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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
Yahoo acquires Tumblr
Brad Burnham – May 20, 2013
Yahoo announced today that they will acquire our portfolio company Tumblr. In September of 2007 we, together with Spark Capital, invested in a 3 person start-up founded by David Karp, a 21 year old coder who had not finished high [...] 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
Tech Tuesday: Topics to Cover?
Albert Wenger – May 14, 2013
The current Tech Tuesday series is about technology in startups. I started the series out with posts on initially choosing and evolving your technology. Since then I have been writing about best practices for growing and structuring your engineering team, [...] Read more
You Can Do Too Much Due Diligence
Fred Wilson – May 13, 2013
It's Monday, time for another lesson I've learned in the venture capital business. Today I will tell a story that I love telling. It has some of my favorite people in it. Back in 2004, early in my blogging career, [...] Read more