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Uncertainty Wednesday: Dynamic versus Static
Albert Wenger – Jan 30, 2019
In Uncertainty Wednesday I have talked a lot about the danger of doing statistics without a model. Another big danger is ignoring dynamic processes and conducting static analyses instead. That is you may have an explanation, such as “a person’s [...] Read more
Bringing “big company” benefits to startup communities
Bethany Crystal – Jan 30, 2019
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the fluidity of talent in the tech sector. If you’ve even worked at a startup or tech company, you might sense that it’s pretty common for a regular amount of employee turnover as [...] Read more
What decentralization is good for (part 2): Platform Risk
Nick Grossman – Jan 29, 2019
Continuing on the theme of what decentralization is good for , this week I would like to focus on one of the most powerful drivers in the near-term: Platform Risk . Platform Risk is is the risk that the tech [...] Read more
Changes In VC and Startups Take Time
Fred Wilson – Jan 29, 2019
Starting and investing in startup companies is a long lead time business. It takes on average seven to ten years for the seed and early stage investments we make to turn into something. So looking at data across the entire [...] Read more
The Send To All Mistake
Fred Wilson – Jan 28, 2019
I believe I’ve written about this before but I see it made so often that I feel compelled to write about it again. Entrepreneurs, VCs, and others in the startup ecosystem often send an email introducing a company to all [...] Read more
Getting over Privacy
Albert Wenger – Jan 28, 2019
I was overly optimistic when I thought I could resume excerpts from World After Capital today. Turns out the next section is on privacy and it needs major editing. So while I am working on that, here is the talk [...] Read more
When your dress rehearsal becomes the real thing
Bethany Crystal – Jan 28, 2019
As anybody who watched “Rent” Live on Fox yesterday can attest, it wasn’t…exactly “live.” During the end of the run-through dress rehearsal the night before, actor Brennin Hunt who plays one of the lead characters, Roger, broke his foot and [...] Read more
The Self-Doubt Spiral
Bethany Crystal – Jan 28, 2019
It starts with just a single thought. It might be a question: “Can I really do that?” It might be a self-imposed assumption: “Well, this is what I should be doing.” Or, it might be a secret confession: “But…I don’t [...] Read more
Funding Films, Continued
Fred Wilson – Jan 27, 2019
The Gotham Gal and I have been at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend. We’ve seen a nice mix of documentaries and feature films. And in the feature film category we’ve seen mainstream crowd pleasers like Mindy Kaling’s Late Night [...] Read more