Health IT, Patient Engagement, Pharma, Startups

Transitioning from Google Reader? While you’re at it, add these investor blogs to your feed

The time has come for those of us loyal Google Reader users to buckle down […]

The time has come for those of us loyal Google Reader users to buckle down and start migrating our RSS feeds to a different platform. (If you’re like me, you’ve been putting this off for the past three months.)

But in the spirit of onward and upward, here are a few blogs I’d recommend any entrepreneur or aspiring entrepreneur in the health/health IT space add to his or her list. These blogs are written (and updated regularly) by investors in tech and life sciences. Most of them write broadly in a way that speaks to entrepreneurs even beyond those sectors.

LifeSciVC

Written by Bruce Booth (@LifeSciVC), a self-proclaimed “recovering scientist turned early stage VC” at Atlas Ventures, this blog is one of the few focused specifically on private investing in life sciences. Booth writes about the good, the bad and the ugly. He talks less in generalities and more in specifics. For example, one of my favorite posts was a recent reflection on the now-defunct company On-Q-ity.

Both Sides of the Table

Mark Suster (@msuster) started two technology companies (both were acquired) before becoming a venture capitalist with GRP Partners. His blog is especially valuable to early stage entrepreneurs because he’s been, fittingly, on both sides of the table. By openly sharing lessons learned from his shortcomings in those roles, he lends advice on growing a startup, raising money from VCs and angels, negotiating deals, sales and marketing.

A VC

A VC is great because Fred Wilson (@FredWilson), managing partner at Union Square Ventures, doesn’t just write about his own thoughts. He also blogs quotes, comments and content from others who he finds inspiring or helpful. Recent posts have been devoted to a comment from a reader, for example, or a list of tips generated by a USV portfolio company.

Feld Thoughts

This one’s written by Brad Feld (@bfeld), co-founder of TechStars and the Foundry Group. I like his posts because they aren’t just general tips on startup — they’re focused on timely topics, like patent trolling and data privacy, and specific companies and transactions.

Startup Professionals Musings

Martin Zwilling (@StartupPro) turned his startup advice into a consulting business, Startup Professionals Inc., but still shares it openly on this blog as well. The angel investor and former developer for IBM has expertise in marketing, strategy and entrepreneurship.

Jason Ball’s TechBytes

He doesn’t blog often, but when he does, Jason Ball ( @jasonball) shares commentary on current events, the companies he likes and venture investing. In his last post, the investment director at Qualcomm Ventures wrote that he was trying to “be more transparent and open about venture and investing.” That’s the spirit.

First Round Review

Several of First Round Capital’s partners (@FirstRound) dish out sensible advice for startups on the firm’s blog.

What outstanding bloggers are missing from this list? Let me know in the comments or on Twitter (@deannajour231).

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