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I’m in the process of going over all of the songs I favorited this year and putting my top ones into a playlist and then culling that list. I’m planning on posting it at some point this coming week, maybe [...]  Read more

As I start thinking about 2017 and what happened this year in the world of startups and tech, I am going back and watching and reading things that stayed with me this year. This talk between William and me at [...]  Read more

One of my favorite features on Twitter is the ability to retweet something with added context. Like this: This is a terrible idea https://t.co/5yHt65M8qY — Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) December 22, 2017 I do this a lot: “NYC Female Founders Office [...]  Read more

Open source software is a critical part of the tech stack for many organizations, both large corporations and early-stage startups alike. For various reasons, the financial services industry, one of the dominant industries in NYC, has lagged other sectors in [...]  Read more

I have dealt with social media trolls a lot over the years. I have found that these things work best: 1) Ignore them 2) Don’t mute or block them 3) Let their ridiculous comments/tweets/etc stay up to show how crazy [...]  Read more

Crypto Explorers is a community that got it start here at AVC earlier this year with this post . Crypto Explorers is a group of crypto enthusiasts that travel to Zug Switzerland (“crypto valley”) together and engage in discoveries and [...]  Read more