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More Misguided Laws Proposed: Science Funding and 3D Printing
Albert Wenger – May 13, 2013
Our elected representatives are busy at work coming up with misguided laws. Leading the charge once again is Lamar Smith, this time proposing to replace peer review of NSF grants with congressional criteria (Congress of course is not exactly known [...] Read more
Simplify Your Pitch (Keep the Details for Later)
Albert Wenger – May 10, 2013
When I was an entrepreneur raising money I tended to make a classic mistake: trying to convey all the amazing things we were doing in great detail. This is a terrible strategy. Why? Because too much detail buries the story [...] Read more
The Patent Quality Improvement Act
Nick Grossman – May 9, 2013
This week, Senator Schumer introduced legislation that would take a whack at patent trolls: the Patent Quality Improvement Act aims to make it easier and cheaper for companies facing spurious infringement suits to defend themselves. This is not a complete [...] Read more
Toward a Better Patent System
Albert Wenger – May 9, 2013
Another topic that I have written a lot about here on Continuations are patents and in particular software patents. While there is a lot of reform that I would love to see I have also come to appreciate that sometimes [...] Read more
Coinbase
Fred Wilson – May 8, 2013
We have been thinking about and looking to make an investment in the Bitcoin ecosystem for several years. Today, we are happy to be able to talk about our first investment in the sector. We have made an investment in [...] Read more
Privacy: Sorry, You Can’t Have it Both Ways
Albert Wenger – May 8, 2013
There is so much happening with privacy right now that it is enough to make my head spin. What is clear though is that individuals, companies and government all want it both ways. Some parts of government want private enterprise [...] Read more
CircleUp
Andy Weissman – May 6, 2013
As venture capitalists, we understand how valuable an injection of capital into an early-stage, fast-growing business can be. But our industry has a particular set of economics, one that has skewed the availability of equity investment towards startups in the [...] Read more
Great Entrepreneurs Will Listen To You But Will Follow Their Own Instincts
Fred Wilson – May 6, 2013
I told this story in the comments to saturday's video post, but since not everyone reads the comments and I want this to make it into MBA Mondays, I figured I would turn it into a case study. In the [...] Read more
Summer Internships at Ziggeo
Albert Wenger – May 6, 2013
It’s not too late to find a summer internship! In fact, my wife Susan and her co-founder Oliver over at Ziggeo are looking for marketing and sales interns for the summer. So if you know of any students who are [...] Read more