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10x Engineers
Albert Wenger – Jul 18, 2019
A recent series of tweets about identifying 10x software engineers set off a lot of making fun of the author for perpetuating a myth. Given the wording of the tweets too they made a particularly easy target (I can’t actually [...] Read more
Abridge
Fred Wilson – Jul 17, 2019
We seed funded a company late last year called Abridge and the company went public yesterday with their iOS and Android apps. Naomi wrote about the investment on the USV blog. I want to focus on the product because I [...] Read more
Dronebase Insights
Fred Wilson – Jul 16, 2019
I was sitting in my backyard this weekend looking up at the roof on my house, which I can’t see because of a parapet, and wondering how all of the solar panels we put up there a few years ago [...] Read more
Announcing Abridge
Naomi Shah – Jul 16, 2019
White walls. You’re sitting on the hospital bed with that paper crinkling under you every time you shift around. It’s harder to focus on what the doctor is saying. The doctor just said the words “blood thinners” and your thoughts [...] Read more
Blockstack Reg A Token Sale
Albert Wenger – Jul 15, 2019
Our portfolio company Blockstack is the first company to have received qualification from the SEC to sell a crypto token in an offering to the general public. The Reg A Stacks token sale is now live and you can learn [...] Read more
Immigration Makes Us Stronger
Fred Wilson – Jul 15, 2019
It is ironic and upsetting that a nation built on immigration is increasingly unwelcoming to immigrants and that the words ” go back” are becoming a political rallying cry. I am for immigration full stop. I think opening our arms [...] Read more
Whales Not Unicorns
Fred Wilson – Jul 14, 2019
I have been vocal here that I do not like the term Unicorn to describe highly valued venture-backed startups. Unicorns are mythical creatures that don't really exist and highly valued venture-backed startups do exist. They might be rare, but they [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Fireside Chat With Brian Armstrong
Fred Wilson – Jul 13, 2019
Back in May, during Blockchain Week in NYC, I had the pleasure of interviewing the CEO of our portfolio company Coinbase , Brian Armstrong . We started off talking about their rapidly growing institutional business, but quickly got to talking [...] Read more
Finding Friday: Bowling The American Dream
Fred Wilson – Jul 12, 2019
“Like many suburban kids growing up in the 70s, I was no stranger to the local bowling alley.” So starts the video below for this Kickstarter project to make a photo book about the classic American bowling alley. That line [...] Read more