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Japan and Long Tail Risk
Albert Wenger – Mar 16, 2011
On the flight back from Austin yesterday I started writing a longish post about SXSW. But as the news kept pouring in about the escalation of the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant I found myself less and less [...] Read more
M&A Issues: Timing
Fred Wilson – Mar 14, 2011
Yet another post in the M&A Issues series. This one is about timing, ie how long it should take from the first serious conversation about a sale transaction until the closing. I've seen acquisitions done in a week. I've seen [...] Read more
Stack Overflow becomes Stack Exchange
Brad Burnham – Mar 9, 2011
We are thrilled to announce that Stack Overflow has closed a follow-on round of financing led by Index Ventures with participation from Spark Capital and ourselves. Neil Rimer and Bijan Sabet will join the board. We will also add a [...] Read more
Excited about #4sq3
Albert Wenger – Mar 9, 2011
foursquare rolled out version 3.0 last night. Dennis and the team have a terrific post that explains all that is new and different. While I am excited about the new leaderboards and specials 2.0, I am most looking forward to [...] Read more
Innovation in Education
Albert Wenger – Mar 7, 2011
Today, President Obama will visit TechBoston Academy together with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Melinda Gates. The President is likely to renew his call for more innovation in education, with initiatives such as the creation of a federal education [...] Read more
Strategy and Tactics (and SEO)
Albert Wenger – Mar 7, 2011
Weekends seem to bring with them at least one or two good blog debates. This last one was no different with Chris Dixon’s post titled “SEO is no longer a viable marketing strategy for startups” and Danny Sullivan’s response “SEO [...] Read more
Kik
Fred Wilson – Mar 6, 2011
At Union Square Ventures, we seek to invest in large networks of engaged users. And we believe that the new beachhead for creating large networks is the mobile device.When you look at the engaged user on the mobile device, the [...] Read more
The Linear Interpolation Fallacy
Albert Wenger – Mar 4, 2011
As believers in the singularity are quick (and right) to point out, we don’t do very well as humans when it comes to understanding exponential growth. This is not a new insight as we can see from the much older [...] Read more
More Net Neutrality Madness
Albert Wenger – Mar 3, 2011
Net neutrality is a recurring topic on this blog. The latest attack on the ideas behind net neutrality comes from Speaker John Boehner in a speech given to a group called the “National Religious Broadcasters.” The speech is a master [...] Read more