Better Healthcare Sooner

A blog by Bob Kocher

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Bob
  • Twitter
  • Venrock

Category Archives: Venture Capital

Virta Can Reverse Type 2 Diabetes for Many

March 8, 2017by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

In medical school, we committed thousands of pages of medical textbooks to memory about diseases and how to treat them. Like generations of doctors, I memorized that Type 2 Diabetes […]

Read Article →
Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

5 must-do’s for succeeding in health tech

December 23, 2015by bkocher2013 1 Comment

This article first appeared in VentureBeat. It is co-authored with Bryan Roberts. We are five years into the greatest transformation of the U.S. healthcare system in the half century since […]

Read Article →
Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

The Future of Healthcare with Bob Kocher, Partner @ Venrock

September 23, 2015by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This interview was first published on The Twenty Minute VC. [audio http://ec.libsyn.com/p/b/3/0/b30ddcaaea0298a5/74_20_VC_074__The_Future_of_Healthcare_with_Bob_Kocher_Partner__Venrock.mp3]

Read Article →
Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

Lyra Health: Tackling Behavioral Healthcare

June 4, 2015by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts Chances are, you or someone you love has faced a behavioral health issue that required help from a professional. Many of you, though too […]

Read Article →
Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

The Future Of Medicine — Where Investors Are Putting Their Money

May 1, 2015by bkocher2013 1 Comment

This article was first published in Forbes. It is co-authored by Nikhil Sahni, Bob Kocher and David Cutler. The way physicians practice medicine is changing, and investors are betting that […]

Read Article →
Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

We Are Not All the Same, So Why Should Our Incentives Be The Same?

September 23, 2014by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

We are not all the same. Yet health plans and employers seem to think so. They keep designing benefits programs and health plans in a one-size-fits-all approach. What each of […]

Read Article →
Entrepreneurs, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

Venrock 7

July 31, 2014by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

With our fundraising complete for Venrock 7, Bryan Roberts and I are looking forward to putting more capital to work in the healthcare IT space. We believe now is the […]

Read Article →
Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

Post navigation

  • Posts by Category
    • Entrepreneurs
    • Healthcare
    • Healthcare IT
    • Venture Capital
    • Uncategorized

Recent Posts

  • Patients Win When NIH Swings for the Fences
  • Dr. Oz turbocharges Medicare Advantage and everyone monitors their glucose: 10 health care predictions for 2025 from top investors
  • Improving The Quality Of Quality Metrics
  • Making care primary: Medicare’s latest attempt at value-based primary care 
  • AI will live up to the hype and more unicorns will lose their horns: 10 health care predictions for 2024 from top investors

Twitter Updates

Tweets by bobkocher


About Bob
Venrock, Stanford, and Castlight to accelerate change in the health system! Two girls, Cindy and an EPIC pass!

RUNNING THROUGH WALLS PODCAST EPISODES

  • Healthcare Prognosis 2025
  • Invisible Assistive Layer
  • Keeping Technology Simple & Elegant
  • Healthcare Predictions for 2025
  • Translating the Science
  • If You’re Going to Bet on Anyone, Bet on Yourself
  • Special Episode: 2024 Healthcare Prognosis
  • Selectively Ignore to Positively Disrupt
  • Relentless Execution
  • Do the Easiest Version of the Hard Thing
  • Using Rugged Flexibility to Master Change
  • Thinking Long Term is the Greatest Gift
  • Diversifying the Cap Table
  • Bust the Liars Without Elevating the Liars
  • Laying the Foundation for Sustainable Success
  • Pandemic Preparedness: The Intersection of Academia and Public Health
  • When Demand Spikes
  • The COVID & Medical Products Challenge
  • Nature vs. Nurture
  • Your Inputs Create Your Outputs
  • “The Passion Paradox,” Live from Lyra Health
  • Born Politician
  • The Ultimate Proving Ground for Lifelong Learners
  • Caring for the On-Demand Economy
  • Covered California’s Startup Ethos
  • A Healthy Purpose
  • The Doctor is Online
  • Data Driven Healthcare
  • Genetic Truths, No Veneers
  • Healthcare. It’s Complicated.

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Archive

Posts by Category

  • Entrepreneurs
  • Healthcare
  • Healthcare costs
  • Healthcare IT
  • Uncategorized
  • Venture Capital
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Better Healthcare Sooner
    • Join 212 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Better Healthcare Sooner
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...