What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
Last week there was a report about a patron of the Las Vegas-based Heart Attack Grill suffering a massive heart attack while consuming the restaurant’s famed “Triple-bypass Burger.” It would be funny if it weren’t so awful, but it is clearly the height of irony. I have written a few articles about the Heart […]
In June 2011, a major international study was released which took on the task of collating and analyzing worldwide data on diabetes gathered since 1980. The key finding of the study was that the number of adults worldwide with diabetes reached 347 million in 2008, more than double the number in 1980. The study found […]
Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do? –Homer Simpson Does anybody else think it’s weird that one of the most successful recent IPOs is Dunkin’ Donuts? When I saw it was going public I thought, “Well, Homer Simpson might love this but as an investor I am experiencing a certain sense of donut deja vu.” […]
Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do? –Homer Simpson Does anybody else think it’s weird that one of the most successful recent IPOs is Dunkin’ Donuts? When I saw it was going public I thought, “Well, Homer Simpson might love this but as an investor I am experiencing a certain sense of donut deja vu.” […]
Since I’ve started writing this blog (I’m sorry, I refuse to concede that “blogging” is a real verb), readers often send me articles that might spur additional posts. A recent one came from Annette Bianchi, partner at Vantage Point Venture Partners (colleague, friend and cool Bernese Mountain dog owner) entitled, “The Sisters Bite Into McDonalds,” […]
I am fascinated by the whole concept of “happiness” as a science and so I was intrigued when I saw an article recently about “The Happiest Man in the America,” so named by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. The Index is the composite of a survey that is done with 1000 random Americans every single day […]
A few weeks ago, Judge Henry Hudson of Virginia ruled that the PPACA health reform law (oft-referred to as Obamacare) was unconstitutional because there was a provision that forced people to buy insurance. Commenting on his ruling, Judge Hudson was quoted as saying that using the Commerce clause to justify the requirement that everyone purchase […]
A few weeks ago, Judge Henry Hudson of Virginia ruled that the PPACA health reform law (oft-referred to as Obamacare) was unconstitutional because there was a provision that forced people to buy insurance. Commenting on his ruling, Judge Hudson was quoted as saying that using the Commerce clause to justify the requirement that everyone purchase […]
Never Eat More Thank You Can Lift; that’s a quote from Miss Piggy and how appropriate to this particular missive. Some of you may recall my Baconator post from back in July; it is one of my most popular posts and people continue to read it regularly. But I must say that I am feeling […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of those entities you hear about on the news occasionally but also one that few people really know much about. Rarely do we hear about the CDC except when flu season gets going or when some new infectious disease hits our shores. Yet the CDC […]
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.