Last week I published a post called “Hey, Where Is Everybody Going?” which was about the many venture capitalists who are leaving the practice of life sciences. It was, interestingly (to me anyway), my most popular post to date. I guess there are a lot of us healthcare VCs that are worried that the next […]
Great Leadership and the Business of Baseball
Well, the season is over for my beleaguered SF Giants, but I just got back from seeing the movie Moneyball and it was a worthy substitute for a day at the ballpark. I loved this Michael Lewis book when it came out and remember it as my all time favorite book about business. I know […]
VC in a Box
Today I saw a spoof video made by Foundry Group, a well-known technology venture capital firm, that just totally cracked me up so I thought I’d share it with those of you interested in such things. Nothing healthcare here, but a great send-up of how so many people see those of us in the VC […]
Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
Today’s post was generated as a result of a request by PE Hub’s editor, Jon Marino, who asked me to author a piece for his publication about how male venture capital and private equity executives could “redeem themselves” in the eyes of women in the field. As you can see if you read further, I […]
Peer Pressure Cooker
There was an article in the August 8th issue of Venture Beat entitled, “Do teens make good founders? 6 teenage teams make their debut to find out.” As the parent of a teenager, my immediate thought was, “yeah, sure, right after they clean up their rooms and set the table, they can be totally awesome […]
The Second Coming of Healthcare IT
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 […]
Board Games
As a venture/private equity investor, I have one of those jobs that is somewhat nebulous to most people. They ask questions like, “What the heck do you actually DO?” “How do you spend your time on an average day?” and “Do you actually, you know, work?” For those of you who think that the life […]
Bono, Summers, Suennen-seriously?
Funny to see my name on a tag list alongside Bono and Larry Summers…but a fun article by PE Hub’s Larry Aragon on a topic I find interesting: celebrity and venture capital investing. Click here for the story which also nicely mentions one of my others.
Striving for Obsolescence
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 keep paying me. Apparently there is a new data analysis product called Quid that is able to detect what sectors in a […]
Mad Libs: Venture Capital Edition
Today it was announced that the inventor of Mad Libs, Leonard B. Stern, has died. I hope you remember Mad Libs, the bound tablets that feature stories with key words strategically removed, left to be filled by silly adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs by willing kids and adults alike. If you are around my age […]
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