Hey, where are all the healthcare investors going?Health and healthcare issues has been a dominant topic in the national media since the 2008 elections, and have been constantly in the news as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has taken center stage. Even if PPACA weren’t always in the headlines, stories about employers who are grasping for solutions to their […]- The founding dreams of teensYouth is king in Silicon Valley, even if you’re still in high school. VentureBeat recently asked: “Do teens make good founders?” 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 founders, as long as they can […]
- Striving to be General HospitalWhen it comes to technology investment, some hospitals need a culture transfusion. By Lisa Suennen, contributor General Hospital is the longest-running American soap opera currently in production. 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 […]
- Can software replace VCs?Taking the Moneyball approach to venture capital. Can I be replaced by a piece of software? Apparently there is a new data analysis product called Quid that is able to detect what sectors in a given industry are ripe for innovation, and direct venture capitalists toward the best opportunities. Since that is a key function […]
- Mad Libs, VC editionWhen it comes to executive summaries, sometimes you just need to fill in the blanks. Leonard Stern, inventor of Mad Libs, died last week. According to his obituary, Stern created Mad Libs when he was writing a script for the Honeymooners and was casting around for an adjective to complete a sentence. His colleague offered […]
- Your cell phone IS trying to kill youWe don’t yet know if cell phones really cause cancer. But we do know another way they are lethal, and have mostly ignored it. Many people are talking about (or actively trying to ignore) the World Health Organization’s recent declaration that cell phones are “possibly carcinogenic” and might cause cancer. “Possibly carcinogenic” is a specific […]
- Healthcare reform ‘sound and fury’ represents quite a lotThe healthcare reform law has yet to go into full effect, but it’s already changed the healthcare industry’s internal debate. 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 […]
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