What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
I first met Elli Kaplan, CEO of Neurotrack, when she won the SXSW best new start-up competition a few years back. She wowed the audience for the scope and creativity of what she is trying to do: create a non-invasive test that predicts patients’ risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease years before […]
When 23andMe veteran Linda Avey pitched her new start-up, We Are Curious, which focuses on integrating patient-reported symptoms and experiences, she thought she’d emphasize a condition that seemed like an easy win: menopause-associated symptoms. VCs, she reasoned, would be immediately grasp the size (and associated economics) of this market, the need to better understand the […]
As a child growing up in Ethiopia, John De Souza witnessed the grim reality of poverty–families wishing for rapid death for their sick children because a cure was out of reach socially and financially. Later he was able to emigrate to the U.S. and was accepted to Harvard Medical School. But he could not fulfill […]
Innovator and entrepreneur Kelly Brezoczky, Founder and CEO of Butterfly Health, has always had a keen interest in where the consumer and health merge. And in Kelly’s case, that merger occurs in very intimate places, as she has pioneered multiple new products in personal healthcare areas often considered “unmentionable,” but which affect between 20% […]
Many people who work in the medical industry come to it for personal reasons. For scientist and hardware hacker Erik Douglas, his stint helping diagnose patients in the remotest parts of Africa and Asia was a pivotal moment. It led him to realize that he could use what he learned about healthcare in the field to make […]
This week, David Shaywitz and I are delighted to feature an interview with Venrock partner Dr. Bob Kocher, who probably knows more about the business of healthcare delivery than almost anyone in the world. Kocher grew up in Seattle, and was the fourth generation of his family to attend the University of Washington. After medical […]
Announcing our 3rd edition of Tech Tonics, the Podcast, available now by clicking HERE, watching the player below or on iTunes. Today’s show features an interview with long-time digital health entrepreneur Michelle Snyder. Michelle is currently Chief Marketing Officer at Welltok, a company that works with health plans and other population health managers to guide […]
Announcing our second Tech Tonics, the Podcast show, available now by clicking HERE, watching the player below or on iTunes. This time we are lucky to feature Aenor Sawyer, MD to the show. Aenor has had an unusual journey to and through the healthcare world. She has held the roles of physical therapist, physician, patient, […]
You’ve read our book – now experience our podcast! David Shaywitz and I are excited to announce the launch of Tech Tonics, the Podcast, building on the success of Tech Tonics, the book. Tech Tonics, the Podcast will be a twice monthly program focused on the people and passion at the intersection of technology and […]
Monday, September 16 marks the beginning of the 8th annual Healthcare IT Week. Healthcare IT Week was started and continues on as a collaborative forum for public and private healthcare constituents to discuss the value of health information technology (health IT) for the U.S. healthcare system. It is amazing to see how far health IT […]
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.