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Can You Hear Me Now?
In my last post I talked about robots and other technologies used for remote monitoring of patients who are seeking to lose weight or achieve other healthcare goals. One of the biggest challenges with remote monitoring systems, particularly as it … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare Information Technology, Healthcare Venture Capital, Real Science, Venture Capital
Tagged fibers, fibers that hear, healthcare, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, healthcare venture capital, innovation, laser surgery, omniguide, psilos, remote monitoring, venture capital, yoel fink
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“Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?”
For those of you not quite old enough to remember it (or who aren’t movie buffs), that was a quote from HAL the robot in 2001 Space Odyssey. HAL is a robotic/computer system that communicates with the crew, expressing emotions … Continue reading
Girls Rule: Amy Belt and Beth Falk
Back to my women in venture capital focus for a moment, as I want to promote the efforts of two colleagues to create very professional and useful venues for people who happen to be women (as opposed to women who … Continue reading
Antidote to the Baconator: Apps for Healthy Kids
A quick antidote to the Baconator post: Tim Marklein at Weber Shandwick sent me an article about a cool competition now underway in which GE, the USDA and Michelle Obama have created a challenge to motivate American entrepreneurs, software developers, … Continue reading
Baconator? Make Mine a Triple!
So I was sitting here on the couch watching Tim Lincecum, Cy Young-award winning pitcher, throw a full game shut out against the NY Mets (Go Giants!) and along comes a Wendy’s commercial for (dramatic pause)….The Baconator. I was so … Continue reading
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition
I love that Timothy Leary quote (the title above). And in a time when venture capital fundraising requires nerves of steel and the patience of a saint, we welcome the news from San Francisco’s DBL Investors that they have closed … Continue reading
I’m just a person trapped inside a woman’s body. -Elaine Boosler
So yesterday I decided to send a quick email out to all the women VCs I know (probably about 40) to ask them to send me input for my blog, specifically ongoing reports of great accomplishments by their female VC … Continue reading
Life, Do You Hear Me?!!
In May 2010, Craig Venter and his team at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research organization, announced that they had successfully constructed the first self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cell. To grossly oversimplify it, what they did was … Continue reading
Posted in Real Science
Tagged healthcare, synthetic biology, venter, venture capital
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Girls Rule: Karen Talmadge
Saw today that my colleague, Karen Talmadge, has been given the Charles H. Best Medal for Distinguished Service in the Cause of Diabetes. I am really happy for her. Karen is a first-class professional and brilliant and I have the … Continue reading
Posted in Girls Rule! Women in Venture Capital
Tagged diabetes, kyphon, talmadge, venture capital, veralight
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So it turns out “blog” is a verb….
The final straw was Jeff Bussgang’s article in PE Hub today encouraging more healthcare/life sciences VCs to blog (see link below). More VC Bloggers Needed (Seriously) I’ve been thinking about this whole blogging thing but desperately trying to stay out … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts of the Day
Tagged steve krupa, venture capital, women venture capital
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