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Monetary Policy for Crypto Tokens
Albert Wenger – Jun 11, 2017
In an information sessions for Congress, Peter Van Valkenburgh used my favorite analogy comparing crypto tokens to tickets at a fair ground. And William Mougayar has a new post about tokens where he specifically refers to them as “privately issued [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Detroit Water Project/The Human Utility
Fred Wilson – Jun 10, 2017
We are in the midst of a monthly match campaign for The Human Utility which used to be called Detroit Water Project. The founder of this effort, Tiffani Bell, explains the story of how this project came to be in this eight [...] Read more
Mobile OS Duopoly: Apple and Google Extending their Power
Albert Wenger – Jun 9, 2017
I have for some time pointed out the negative impact on innovation of the appstore duopoly. Things are getting worse though. With the latest releases of iOS and Android the ability of third party developers to create great experiences are [...] Read more
But Why?
Fred Wilson – Jun 8, 2017
Being an investor and board member means that you are close to the companies you invest in but not “in them.”. This near and dear relationship creates some interesting challenges for both the management and the investors. One of them [...] Read more
My Inbox Is Getting Weird
Jacqueline Garavente – Jun 7, 2017
For whatever reason, the amount of strange in my inbox has reached new levels lately. Don’t get me wrong, I love when people get in touch; but, first and foremost, I like to be treated as a human being. Women [...] Read more
My talk from The Next Web conference: Purpose, Mission & Strategy
Nick Grossman – Jun 7, 2017
Last month, I went to the (most beautiful city in the world) Amsterdam, to speak at The Next Web Conference . I did two talks, one at a sub-event focused on tech & social issues, on the topic of Data [...] Read more
Being Transparent About Your Long Term Strategy
Fred Wilson – Jun 7, 2017
Elon Musk famously posted Tesla’s long term strategy in 2006 and ended the post with “don’t tell anyone.” That has led may entrepreneurs around the world to follow suit and be transparent about what they are up to and why. [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Entropy (Cont’d)
Albert Wenger – Jun 7, 2017
Last week in Uncertainty Wednesday, I introduced Shannon entropy as a measure of uncertainty that is based solely on the structure of the probability distribution. As a quick reminder, the formula is H = - K ∑ pi log pi [...] Read more
Crypto Token Reading List
Fred Wilson – Jun 6, 2017
Chris Dixon put this reading list together. Instead of reading something from me today, maybe everyone can pick one or more posts from Chris’ reading list and learn a bit about tokens. I believe I have read all of these posts [...] Read more