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Fred Wilson – Mar 28, 2019
We are now seeing a wave of longtime private companies coming public and with that we are getting data on usage, financial performance, and a host of other issues that is very useful market data. I spent some time looking [...] Read more
Fewer Cars More Mass Transit
Fred Wilson – Mar 27, 2019
Well it looks like NYC is finally going to get congestion pricing , a technique used successfully in a number of cities around the world to reduce the number of cars on the road and increase the investment in mass [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Mueller Report Edition (Hindsight Bias)
Albert Wenger – Mar 27, 2019
In the last few Uncertainty Wednesdays, we have been looking at various fallacies arising from our lack of appreciation of uncertainty, such as imperfect correlation (narrative fallacy) and the baserate fallacy. Today we will look at hindsight bias, for which [...] Read more
Equity Via Inclusion
Fred Wilson – Mar 26, 2019
We’ve been trying a big ambitious experiment in NYC over the last five years. We are training over 5,000 teachers to teach computer science classes in elementary school, middle school, and high school. We call it CS4All . It sounds [...] Read more
Life In A Constant Stream Of Emails And Meetings
Fred Wilson – Mar 25, 2019
My colleague Nick wrote a post today about his productivity system . Nick’s system is way more elaborate than mine, but everyone has to find their own way of getting things done. What I found most interesting about Nick’s post [...] Read more
Setting up a system
Nick Grossman – Mar 25, 2019
Like most people, I have struggled over the years to comes up with a organizational/productivity system that works for me. Disclaimer: I do not yet have it down perfectly, and am not claiming guru status. But I do have a [...] Read more
World After Capital: Freedom to Create
Albert Wenger – Mar 25, 2019
NOTE: Today’s excerpt from my book World After Capital continues the chapter on psychological freedom. The next step in the Knowledge Loop after learning is creating. Here too we need to work on our freedom. Picasso once said: “we all [...] Read more
By the Numbers: A Snapshot of Women in VC
Bethany Crystal – Mar 25, 2019
The community of Women in VC has been growing steadily over the past several years. Here’s a snapshot of who’s a part of our directory. You can read more here: https://www.women-vc.com/ Today, I’m excited to share the launch of a [...] Read more
The Finance Function: Looking Back And Looking Forward
Fred Wilson – Mar 24, 2019
High growth companies need to have a strong finance function. You can’t drive a car (or a plane) without some instrumentation. Most importantly, you need to know when you are going to run out of gas (or electricity). The mission [...] Read more