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From Simulscribe, To Edison Jr, To Doorbot, To Ring, To Amazon
Fred Wilson – Feb 28, 2018
Yesterday it was announced that Ring had sold to Amazon . The Gotham Gal was an early seed investor in Ring’s predecessor Doorbot, which came out of an incubator called Edison Jr that she was also an investor in. So [...] Read more
The “VC Funnel”
Fred Wilson – Feb 27, 2018
I saw this image in my twitter feed this morning: Which led me to this CB Insights post from last October . You can scroll down to the bottom of that CB Insights post to see how they came up [...] Read more
Hiring New Analysts (Update 2)
Albert Wenger – Feb 26, 2018
A second quick update on our analyst hiring process (previous update, original announcement). We have now reviewed all applications. We will be reaching out this week to all candidates, starting with those who have made it to the next stage, which will be telephone interviews. Read more
Safe Harbors
Fred Wilson – Feb 26, 2018
I am not opposed to regulation. I think that industry needs to play by a set of rules that ensures things like public safety, fair dealing, etc. But I do think that regulating an industry or a company too early [...] Read more
Architecture and Basic Income
Albert Wenger – Feb 26, 2018
On Friday afternoon I met with a class of architecture students who are researching the relationship between architecture and basic income. This strikes me as a super important issue to work on. One of my contentions in World After Capital [...] Read more
Driving Yourself vs Being Driven
Fred Wilson – Feb 25, 2018
Living in LA has always meant owning a car. I remember when the Gotham Gal was a senior in college and got a semester long internship in LA. Her first comment to me back then was “now I have to [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: How To Emerge From The Internet Dark Ages
Fred Wilson – Feb 24, 2018
In this talk, Muneeb Ali , founder of our portfolio company Blockstack , calls the period we are in right now “the dark ages of the Internet” and explains why he sees it that way. He goes on to talk [...] Read more
How to make big problems small and small problems big
Nick Grossman – Feb 22, 2018
Avoidance is to be avoided. — Nick Grossman (@nickgrossman) February 22, 2018 I’m on a plane right now. I always find plane/train rides to be some of the best times to focus and get work done. On this trip, I [...] Read more
The Promise Of Parkland
Fred Wilson – Feb 22, 2018
This post is not about the tragedy that happened at Parkland or the gun safety debate that has been re-energized by it. Those are both worthy topics but I’m not opining on them today. I do hope that this tragedy, [...] Read more