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Land, Capital, Attention: This Time it Is the Same
Albert Wenger – Oct 17, 2015
This is the rhetoric aimed at people like myself who argue that we need to fundamentally rethink how the economy and society work because digital technologies changing the world. I have taken to replying “you are correct, but you are [...] Read more
Hard Choices: Growth versus Profitability
Albert Wenger – Oct 12, 2015
Quite a few companies are finding themselves in a situation roughly as follows: they have raised a lot of money at high valuations on a fast growth story, have real customers and the beginning of revenues, but growth has slowed [...] Read more
Clue
Albert Wenger – Oct 9, 2015
We are excited about our investment in Berlin-based Clue, which puts women around the world in charge of their fertility and their health more generally. Clue does this by offering a period tracker and fertility app. We have been pursuing [...] Read more
Investing in Clue
Albert Wenger – Oct 9, 2015
Today’s post is over at the USV blog, describing why we invested in Clue, which provides a period tracking and fertility app. A big thanks also to Susan and Katie for helping me understand the importance of Clue. Read more
Political Debates on German vs US TV: Paging John Stewart
Albert Wenger – Oct 8, 2015
Last week I spent a few days with family, friends and startups in Germany. When I was at my parents we watched a television debate about Islam, religious freedom and German society. I was struck by the stark contrast to [...] Read more
Going to Mars
Albert Wenger – Oct 1, 2015
I was thrilled to hear about NASA’s discovery of water on Mars. I am hoping it will contribute to interest in a human mission to Mars. Ideally, such a mission would not be under the banner of a single nation [...] Read more
Learn To Commit
Albert Wenger – Sep 28, 2015
This past Saturday Susan, our daughter Katie and I (with help from our son Michael) taught a one day computer bootcamp for women at Cornell. Susan, who is a Cornell alum, had come up with the idea a few months [...] Read more
Kickstarter is Now a Public Benefit Corporation
Albert Wenger – Sep 21, 2015
I am super excited that Kickstarter is no longer an INC but rather now a PBC, a Public Benefit Corporation. This means the company has changed its Delaware charter to include its mission of supporting creators as pari passu with [...] Read more
Ad-Blocking Points the Way To Decentralizing Power And That’s a Good Thing
Albert Wenger – Sep 20, 2015
Robert Reich has an op-ed piece in the NY Times today arguing that “Big Tech Has Become Way Too Powerful” and that we should apply anti-trust regulation. There is little doubt that network effects have made tech’s new incumbents such [...] Read more