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Anxious Investors (the Investor Side)
Albert Wenger – Jul 27, 2015
Fred had a great post yesterday about why investors in private companies experience more anxiety than those in public ones (can’t sell) together with some spot on recommendations for entrepreneurs on how to deal with anxious investors. I have been [...] Read more
Here’s the solution to the Uber and Airbnb problems — and no one will like it
Nick Grossman – Jul 23, 2015
"Now, the question is: how can we transform our public regulations to adopt this kind of model? Here’s the part that no one will like: "1) Regulators need to accept a new model where they focus less on making it [...] Read more
Work and Privacy: Hanging on to the Old or Inventing the New?
Albert Wenger – Jul 22, 2015
Too many people seem to be having a moment of Schadenfreude in the wake of the Ashley Madison hack – what were “those” people thinking of having an affair (estimates for the overall percentage of married adults having affairs range [...] Read more
Congestion in New York (and Elsewhere)
Albert Wenger – Jul 20, 2015
Just last week I wrote that there are legitimate concerns about Uber. Using congestion as the reason to limit the company’s expansion while ordering a study seems wrong and exactly the kind of political move that smacks of corruption. Given [...] Read more
Debating the Gig Economy: Going Past Industrial Thinking
Albert Wenger – Jul 14, 2015
Yesterday Hilary Clinton mentioned the “gig economy” in a speech. She said This is of course a topic I have been speaking and writing about a lot. Like Fred, I think that this is a discussion we need to have. [...] Read more
Equating Uber With Transport Innovation Considered Harmful
Albert Wenger – Jul 12, 2015
There were two tweets about Uber recently that I found myself disagreeing with somewhat. Paul Graham tweeted And on the same day Chris Sacca (who is an investor in Uber) tweeted What do I not like about them? Equating Uber [...] Read more
Sailing Faster Than The Wind
Albert Wenger – Jul 3, 2015
Last week I had the opportunity to cross something off my bucket list: sailing faster than the wind. Now at first this sounds like a preposterous idea – if the wind is pushing you, then how could you go faster [...] Read more
Grexit
Albert Wenger – Jun 29, 2015
I remember well debating the concept a single European currency with my Dad when I was growing up in Germany long before the Euro was actually introduced. As a teenager I was fervently in favor and he was deeply skeptical. [...] Read more
Choosing Unfettered General Purpose Computing over Strong Privacy
Albert Wenger – Jun 25, 2015
Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds but the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote goes on to refer to Pythagoras, Socrates and Newton and so may it doesn’t refer to logical consistency but rather to the ability to learn from [...] Read more