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The artistry of consistency
Bethany Crystal – Nov 18, 2018
Today was a high content-consumption day for me. I spent the morning at the Whitney Museum’s new Andy Warhol exhibit, studying the turning points of his artistic career. I spent the afternoon digging into the life of Gloria Steinem, through [...] Read more
Asking questions
Bethany Crystal – Nov 18, 2018
Today my colleague, Dani, and I visited with high school freshmen at Comp Sci High to share a bit about what we do for work. Obviously both of us work in the venture capital industry, but as far as industries [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Setting A Holiday Table
Fred Wilson – Nov 17, 2018
It is that time of year when we are having our families and friends over and celebrating holidays with a big meal. And there is no better way to create that personalized one of a kind table than going to [...] Read more
Feature Friday: Wireless Charging
Fred Wilson – Nov 16, 2018
One feature of the Pixel 3 that I really like is the return of wireless charging, something earlier Google phones had but went away. I bought a Pixel Stand and set it up where I charge my phone when I [...] Read more
The last unpacking
Bethany Crystal – Nov 16, 2018
There may be no greater sense of satisfaction than the moment that follows a late night organization project. We moved in May, and here we are in November, when we finally emptied the last box. There’s always a place where [...] Read more
Crypto Explorers Goes On The Road
Fred Wilson – Nov 15, 2018
The Crypto Explorers community was seeded right here on AVC . It is a community of over 200 people who are working in the crypto sector, interested in the crypto sector, and/or are invested in the crypto sector. They have [...] Read more
Economic Development
Fred Wilson – Nov 14, 2018
On the west side of Manhattan, from the west village, where we live, to the Javits Center on 34th Street and the west side highway, runs an abandoned elevated train track called The Highline. Eleven years ago, the Gotham Gal [...] Read more
The opportunity for CS in education
Bethany Crystal – Nov 14, 2018
My college education was a fairly perfect stereotype: I’m a white woman who studied journalism who married a white man who studied in a STEM field. Interestingly, while he’s the one who majored in biomedical engineering and computer engineering, I’m [...] Read more
Welcome Amazon
Fred Wilson – Nov 13, 2018
The New York Times is reporting that Amazon has officially chosen NYC and DC as the locations for its big planned expansion , known as HQ2. This is big news for NYC, as I wrote about last week . I [...] Read more