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Dwolla Gets a Check (To Do Away with Checks)
Albert Wenger – Apr 30, 2013
Today Dwolla announced a new financing led by A16Z with Scott Weiss joining the board. The funding will go towards establishing a new office in San Francisco, an expanded presence in New York and much needed additions to the team [...] Read more
Synchronization As A Service
Albert Wenger – Apr 29, 2013
When it comes to files we are beginning to take synchronization as a given. You work on a file at work and through the magic of Dropbox or similar services the copy of that file on your personal laptop winds [...] Read more
Your Product Is All There Is
Albert Wenger – Apr 26, 2013
I love meeting with entrepreneurs because most of them are full of optimism and often driven by a big vision. It is then easy to get into a conversation about that vision and how awesome it will be. But therein [...] Read more
Movie Mini Reviews: Oblivion and Robot & Frank
Albert Wenger – Apr 25, 2013
I love science fiction movies and recently saw two that couldn’t be more different. Here are two mini reviews: Oblivion: Oblivion was an enjoyable ride while it lasted but didn’t really stay with me. The production values are off the [...] Read more
Benefit Corporation: Facilitating a New Market
Albert Wenger – Apr 24, 2013
As longtime readers of Continuations know, I have been a strong proponent of the Benefit Corporation. I am therefore thrilled that Delaware, which is the home to almost all venture backed corporations, has introduced Benefit Corporation legislation. This will allow [...] Read more
Shapeways Restocks
Albert Wenger – Apr 23, 2013
In the Fall of 2010 we helped spin Shapeways out of Philips. At the time, the founders made a gutsy choice: relocating the company headquarters to New York City. They arrived here in a cold December with their families and [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Hiring Engineers
Albert Wenger – Apr 23, 2013
The last two posts on Tech Tuesday were both about growing your engineering organization. Someone wrote to me saying: it’s all well to talk about best practices for organizational design, but we can’t find enough qualified engineers in the first [...] Read more
The Double Edged Sword of Technology and the Need for Values
Albert Wenger – Apr 19, 2013
If ever we needed a reminder that technology can both make our lives better and more terrifying this week provided plenty of them. Pressure cookers for cooking and bomb making. Fertilizer for agriculture and explosions (sadly also used in the [...] Read more
Google Glass: Dangerous Adoption Strategy
Albert Wenger – Apr 18, 2013
I am quite optimistic about the long term potential of augmented reality. But I question whether now is the right time for a top down adoption strategy with a polished consumer product. It seems to me that we are at [...] Read more