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A Mind Bender Worth Testing
Albert Wenger – Oct 15, 2009
As I wrote last year, I am not a fan of the reasoning behind taking the Large Hadron Collider into operation. If you have followed this story, then you know that last fall, the attempt to start experiments failed with [...] Read more
What Goldman Sachs Should Do
Albert Wenger – Oct 14, 2009
In yesterday’s “Dealbook” column in the New York Times, Andrew Ross Sorkin wrote that Goldman Sachs is headed for record bonuses and is thinking about making a $1B charitable contribution as a way to deflect criticism. That to me seems [...] Read more
Foursquare
Albert Wenger – Sep 1, 2009
We recently wrote about our search for native mobile applications, which we defined as applications that simply were not possible previously (as opposed to making something that already exists online accessible via mobile). We have also long been interested in [...] Read more
Heyzap
Albert Wenger – May 26, 2009
Online casual games are a large and rapidly growing form of entertainment. According to Comscore over 85 million people play casual games every month in the US alone and minutes spent playing grew a staggering 42% from 2008 to 2009. [...] Read more
AMEE
Albert Wenger – Dec 10, 2008
As anybody who has looked into dieting or just improving their nutrition knows, there is a lot of conflicting advice on the impact of fats and carbohydrates on your body. But no matter what you ultimately conclude, you are now [...] Read more
Power to the People
Albert Wenger – Sep 22, 2008
We encourage our portfolio companies to make sure they take time out from the operational demands of their business to think about the bigger strategic picture. We do the same for USV and a couple of weeks ago took a day [...] Read more
10gen
Albert Wenger – Jul 20, 2008
My love for computers and software started as a teenager growing up in Germany. I fondly remember my Apple II which followed my TI 59. I early on discovered that I could earn money with my programming skills and wound [...] Read more
Call for Topics
Albert Wenger – Jun 17, 2008
Charlie O'Donnell and I will be moderating a three hour startup workshop at NYC Web 2.0 Expo in September. There is a lot we could talk about from getting started to hiring to fundraising. But rather than just pick the [...] Read more
I (May) Have a New Platform
Albert Wenger – Apr 8, 2008
Google has unveiled App Engine and unlike some other recent Google efforts this one feels fully baked and well thought-out. For starters it includes all the elements that I had identified in my post calling for a new platform, such [...] Read more