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Bethany Crystal – Nov 26, 2018
Halfway through my subway ride home today, a panhandler walked into our car and started loudly asking everyone for money. This is not unusual in New York City. Naturally, these things always seem to happen under the most crowded of [...] Read more
What Bear Markets Look Like
Fred Wilson – Nov 25, 2018
It’s hard to look at the price charts of the big crypto assets and not cringe. But it helps to look back to an earlier time, when a new sector was emerging, and understand what can happen. Amazon peaked in [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: The End Of The Beginning
Fred Wilson – Nov 24, 2018
This is a talk that Benedict Evans gave at the A16Z Summit earlier this month. If it were possible to watch YouTube in 2/3 speed, I would love to do that with this video. Otherwise, I think its terrific in [...] Read more
The motivation of being in second place
Bethany Crystal – Nov 24, 2018
Today I woke up to about 15 notifications on a Twitter thread discussing the latest leaderboard stats in the location check-in game, Swarm that I play every week. Turns out that I wasn’t actually in first place. While my personal [...] Read more
Tail Risk: China-US Relations
Albert Wenger – Nov 23, 2018
Wishing everyone a belated Thanksgiving. If you have some time today or over the weekend, I recommend watching this video of VP Mike Pence talking about the administration’s approach to China Then follow it by watching this video by Hank [...] Read more
Communal eating
Bethany Crystal – Nov 23, 2018
I’ve been thinking a lot about communal meals and eating lately. Partly because it’s the holiday season and there are more opportunities for large group meals than usual. And partly because I’ve realized that the older I get, the fewer [...] Read more
Giving Thanks
Fred Wilson – Nov 22, 2018
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. I appreciate the annual ritual of surrounding ourselves with family, making a big dinner, and enjoying all of that. I also appreciate taking some time to look back on things and be thankful for what we have. [...] Read more
How to practice management skills around the Thanksgiving table
Bethany Crystal – Nov 22, 2018
Today, many of us have a prime opportunity to hone our management skills through conversations with friends and family around the Thanksgiving table. Whether it’s parents, relatives, colleagues, friends, or some combination of all of the above, you’ll likely have [...] Read more
The last one to know
Bethany Crystal – Nov 22, 2018
I’ve heard several times that by the time CEOs hear bad news, they are the last ones to know. And it’s their job (and responsibility) to act quickly. Most likely, as a CEO, by the time you hear any news, [...] Read more