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Regulation and Job Creation
Albert Wenger – Sep 8, 2011
The GOP debate brought more talk of a “wet blanket of regulation” weighing on economic activity. Apparently even President Obama thinks that environmental regulation is at issue here and has sadly rolled back some clean air standards. That’s quite ironic [...] Read more
Firing
Albert Wenger – Sep 7, 2011
Yesterday, Yahoo fired CEO Carol Bartz. Whether or not you agree with that, one thing is clear: firing someone over the phone is wrong. Much as it may be difficult this is a message that should be delivered in person [...] Read more
Jig – When You Need A Little Help
Albert Wenger – Sep 6, 2011
When we first announced our investment in what was then called Tasty Labs we provided no indication as to what the team was building. That's because they were just getting going on a problem that Joshua had been thinking about [...] Read more
Jig
Albert Wenger – Sep 6, 2011
Blog post today is over at the USV blog where I talk about jig, the service launched by the TastyLabs team. It is a way of formalizing the #lazyweb and getting help from friends, followers and strangers. I have a [...] Read more
Vacation
Albert Wenger – Aug 19, 2011
After an amazingly busy three weeks so far this August, I am thrilled to be going on a family vacation starting next week. Also am really looking forward to speaking at Turing Festival and Lean Startup Machine in Edinburgh (both [...] Read more
What I Learned From Teaching My Skillshare Class
Albert Wenger – Aug 18, 2011
Last week I had the pleasure of teaching my first Skillshare class. The subject was “Bayesian Probability and a Theory of Life” and is one I am very passionate about. I hope that I was able to convey some of [...] Read more
I Love (foursquare) Lists
Albert Wenger – Aug 17, 2011
When I first met Susan in a cafe in Paris 20 years ago, one of the very first things I told her was that I had a list of all the things I was going to see in Paris during [...] Read more
Skillshare
Albert Wenger – Aug 16, 2011
The Internet has been an amazing platform for creating and distributing educational content. Khan Academy has become the canonical example cited here but terrific free content is emerging from many different sources such as the Open Courseware initiative and even [...] Read more
Investing in Skillshare
Albert Wenger – Aug 16, 2011
Excited to announce our investment in Skillshare today. You can read some other posts about it here: Michael and Malcolm from Skillshare, Fred, and Jenna Wortham in the New York Times. Read more