Running Through Walls: The Yoda of Genomics

John Stuelpnagel’s path to entrepreneurship started in a barn — as a large animal veterinarian. After more than a decade, Stuelpnagel felt compelled to follow his heart and become an entrepreneur. “For me, it really wasn’t a choice,” he says…

Running Through Walls: Priority One… People Matters

Giovanni Colella, co-founder of RelayHealth and Castlight Health, was a practicing psychiatrist in Italy, but after moving to New York City he needed to obtain the proper licensing before obtaining a medical residency. He pulled shifts as a…

Running Through Walls: Data Driven Healthcare

Is it possible to make changes to the American healthcare system that will benefit patients, doctors, and society? It’s what Farzad Mostashari is aiming at with Aledade, the company he founded in 2014. As Mostashari explained to Venrock partner Bob…

Running Through Walls: No Straight Shots in FinTech

Ryan Gilbert, co-founder of SmartBizLoans, knows the path to entrepreneurial success is filled with curves and unexpected detours. “I wish life was about straight shots,” laughs Gilbert, who is now a partner at Propel Venture Partners, in…

Running Through Walls: Dollar Shave Club Founder on Unilever Acquisition

As an early investor in Dollar Shave Club, David Pakman spoke with CEO Michael Dubin about the company’s acquisition by Unilever and the journey to this point on the latest episode of Venrock’s podcast…

Running Through Walls: Genetic Truths, No Veneers

Anne Wojcicki’s passion for empowering consumers to take control of their healthcare goes all the way back to her days on Wall Street, as a healthcare investment analyst. When she went to medical investment meetings, “everything looked pretty —…

Running Through Walls: Healthcare. It’s Complicated.

Changing the healthcare system with an entrepreneurial approach sounds logical — but as Blue Shield of California CEO Paul Markovich explains to Venrock’s Bob Kocher, it’s not as easy as it seems. Markovich, who’s been hooked on…

Running Through Walls: Building a Cancer Killer

“If it’s a good idea, money will find it,” says Samuel Mazin, co-founder and president of RefleXion Medical, a company that’s developing the first biology-guided radiotherapy system for cancer treatment. Mazin, who became inspired to build a…

Running Through Walls: How Pinterest Manages Diversity

Diversity in tech has been getting a lot of press coverage in recent years — both positive and negative.

During a conversation with Venrock’s Richard Kerby, Candice Morgan, head of diversity at Pinterest, says…