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Want a mentor? Stop asking for one.
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
UPDATED: See part two of this series here: “What to turn a mentor into a role model? Just be cool.” At least once a week, I get a request with a familiar ring to it: “I heard what you said [...] Read more
Current IPO Crop
Albert Wenger – Apr 26, 2019
It is the season of mega tech IPOs including the recent offerings by Pinterest and the upcoming one by Uber. A key question to be answered is how well will these companies perform in the public markets over time? So [...] Read more
Female Friend(shifts): What happens when all your friends have babies
Bethany Crystal – Apr 26, 2019
The fear of losing out (on friends) About six months ago, I got pretty depressed that all of my friends were either pregnant or had recently had babies. (In case you’re wondering, it was 12 by the way. Twelve friends [...] Read more
Do The Right Thing
Fred Wilson – Apr 25, 2019
Airbnb has been operating in NYC and NY State for about ten years now and yet we still don’t have comprehensive home sharing legislation on the books in NY State. The reason is that the enemies of Airbnb, mostly the [...] Read more
Concrete Vs Wood
Fred Wilson – Apr 24, 2019
My friend Eric sent us an article in the Globe and Mail yesterday about plans to build a 35 to 40 story tower in Vancouver out of wood. Here’s the link to that story but you can’t read it without [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Pascal’s Wager and Impeachment
Albert Wenger – Apr 24, 2019
I have been enjoying writing about current events as part of Uncertainty Wednesdays, such as the Notre Dame fire and the Boeing crashes. Today’s edition is about impeachment following the Mueller report. One of the great early thinkers about uncertainty [...] Read more
Opting Out Of The Legacy Model
Fred Wilson – Apr 23, 2019
When you look at industries that continue to operate on old, outdated, and highly regulated models (education, health care, banking, brokerage, etc, etc), it is interesting to look at the numbers of consumers who are opting out of the legacy [...] Read more
The Upside And The Downside
Fred Wilson – Apr 22, 2019
As I wrote in yesterday’s post , there are good and bad things that come from new technology and new innovations. The challenge for many of us is that the promoters of the technology only want to talk about the [...] Read more
World After Capital: Taking Responsibility (Intro)
Albert Wenger – Apr 22, 2019
NOTE: Today’s excerpt from my book World After Capital starts the fourth and final section. I am embarking on a significant rewrite of that section to make it more action oriented, so expect some rough reading ahead. Suppose that I [...] Read more