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The New York Verdict and What I Plan to Do
Albert Wenger – Dec 4, 2014
I did not write directly about the death of Michael Brown although what happened in Ferguson was on my mind and I referred to it indirectly. I was not planning to write about the death of Eric Garner but then [...] Read more
Giving Tuesday: ChangeX
Albert Wenger – Dec 2, 2014
If like me you prefer Giving Tuesday over Black Friday and Cyber Monday then it might be a good time to give some money to ChangeX. Susan and I will continue to match any funds 1:1 until $25,000 is reached. [...] Read more
Support services for the Indie Economy
Nick Grossman – Nov 30, 2014
Over the course of the past year, I’ve been interviewed a bunch of times about the “peer economy” or the “sharing economy” (Fastco, Wired, NY Times, PBS Newshour), with most of the focus on the public policy considerations of all [...] Read more
Free Will (Revisited)
Albert Wenger – Nov 28, 2014
About a year and a half ago I wrote a post arguing that there is no free will and also stating that seemed OK to me. As it turns out since then I have been on a fun intellectual and [...] Read more
Abundance: Why Digital is Disruptive
Albert Wenger – Nov 26, 2014
A good friend of mine recently conducted a fun survey – he asked people why they thought digital was disruptive (I don’t know if he will ever publish the results as this was an internal project at a consulting company). [...] Read more
Starting with Ourselves
Albert Wenger – Nov 25, 2014
I believe in progress. I am optimistic about the longrun. But if we want to get to a better future we have to start by acknowledging how much we still let our emotions control our behavior. It is all around [...] Read more
Why Values Matter in On-Demand Transportation
Albert Wenger – Nov 24, 2014
I took last week off from blogging for family reasons which means I sat out a big wave of posts about Uber. Don’t worry, I am not going to rehash that particular discussion. Instead, I want to point out what [...] Read more
The Blockchain Application Stack
Joel Monegro – Nov 23, 2014
The first thing Brad taught me when I joined Union Square Ventures is that one of the greatest things about working in the Venture Capital business is that you get to look at markets from a very different vantage point. [...] Read more
Looking More Closely
Andy Weissman – Nov 20, 2014
I was talking when I should have been listening - Grant Hart As venture investors, we look at our investments and investment strategy continuously at a macro level. Questions like: how much are we investing and how fast? How does [...] Read more