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Admitting Mistakes
Albert Wenger – Jul 19, 2010
A quality that I find hugely important but increasingly rare in people is the willingness to admit mistakes. Growing up I wasn’t really part of a culture in which mistakes are openly discussed and used as an opportunity to learn. [...] Read more
Android versus Apple (Flash, App Inventor)
Albert Wenger – Jul 13, 2010
Yesterday evening I wanted to bone up on the racing rules in sailing after having had a close encounter while rounding the leward mark last Thursday (which elicited quite a blue streak from the skipper of the other boat). I [...] Read more
Time for (Web) Reminders of the Wars?
Albert Wenger – Jul 12, 2010
As in the past 8 years, we went to see the Scarsdale Memorial Day parade earlier this year. Attendance was incredibly low. I remarked to Susan then that this is a direct function of virtually no one in Scarsdale having [...] Read more
Some Career Advice
Albert Wenger – Jul 8, 2010
Following our recent recruiting effort to find Christina and Gary I have been spending a fair bit of time meeting with people we encountered in the process who wanted career advice. Here are some of the points I have found [...] Read more
Some Useful Perspective
Albert Wenger – Jul 7, 2010
Yes it is officially hot in New York City these days. I don’t know if I can stand this when I am older, but for now I quite enjoy the huge seasonal differences. They are a reminder that much as [...] Read more
A Run In With Bacteria
Albert Wenger – Jul 6, 2010
I love to blog about all the awesome things that the Internet is bringing and how that creates great investment opportunities. But once in a while I have first hand experiences that remind me how much innovation could/should/will (?) occur [...] Read more
Foursquare Financing
Albert Wenger – Jun 30, 2010
Yesterday saw the “wire transfer heard ‘round the world,” as Bryce put it in a tweet. Foursquare did indeed close a Series B financing as has by now been widely reported. My job of writing a blog post about this [...] Read more
Supreme Court in High Gear
Albert Wenger – Jun 29, 2010
The Supreme Court handed down a bunch of rulings yesterday. The two that I find most interesting relate to patents and guns. Both rulings are disappointing, as I am against software patents and for stricter gun control. But they are [...] Read more
Some Thoughts on the Super Angel Funding Discussion
Albert Wenger – Jun 28, 2010