What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
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 […]
Yesterday the Stanford Social Innovation Review published a 24-page supplemental section in its journal that was sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) and entitled Innovating for More Affordable Healthcare. As a fervent UC Berkeley supporter it pains me to promote anything out of Stanford, but I admit this is some very interesting reading (it […]
Can you imagine if every day you went to work and 20% of the time you screwed up? I realize that this is how baseball players live their lives, with a batting average around .300 or less, but I’m talking about other people. Say you’re Beyonce and 20% of the time, when you […]
I was fortunate enough to be invited to spend a morning last week with the management and investment team of the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF). For those of you unfamiliar with CHCF, it is a non-profit grantmaking philanthropic enterprise based in Oakland, California. Founded in 1996 as a result of the transformation from the old […]
Once upon a time there was “ehealth.” That time was the late 1990’s and there was a temporary ripple in The Force when anything that combined healthcare and the Internet had a suddenly popularity in the venture capital investment community. Companies like the original WebMD, the original Medscape, Mediconsult.com, DrKoop.com, Medibuy, Adam.com, PlanetRx, and a […]
Each year the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano on March 19 and the Summer Solstice occurs on June 21. July 1 is also a date to remember, as it should strike terror in hearts of those who find themselves in need of hospitalization. This is because July 1 is the traditional date on which […]
General Hospital is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production (according to Wikipedia). What a perfect metaphor this is for the real hospital industry, which is facing more drama than ever. This week I visited two hospitals, one a very large and well-known academic […]
Sorry to those who saw this already; the post didn’t make it to most of my readers so I am reposting… Well thank goodness. I have recently learned that I can be replaced by a piece of software. Work has been pretty taxing lately, so this is quite a relief, as long as they …
If you are a baseball fan like I am, it is not unusual for you to spend time with your fellow sports fanatics comparing statistics. A player’s batting average, on base percentage, runs batted in, earned run average, home run stats and how those compare to their team mates’ stats–all fair game for friendly conversation. […]
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 […]
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.