What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
Once upon a time in 1955, Fortune Magazine published its first Fortune 500 list, an annual list that ranks the top 500 U.S. public and private companies based on their gross revenue. The original Fortune 500 was restricted to companies whose revenues were derived from manufacturing, mining, or energy exploration, although Fortune published some ancillary […]
Once upon a time in 1955, Fortune Magazine published its first Fortune 500 list, an annual list that ranks the top 500 U.S. public and private companies based on their gross revenue. The original Fortune 500 was restricted to companies whose revenues were derived from manufacturing, mining, or energy exploration, although Fortune published some ancillary […]
My co-worker of 21 years, who many of my colleagues know as the Other Lisa (I am sure her fans think of me as the Other Lisa), has one of those daily calendars where each day has a new quote. In this case her calendar features the wit and wisdom of one of my favorite […]
Well, we’re alive. Despite the possibility that the world would pass its “use by” date on Saturday, everyone I have checked with is still here. At 6:00 pm on May 21st, 2011, the official time scheduled for the Rapture, I was using my last few moments to crack open peanuts at the Giants v. A’s […]
Well, we’re alive. Despite the possibility that the world would pass its “use by” date on Saturday, everyone I have checked with is still here. At 6:00 pm on May 21st, 2011, the official time scheduled for the Rapture, I was using my last few moments to crack open peanuts at the Giants v. A’s […]
Talking about health insurance is a good way to clear a room. It is a rare person who is excited to interact with their insurance company or who can understand the explanation of benefits they receive in the mail detailing all of the things that the insurance carrier has decided not to pay on their […]
This last week I attended Health Evolution Partners’ Leadership Summit in Laguna Niguel. If you have to leave home for work, Laguna Niguel is the place you want to go. I had a moment during the closing dinner where, on the lawn just beyond my ocean cliff-side table, there were six little bunnies hopping around […]
This week I had the occasion to be at UCLA for a very interesting meeting (more on that in a future post). As I arrived at LAX to return my rental car, I drove past a huge billboard at the corner of 96th Avenue and Airport Blvd (just across from the Renaissance Hotel) that made […]
Between saying and doing,many a pair of shoes is worn out.–Anonymous This chart came across my desk today and it really illustrates the problem that we, as consumers of healthcare products and services, face today. While companies and insurance carriers fight over premiums and providers and insurance carriers (including the government as the nation’s largest […]
I remember that I once won a radio contest where you had to call in and tell a joke to the DJ that made them genuinely laugh. The joke I told was one where the VP of Marketing at Starbucks approaches St. Peter at the Pearly Gates of Heaven and says that the company proposes […]
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.