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Reminder: Net Native Means Previously Impossible
Albert Wenger – May 24, 2013
At the height of the re-engineering craze there was one fantastic HBR article titled “Re-engineering Work: Don’t Automate, Obliterate.” In light of the changes in the labor market the choice of “obliterate” may now seem unfortunate, but the basic point [...] Read more
Immigration Reform
Albert Wenger – May 23, 2013
I am an immigrant (from Germany). I work in tech (as an investor and previously as an entrepreneur). I support comprehensive immigration reform. That part is pretty simple – it would be hypocritical to argue that something that I have [...] Read more
Antifragile by Nassim Taleb (Book Review)
Albert Wenger – May 22, 2013
Ok, so this isn’t so much a review as an exhortation to read Antifragile by Nassim Taleb which I consider one of the most important non-fiction books I have read. Let me start with some disclaimers: 1. I don’t read [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Security in Startups
Albert Wenger – May 21, 2013
Last week in Tech Tuesday I asked for topics to write about in my series on technology in startups. There seemed to be a fair bit of interest in security, so here we go. First off a disclaimer. As with [...] Read more
Success Has A Thousand Fathers
Fred Wilson – May 20, 2013
Back in the early days of AVC, I did a thing called VC Cliche Of The Week. There was an RSS feed of all of them powered by Delicious, but it is broken and most likely can't be fixed. You [...] Read more
Tumblr and Yahoo
Albert Wenger – May 20, 2013
It is now official that Tumblr will become part of Yahoo. Marissa announced the news in style with an animated gif. I have been lucky to be part of Tumblr’s journey as an angel investor and as an active blogger [...] Read more
University of the People: Support a Student
Albert Wenger – May 17, 2013
I first met Shai Reshef, the indefatigable force behind University of the People, at DLD in 2009. Since then I have come to know Shai as someone who cares deeply about using education to empower people all around the world. [...] Read more
Google IO: Google Is the New Microsoft
Albert Wenger – May 16, 2013
Two years ago I wrote a blog post titled “Is Google the New Microsoft?” hedging it with a question mark. I think after the announcements at Google IO there can be very little doubt that Google is the new Microsoft. [...] Read more
Defamatory Autocomplete (Information Cascades)
Albert Wenger – May 15, 2013
A court in Germany just ruled that Google must remove autocomplete suggestions is they are defamatory. Now at first blush this seems quite silly and Google has taken the position that they are simply reflecting what people are searching for. [...] Read more