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Mind The Product (2012 and Always)
Albert Wenger – Jun 8, 2012
Foursquare’s new release was a big deal. I wrote yesterday about the courage it takes to make these kind of changes. Fred posted today about how he loves the “like” for check-ins. My personal favorite is the amazing new feed. [...] Read more
Wattpad!
Albert Wenger – Jun 6, 2012
Today’s post is over on the USV blog about Wattpad’s amazing growth and new round of fundraising. I am excited about about how they are re-imagining the book! Read more
Tech Tuesday: Data Types (Part 1)
Albert Wenger – Jun 5, 2012
Since it’s been a couple of weeks first off a quick reminder that we are in the middle of a Tech Tuesday cycle on programming. We left off learning about literals, constants and variables. If you don’t remember, now is [...] Read more
China Impressions: Leapfrogging
Albert Wenger – Jun 1, 2012
All of my China impressions are to be taken with a fairly big grain of salt as I only spent 12 days there and was mostly a tourist. I am sure people who have been living there for years and/or [...] Read more
Back from China
Albert Wenger – May 31, 2012
We just got back from spending 12 amazing days in China. Given the 12 hour time difference, I feel a bit like the Panda in the picture below and a more detailed set of impressions will have to wait. But [...] Read more
MBA Mondays: Where To Find Strong Talent
Fred Wilson – May 28, 2012
One of the most vexing problems entrepreneurs face is where to find strong talent for their companies. The kind of people you want to hire for your company are in short supply and they are rarely out looking for a [...] Read more
Twilio’s Nine Things
Fred Wilson – May 27, 2012
In the last MBA Mondays post talking about company culture, I wrote: It helps a lot to have a one pager that outlines the core values of the company. I just saw our portfolio company Twilio's version of that. They [...] Read more
Off the Grid (China Edition)
Albert Wenger – May 16, 2012
We are about to go on a trip to China and I couldn’t be more excited. I have never been to Asia before and am looking forward to the experience. China in particular has held my fascination since taking Roderick [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Literals, Constants and Variables
Albert Wenger – May 15, 2012
I may have lost a bunch of Tech Tuesday readers with that post on semantics last week, so today I am hoping to gain some back with a much easier topic! We are continuing the cycle on programming by looking [...] Read more