Two weeks ago I had the good fortune to be invited back to the South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) to participate as a judge of a digital healthcare start-up competition. SXSW, which takes place in Austin, TX, […]

We all know the 12 Days of Christmas Song, although most of us can never remember all the damn categories. For me I can never get those Lords a Leaping, forget the Pipers Piping. Supposedly either the English or […]

In the world of medical devices, innovation has traditionally been defined as the invention of a new device or a new technology that can be packaged into a device, expanding the number of possible medical […]

Consumers are becoming more engaged in their healthcare and want to be financially rewarded for their efforts, according to the findings of our new report we just released called the 2012 PSILOS Outlook on […]

I have often joked with friends that I have gone into the wrong area of investment as the perks are lame. As a healthcare investor, I can get a free hearing aid or diabetes test whenever I want one, but who the […]

Once upon a time in 1955, Fortune Magazine published its first Fortune 500 list, ranking the top 500 U.S. public and private companies based on their gross revenue. The original Fortune 500 was restricted to […]

Back in July 2011 Vivek Wadwha, a highly regarded entrepreneur, author and academic, wrote an article describing five myths about entrepreneurs. Among the five myths he sought to debunk was that women are […]

As a health care venture capitalist I see myself as being in the ideas business. Business Insider recently published its list of The 10 Craziest Start-up Ideas of All Time and it was quite entertaining. The best […]

I went to two women-focused conferences this last week, the Women’s Private Equity Summit and the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Women in Leadership Conference. Both events were great and there were about 400 […]