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Why We Need Better Authentication
Albert Wenger – Apr 4, 2011
In case you missed it, email services provider Epsilon had a massive security breach and a large number of email lists were exposed, including those of several large banks such as JP Morgan Chase and Citi. This is likely to [...] Read more
Options and Startup Common Equity Value (Bubble Talk)
Albert Wenger – Apr 1, 2011
There is something frequently missed in thinking about the value of common shares in startups. These shares are actually options!The TheoryA common share in a startup has the same payout structure as a call option. There is a range of [...] Read more
Director Challenge: Founder CEO Performance
Albert Wenger – Mar 30, 2011
One of the things that’s particularly difficult in being a startup board member is striking the right balance between supporting a founder CEO and listening to other people from the organization. It is possible to err on either side – [...] Read more
Looking to Redesign Continuations
Albert Wenger – Mar 29, 2011
I have had the same minimal design on this blog for quite some time. But as I am committed to keeping Continuations goind and writing more, I think the time has come for a complete overhaul of the design. I [...] Read more
Embrace Messy Data (To Reach Internet Scale)
Albert Wenger – Mar 28, 2011
I believe I have discovered an important reason why the government has a hard time making good use of the Internet: people who design systems for the government abhor messy data. They are used to setups in which every record [...] Read more
Two And A Half Wireless Carriers (And What To Do About It)
Albert Wenger – Mar 22, 2011
I wrote about innovation on Android yesterday and today there is already more reason to write about innovation in mobile. This time the news is decidedly mixed. On the plus side, Amazon has opened their Android App Store (despite Apple [...] Read more
Heyzap and Innovation on Android
Albert Wenger – Mar 21, 2011
Much as I admire the well rounded user experience on an iPhone (leaving notifications aside), there are some kinds of innovation that simply aren’t possible on the iPhone today, as it doesn’t let developers hook in deeply enough. One example [...] Read more
NY Times Pay Fence and Kickstarter
Albert Wenger – Mar 18, 2011
Yesterday, the New York Times announced its long awaited pay fence. Today, we announced our investment in Kickstarter. These two represent different models for sustaining efforts that are socially important but are having their previous financial models disrupted by the [...] Read more
Japan and Long Tail Risk
Albert Wenger – Mar 16, 2011
On the flight back from Austin yesterday I started writing a longish post about SXSW. But as the news kept pouring in about the escalation of the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant I found myself less and less [...] Read more