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Fred Wilson – Sep 13, 2018
Today is primary day in New York State. The polls open at 6am and stay open until 9pm. There are primary races for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General as well as a bunch of statewide races for State Senate and [...] Read more
The Unbundling Of Health Care
Fred Wilson – Sep 12, 2018
Naomi Shah , one of our analysts at USV, has been doing a deep dive on health care since she joined us this past spring. She has started to publish a series of blog posts on what she has learned [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: The Unknowable Alternative Life
Albert Wenger – Sep 12, 2018
In the last Uncertainty Wednesday, I told three episodes from my life to illustrated just how pervasive uncertainty is in our lives. Today I want to tackle the first and maybe most fundamental implication of that: you cannot know what [...] Read more
Unbundling Healthcare
Naomi Shah – Sep 11, 2018
USV has been investing in health-related technologies for about five years. Read more
Remembering 9/11
Fred Wilson – Sep 11, 2018
On Sunday morning, I rode my bike by the memorial in lower Manhattan where the twin towers used to stand. They have done a wonderful job rebuilding that area and the memorial itself is inspiring in just the right way, somber and [...] Read more
Farsighted
Fred Wilson – Sep 10, 2018
My friend Steven Johnson has a new book out called Farsighted . After attending a book talk he did on Thursday night, I put it on my Kindle and started reading it last night. The book is about decision making, [...] Read more
World After Capital: The Promise and Peril of the Digital Knowledge Loop
Albert Wenger – Sep 10, 2018
NOTE: I am resuming posting excerpts from my draft book World After Capital. The previous post introduced the Knowledge Loop. Today’s post covers the promise and peril of a Digital Knowledge Loop and also wraps up Part Two of the [...] Read more
Reinventing Education
Fred Wilson – Sep 9, 2018
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has announced that he plans to retire at age 54 and turn his attention back to education . He started his career as an English teacher. It seems, from reading the piece I linked to and [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Elon Musk on Joe Rogan Experience
Fred Wilson – Sep 8, 2018
I have never been as obsessed with Elon Musk as many are in the tech sector. We own two Tesla cars. We pre-ordered Tesla’s solar roof tiles several years ago but have not yet received delivery of them. I appreciate [...] Read more