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World After Capital: Access to the Internet (Informational Freedom)
Albert Wenger – Dec 3, 2018
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. The previous section introduced the concept of Informational Freedom. Today looks specifically at internet access. On occasion, the Internet has come in for derision from those who claim [...] Read more
Centralization vs Decentralization
Fred Wilson – Dec 2, 2018
Decentralization is one of, if not the most, discussed features of the crypto tech stack. In a decentralized system, no single body controls the system. We have most certainly not reached the era fully decentralized systems , but that is [...] Read more
Analysis: Two Years of Blogging
Bethany Crystal – Dec 2, 2018
I recently passed my anniversary of two years of blogging on Medium. Including this post, I’ve blogged 93 times in two years, with 65% of those posts coming from the past two months, when I’ve been blogging almost daily. I [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: The Sorkin-Clayton Interview
Fred Wilson – Dec 1, 2018
One of the big issues facing the crypto sector is the regulatory question, both in the US, where it looms largest, and elsewhere around the world. In the last few weeks we have seen the SEC reach settlements with several [...] Read more
Speech on Twitter: Platform not Publisher
Albert Wenger – Dec 1, 2018
We have entered a new phase of the discussion on what to do about speech on platforms such as Twitter. On the plus side many more people are engaged. On the minus side the calls to treat Twitter as a [...] Read more
When worlds collide
Bethany Crystal – Dec 1, 2018
Earlier this morning, in the elevator ride up to my office, the guy next to me suddenly says, “Hey, you’re Bethany Crystal, right?” I give him the same look I give many people that I should know who I actually [...] Read more
The Pitch Meeting Setup
Fred Wilson – Nov 29, 2018
We’ve known for a long time that one of the most stressful things for entrepreneurs when they pitch us and other VCs is the initial setup of the meeting when they need to be meeting and greeting the folks in [...] Read more
Track Record
Fred Wilson – Nov 28, 2018
I’ve had a few conversations in the last few days about a VC’s track record, which is a schedule of investments over the years with the wins, losses, and everything else. I was seeing an old friend who has been [...] Read more
A Visual Guide to the Howey Test
Nick Grossman – Nov 28, 2018
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and I am not your lawyer. I have been in an uncountable number of conversations over the past few years discussing the question of what defines a “security” in the context of cryptocurrencies, cryptonetworks, [...] Read more