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Un-Super-Vised
Fred Wilson – Dec 6, 2017
My partner Andy and I were playing with the latest crypto craze, cryptokitties , this weekend and he suggested we sire a USV kitty. So he contributed a parent from his collection and I contributed a parent from my collection [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Suppressed Volatility
Albert Wenger – Dec 6, 2017
Last Uncertainty Wednesday provided a recap on our adventures with sample means and what those implied about the difficulties of inference. Now we will look at another equally fascinating complication: inferring volatility. As the title of this initial post gives [...] Read more
Disqus and Zeta
Fred Wilson – Dec 5, 2017
Today, our portfolio company Disqus , which makes the software that powers the comments on this blog, is announcing that they have joined the Zeta Global empire. Read more
What Does it Mean to Be Human?
Albert Wenger – Dec 5, 2017
[This is a talk I was going to give at Slush but had to change my travel plans.] A 12 minute talk should be plenty to address this simple question. Just kidding. This is one of the profound questions that [...] Read more
CryptoKitties
Jacqueline Garavente – Dec 4, 2017
Un-Super-Vised I’ve been beating the drum on digital pets and economies of scale for digital assets for a while at USV. I really thought (and still think!) that would be the killer use case for Augmented Reality. Alas, AR has [...] Read more
The Early Stage Slump
Fred Wilson – Dec 3, 2017
I tweeted out this article from Techcrunch in the middle of last week: "we believe 2012-16 was a bubble in early-stage funding" https://t.co/VZlKOCDg5P — Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) December 1, 2017 And the response from the Twittersphere was a desire to [...] Read more
The Early Stage Slump
Fred Wilson – Dec 3, 2017
I tweeted out this article from Techcrunch in the middle of last week: “we believe 2012-16 was a bubble in early-stage funding” https://t.co/VZlKOCDg5P — Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) December 1, 2017 And the response from the Twittersphere was a desire to [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Albert on CNBC
Fred Wilson – Dec 2, 2017
CNBC asked my partner Albert this week at the Slush conference if we are in a bubble in crypto. This is what he said. It’s a very short ( Read more
Bitcoin Gains – Tax Advice For US Taxpayers
Fred Wilson – Nov 29, 2017
As Bitcoin has reached five figure levels this week, I have received a number of questions about taxes owed on Bitcoin gains. That is comforting to me. Bitcoin and crypto are a bit like religion. There are a lot of true believers [...] Read more