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Giving Publicly Traded Stock To Charity
Fred Wilson – May 7, 2018
One of the best things about having highly appreciated publicly traded stock is that it is the most attractive way to make charitable gifts. The Gotham Gal and I do this all of the time and I encourage others (founders, [...] Read more
World After Capital: Getting Past Capital
Albert Wenger – May 7, 2018
NOTE: Today’s excerpt from my book World After Capital deals with how we have achieved the sufficiency of physical capital. This is capitalisms greatest accomplishment, but also means that we are now facing a new scarcity: attention. The title of [...] Read more
Is Buying Crypto Assets “Investing”
Fred Wilson – May 6, 2018
There are few investors I have more respect for than Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. So much of what I believe as an investor has come from watching them conduct themselves over the last thirty-five years (that's as long as [...] Read more
Is Buying Crypto Assets “Investing”
Fred Wilson – May 6, 2018
There are few investors I have more respect for than Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. So much of what I believe as an investor has come from watching them conduct themselves over the last thirty-five years (that’s as long as [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Kevin Slavin on “Getting Brilliant People to Surprise Themselves”
Fred Wilson – May 5, 2018
There is a new cultural institution being built in NYC right now, the first major new cultural institution built in NYC in quite a while. It is called The Shed and its mission is to be “The first arts center [...] Read more
Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb (Book Review)
Albert Wenger – May 4, 2018
I recently finished Nassim Taleb’s latest book “Skin in the Game.” Much like Antifragile previously, I highly recommend reading it. The subtitle of the book is “Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life” and while I am not a fan of the [...] Read more
Founder Control
Fred Wilson – May 3, 2018
I will start this post by stating that I am very much in the “one share one vote” camp. That said, I have supported founder control provisions, like the one that Mark Pincus put in place when he took Zynga [...] Read more
Canada
Fred Wilson – May 2, 2018
I'm in Canada today to attend a board meeting. I love Canada. It's a kindler gentler more welcoming version of the US. And it's increasingly an important place to be for the tech sector. About 10% of USV's active portfolio [...] Read more
Canada
Fred Wilson – May 2, 2018
I’m in Canada today to attend a board meeting. I love Canada. It’s a kindler gentler more welcoming version of the US. And it’s increasingly an important place to be for the tech sector. About 10% of USV’s active portfolio [...] Read more