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The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
Fred Wilson – Feb 21, 2018
I listened to Sam Harris talk to Niall Ferguson yesterday on Sam’s Waking Up podcast . Niall is a historian, an author, a journalist, and an academic. He has just published a new book on a topic that is near [...] Read more
Crypto/Blockchain Safe Harbor
Albert Wenger – Feb 21, 2018
During the initial growth of the Internet, the United States enacted a variety of Safe Harbors, such as the DMCA, that allowed new innovation to unfold. We now need a similar approach to crypto tokens in order to help build [...] Read more
Prioritizing Content Consumption
Fred Wilson – Feb 20, 2018
A reader recently wrote me this email: I’d be very interested in a blog piece from you on how you prioritise what content to read/watch/listen to. There’s so much out there, and it doesn’t stop. You seem to balance a [...] Read more
Hiring New Analysts (Update 1)
Albert Wenger – Feb 19, 2018
A quick update on our analyst hiring process. We received 326 applications. Andy and I have so far reviewed 190 of those and plan to complete that initial review by the end of next weekend. We will contact everyone with next steps the week of February 26th. Read more
Why Decentralization Matters
Fred Wilson – Feb 19, 2018
As you can see, I am not writing this presidents day weekend. I explained why on friday . Instead I’ve been posting things that I found worth sharing with all of you. Today, I want to share a blog post [...] Read more
Audio Of The Week: A Decentralized AI Platform
Fred Wilson – Feb 18, 2018
My friend Gordon texted me this podcast and said “AI, blockchain, and homomorphic data. Trifecta!” I gave it a listen and indeed some very interesting concepts are discussed in this one. Read more
Video Of The Week: Is Crypto the Future of Early Stage Funding?
Fred Wilson – Feb 17, 2018
A lot of people in the crypto sector have suggested that ICOs and tokens are the future of early stage investing and highly disruptive to my business (venture capital). In this video (yet another from the Upfront Conference), VCs and [...] Read more
Fun Friday: Skiing
Fred Wilson – Feb 16, 2018
The long Presidents Weekend has always been ski time for our us. And the same is true this year. We’ve arrived in ski country with a bunch of friends and plan on being put on the mountains for the next [...] Read more
The Power of Continued Innovation: MongoDB Adds Transactions
Albert Wenger – Feb 16, 2018
Yesterday I did a fireside chat at our portfolio company Shippo and someone asked the question how a company can continue to be successful and grow over a long period of time. My answer was: continue to innovate. A company [...] Read more