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Heading East
Fred Wilson – Oct 10, 2019
The Gotham Gal and I are heading to Europe for a couple of weeks of vacation. I will not be working the next two weeks but do plan to blog about whatever is on my mind. The Gotham Gal , [...] Read more
Women leading “non-female” startups raise 54% less VC than their fair share
I’ve raised four rounds of venture capital. Each time, I feel a little part of me dies so goTenna might succeed. Read more
A better offer letter
At Carta, one of our core values is transparency. We live this out in a number of ways, but it all begins with our offer letter. Read more
Culture at Coinbase
I’m sharing our culture doc for Coinbase, which describes how we work together day-to-day as a company. There are six tenets of our culture, with a set of actions under each one. Read more
Watch: Borders are within us
Saying Sorry
Nick Grossman – Oct 9, 2019
As I turned to write this, I was in the middle of reviewing a document a friend had asked me to look at a little while ago. In somewhat typical fashion, I had not done it right away, and had [...] Read more
Principles Over Profit
Fred Wilson – Oct 9, 2019
I was pleased to see NBA Commissioner Adam Silver say this with respect to the controversy over Houston Rockets’ General Manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of the protest movement in Hong Kong: The NBA will not put itself in [...] Read more
Cards
Fred Wilson – Oct 8, 2019
I played cards all through college and on and off since then. I don’t have a regular card game right now and I miss playing cards. I was talking to a friend of mine recently and she complained that her [...] Read more
How to Read a Pitch
Nick Grossman – Oct 8, 2019
Yesterday, we had a team offsite at USV, which included a “presentation party” where a bunch of us gave 3-minute presentations on a variety of topics. It was actually a perfect window into everyone’s personality — Andy gleaned lessons about [...] Read more