created a challenge to motivate American entrepreneurs, software developers, the public, and students to create an on-line game or tool that can use “fun” […]
Baconator? Make Mine a Triple!
So I was sitting here on the couch watching Tim Lincecum, Cy Young-award winning pitcher, throw a full game shut out against the NY Mets (Go Giants!) and along comes a Wendy’s commercial for (dramatic pause)….The Baconator. I was so amazed by the grandiosity of this thing that I looked it up on-line at Wendys.com […]
U.S. Medical Innovation: Win the Pennant or Strike Out Looking?
Yesterday I attended a meeting of a group of venture capitalists and NVCA representatives who came together to discuss the formation of a new industry group focused on preserving the spirit and business of medical innovation that has for so long been the unchallenged purview of the United States. The group is tentatively to …
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition
I love that Timothy Leary quote (the title above). And in a time when venture capital fundraising requires nerves of steel and the patience of a saint, we welcome the news from San Francisco’s DBL Investors that they have closed approximately 2/3 of the $150MM target for their 2nd fund. DBL’s two managing …
We’re Number One! Er, I Mean Seven!
A report just released compares the performance of the American health care system with those of Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. This report, which was issued by the Commonwealth Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based private foundation focused on improving healthcare, says the U.S. ranks seventh out of seven in …
I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body. -Elaine Boosler
So yesterday I decided to send a quick email out to all the women VCs I know (probably about 40) to ask them to send me input for my blog, specifically ongoing reports of great accomplishments by their female VC brethren. I got a lot of nice notes saying they will keep it in mind, […]
I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body. -Elaine Boosler
So yesterday I decided to send a quick email out to all the women VCs I know (probably about 40) to ask them to send me input for my blog, specifically ongoing reports of great accomplishments by their female VC brethren. I got a lot of nice notes saying they will keep it in mind, […]
I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body. -Elaine Boosler
So yesterday I decided to send a quick email out to all the women VCs I know (probably about 40) to ask them to send me input for my blog, specifically ongoing reports of great accomplishments by their female VC brethren. I got a lot of nice notes saying they will keep it in mind, […]
