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Lending Club IPO
Albert Wenger – Dec 11, 2014
Today our portfolio company Lending Club went public. Congratulations to the team And here is founder Renaud Laplanche on the business Read more
The Torture Report is Out, Now What?
Albert Wenger – Dec 10, 2014
I have only written about torture once before here on Continuations as part of my mini review of Zero Dark Thirty. I am glad that after long delays we at least now have a summary of the Senate’s Torture Report. [...] Read more
The New York Verdict and What I Plan to Do
Albert Wenger – Dec 4, 2014
I did not write directly about the death of Michael Brown although what happened in Ferguson was on my mind and I referred to it indirectly. I was not planning to write about the death of Eric Garner but then [...] Read more
Giving Tuesday: ChangeX
Albert Wenger – Dec 2, 2014
If like me you prefer Giving Tuesday over Black Friday and Cyber Monday then it might be a good time to give some money to ChangeX. Susan and I will continue to match any funds 1:1 until $25,000 is reached. [...] Read more
Free Will (Revisited)
Albert Wenger – Nov 28, 2014
About a year and a half ago I wrote a post arguing that there is no free will and also stating that seemed OK to me. As it turns out since then I have been on a fun intellectual and [...] Read more
Abundance: Why Digital is Disruptive
Albert Wenger – Nov 26, 2014
A good friend of mine recently conducted a fun survey – he asked people why they thought digital was disruptive (I don’t know if he will ever publish the results as this was an internal project at a consulting company). [...] Read more
Starting with Ourselves
Albert Wenger – Nov 25, 2014
I believe in progress. I am optimistic about the longrun. But if we want to get to a better future we have to start by acknowledging how much we still let our emotions control our behavior. It is all around [...] Read more
Why Values Matter in On-Demand Transportation
Albert Wenger – Nov 24, 2014
I took last week off from blogging for family reasons which means I sat out a big wave of posts about Uber. Don’t worry, I am not going to rehash that particular discussion. Instead, I want to point out what [...] Read more
Landing on a Comet: The Power of Knowledge
Albert Wenger – Nov 13, 2014
Yesterday we landed a probe on a comet. I am saying we because this is a major accomplishment for humanity. For reference, powered heavier-than-air flight was invented only a tad more than one hundred years ago. It is important to [...] Read more