3 posts and columns on Judy Estrin

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Glooko Raises $3.5M for Diabetes Logs

in News on January 30 at 5:01 am PT

Mobile diabetes-management company Glooko has raised $3.5 million more in a Series A round from its impressive list of investors, which include Chamath Palihapitiya’s Social+Capital Partnership, Bill Campbell, Vint Cerf, Judy Estrin and Andy Hertzfeld. The Palo Alto, Calif., company sells a $39.95 cord that connects to blood glucose meters and feeds data to a free iPhone app. The promise of the company is to elevate the geek hobby of quantifying oneself to the next level — health care.

Entrepreneur Nervous About Silicon Valley's Future

in News on August 26, 2008 at 4:15 am PT

Technology entrepreneur Judy Estrin is worried about the future of technology and innovation in Silicon Valley and the rest of the country. Estrin, who served as Cisco Systems Inc.’s top technology executive during the dot com boom, has a new book coming out next month, “Closing the Innovation Gap,” that should be required reading for whoever takes over the Oval Office in January.