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Guest Commenting Has Been Suspended
Fred Wilson – Dec 27, 2018
We have been dealing with a lot of comment spam here at AVC over the last few weeks. Most of it is “guest commenting” where the spam is being posted by an account that is not registered to Disqus (which [...] Read more
The Profit Motive
Fred Wilson – Dec 26, 2018
I had an interesting conversation with a friend who operates a traditional business (not tech, not venture backed, not "growth") last week. He buys a lot of software from tech companies and he observed that not one of them operates [...] Read more
The Profit Motive
Fred Wilson – Dec 26, 2018
I had an interesting conversation with a friend who operates a traditional business (not tech, not venture backed, not “growth”) last week. He buys a lot of software from tech companies and he observed that not one of them operates [...] Read more
“Hola” vs. “Bonjour” — What’s hidden in hello
Bethany Crystal – Dec 26, 2018
You have to love the Spanish greeting, “Hola!” Perhaps the most welcoming of all salutations, the uplift in tone when spoken invites an immediate smile. Friendly to a fault, it works at any time of day or night in near-endless [...] Read more
Expat Xmas: Spending the holidays away from home
Bethany Crystal – Dec 26, 2018
A snapshot at our Christmas Crew in Vienna last year Last year was my first Christmas that I spent away from home, away from my family. It wasn’t an easy call. My husband, Jason, had a work gig in London [...] Read more
Always ask the busiest person to get it done
Bethany Crystal – Dec 26, 2018
A semi-short meditation on what it’s like to be “that person” “That’s too much!” Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been told that I do too much. I still remember the first time this came up, back in middle [...] Read more
Merry Christmas
Fred Wilson – Dec 25, 2018
To all of those who celebrate Christmas, I wish you a wonderful day filled with family and friends. To those who don’t celebrate Christmas, I wish you a day of rest and relaxation. Read more
Pocket
Fred Wilson – Dec 24, 2018
I recently wrote about my new Pixel Slate . There is a lot I like about it and a lot that I’m getting used to. I touched on most of that in my blog post. But one thing that I [...] Read more
Gone Skiing
Fred Wilson – Dec 23, 2018
We arrived in paradise (as this photo shows) last night and we will be here with our family and friends for the next ten days. I plan to write daily but maybe not about tech and startups as much as [...] Read more