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John Perry Barlow
Fred Wilson – Feb 8, 2018
John Perry Barlow understood what the Internet was, what it could be, and what it must be before most of us did. He passed away yesterday and the Internet filled with remembrances. Here are some of the best that I [...] Read more
How To Think About Selloffs
Fred Wilson – Feb 7, 2018
The crypto markets had a good day yesterday but have been down a lot since peaking in early January. Bitcoin peaked at almost $20,000USD in mid December and has gone down by roughly 60% since then. Ethereum peaked at almost [...] Read more
Velocity by Code Climate
Albert Wenger – Feb 7, 2018
Today our portfolio company Code Climate is launching its new “Velocity” product into public beta. The product provides teams with data driven insights into the speed of their development process. It answers important questions, such as where in the process do engineers have to wait (e.g. long continuous integration times or long wait for code to be reviewed)? Or, how much work in progress is accumulating (and how much risk does that contain)? For more examples of the types of insights provided by Velocity, you can see the product launch page. Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Spurious Correlation (Cont’d)
Albert Wenger – Feb 7, 2018
Last Uncertainty Wednesday, I introduced the topic of spurious correlation. Since then I have discovered a site that gives some fantastic examples of (potentially) spurious correlations. Here is one: The coefficient of correlation is 0.9926, i.e. almost 1 (which would [...] Read more
Quizlet – The World’s Largest User Generated Learning Platform
Fred Wilson – Feb 6, 2018
On the occasion of our portfolio company Quizlet ‘s announcement of a new round of funding today , I thought I’d talk about what led us to Quizlet and why it is poised to be a game changer in education. Read more
Setting Up A New Phone
Fred Wilson – Feb 5, 2018
I finally got around to buying the Pixel 2, a phone that several of my USV colleagues have said is the best phone they have owned. It’s too early in my relationship with this phone to comment on whether I [...] Read more
World After Capital: Introduction
Albert Wenger – Feb 5, 2018
NOTE: This is the current state of the introduction for World After Capital. It provides an overview of the key ideas from the book. In case you missed it, last week’s blog post has the work in progress note and [...] Read more
Splitting The Deal
Fred Wilson – Feb 4, 2018
Syndicating an early stage investment is a time honored practice in the venture capital business. It was extremely common in the VC business in the early 80s when I started. I assume syndicating was a common practice in the early [...] Read more
Splitting The Deal
Fred Wilson – Feb 4, 2018
Syndicating an early stage investment is a time honored practice in the venture capital business. It was extremely common in the VC business in the early 80s when I started. I assume syndicating was a common practice in the early [...] Read more