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Video Of The Week: Matthew Zeiler at Code Commerce
Fred Wilson – Sep 23, 2017
Matthew is the founder and CEO of our portfolio company Clarifai . Here is his talk (11mins) from last week’s Code Commerce conference in which he talks about how to use AI to grow your business. Read more
The Unknown Path to a Decentralized Future
Albert Wenger – Sep 22, 2017
Some companies with currently centralized services have been criticized for issuing tokens and raising money in ICOs. There are even allegations that venture investors are pushing companies to do so as a ploy for liquidity. I suspect that some situations like that do actually exist, but I know from first hand conversations that many of the entrepreneurs pursuing this route are doing so out of a genuine conviction that it is the right path to a decentralized future. Read more
Feature Friday: Coinbase Vaults
Fred Wilson – Sep 22, 2017
Vaults are the crypto equivalent of a savings account. Read more
The Unknown Path to a Decentralized Future
Albert Wenger – Sep 22, 2017
Today’s post is over at USV.com on “The Unknown Path to a Decentralized Future.” Here is the opening: Read more
Why Amazon Should Come To NYC
Fred Wilson – Sep 19, 2017
USA Today reported that NYC is working on a proposal to encourage Amazon to locate its second headquarters “HQ2” in NYC . I can’t imagine a better place for HQ2 than NYC. Here are ten reasons why Amazon should stop [...] Read more
Worry
Fred Wilson – Sep 18, 2017
I remember when I was in my early 20s and just starting out in the venture capital business, I came across an old wall street saying that “a market climbs a wall of worry.” I didn’t understand it and that [...] Read more
World After Capital: Progress Report
Albert Wenger – Sep 18, 2017
My book World After Capital has been an ongoing project for a couple of years now. I am excited that as of this weekend I feel it includes all the ideas I want in there. Some of them, such as [...] Read more
Some Thoughts On Burn Rates
Fred Wilson – Sep 17, 2017
The startup and venture capital businesses are based on a general idea that you can and should invest heavily into your business in order to increase value creation, amplify it, and accelerate it. These investments mostly take the form of [...] Read more
Some Thoughts On Burn Rates
Fred Wilson – Sep 17, 2017
The startup and venture capital businesses are based on a general idea that you can and should invest heavily into your business in order to increase value creation, amplify it, and accelerate it. These investments mostly take the form of [...] Read more