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Trashing Tumblr
Fred Wilson – Jul 20, 2016
So Scott Galloway thinks Tumblr was nothing more than a "porn site." I think that is a ridiculous comment coming from someone who says ridiculous things. Tumblr was, and still is, a vibrant social media platform. Just talk to the [...] Read more
Sift Science Series C: Powering Trust Online
Albert Wenger – Jul 19, 2016
Today our portfolio company Sift Science announced not only their $30 million Series C, led by Insight Venture Partners, but also several new product offerings. This is exciting because it reveals the team’s larger vision of “Powering Trust Online” and [...] Read more
Black Lives Matter: Protest and Democracy
Albert Wenger – Jul 11, 2016
I have been meaning to write about my recent experience with Google App Engine and also about the Pokemon Go phenomenon. And I will eventually do so, but given the events in the US this past week these topics seem [...] Read more
Needed: Declaration of In-TER-dependence
Albert Wenger – Jul 4, 2016
As an immigrant to America, I have enjoyed many 4th of July celebrations over the years. Given the Brexit vote, I woke up today wondering though what it means for a nation to be independent in the world we live [...] Read more
Excited about MongoDB Atlas (DBaaS)
Albert Wenger – Jun 29, 2016
Yesterday I attended MongoDB World here in Manhattan. There was a huge turnout and excellent sessions but the most exciting part of the day for me was the announcement of MongoDB Atlas. Atlas is MongoDB as a service (part of [...] Read more
Brexit and (Direct) Democracy
Albert Wenger – Jun 27, 2016
I have been writing here on Continuations and in my book World After Capital that we need to be vigilant and defend democracy. Many people are taking the Brexit vote as evidence that direct democracy is a bad idea. While [...] Read more
Looking Back and Looking Forward
Albert Wenger – Jun 23, 2016
Yesterday we publicly announced our 2016 fund and with it an evolution that has taken place behind the scenes at USV. Andy and I are now the managing partners with Fred, Brad and John continuing to invest and participate fully [...] Read more
Regulating with Data
Nick Grossman – Jun 21, 2016
We are entering the information age, and as such our fundamental models for accomplishing our goals are changing. In the case of regulation, that means a shift from the industrial, permission-based model to the internet-native, accountability based model Read more
The Path to Learning requires Failing: The DAO
Albert Wenger – Jun 18, 2016
Both individually and collectively we learn more from our failures than from our successes. Failures make us question our assumptions, successes generally don’t. I therefore welcome the hack of the DAO (even if I wind up losing the 0.5 BTC [...] Read more