Writing

I’m a huge fan of toys and other things that can get young kids engaging in instructing machines what to do. I think that in the world these children are going to grow up into, that is going to be [...]  Read more

Our portfolio company Cloudflare posted yesterday about the two and a half year war it waged against a patent troll called Blackbird . This was the battle plan that Cloudflare came up with: After we were sued by Blackbird, we [...]  Read more

NYC’s Partnership runs some outstanding accelerator programs. There is the flagship Fintech Accelerator which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. In this program, founders are connected to the CIOs of the top banks, brokerages, and insurance companies in NYC [...]  Read more

I got the new Pixel 4 XL and am in the process of copying over all of my data and apps and other stuff. Apple and Google make it so easy these days to sync a new phone with an [...]  Read more

In this video, Juan Benet talks about how Web3 is coming together and what Filecoin’s role in it will be. Read more

Twitter Banning Political Ads: Woke but Wrong Twitter is banning political ads . This is Jack sticking it to Mark while the latter is on the ropes in a one-two punch including a jab against Libra . This mast feel [...]  Read more

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF.org ) has been fighting for and helping to protect our online rights for twenty-eight years. Their primary focus areas are online privacy and free speech. They spend about $12mm a year on legal interventions and [...]  Read more

Finding connection can come in a lot of forms — at work, among friends, or in other communities you’re a part of. Yesterday, I took an hour-long walk around the park with a peer in the venture industry. We spoke about the complexities [...]  Read more

I’ve been wanting to say something like this here at AVC for several years and have held back for a host of reasons, mostly because it’s a sensitive topic and it would be misunderstood. But after watching Obama say this, [...]  Read more