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Why Trust Matters
Fred Wilson – Jun 4, 2019
Dani and Nick and the rest of the USV team worked on a talk about “Why Trust Matters” that we presented at the recent USV CEO Summit. Dani published it on the USV blog yesterday . It is a great [...] Read more
How Broad is Your Access?
Bethany Crystal – Jun 4, 2019
A look at the town of Banaue, one of the hub towns in this tribal region in the Philippines. You can see the rice terraces peeking out in the background. Last year, I traveled in the Philippines to a tribal [...] Read more
Fun With Google Ngram
Dani Grant – Jun 3, 2019
This is fun. Here is a chart showing how at the turn of the 20th century, the number of mentions of “science” in books surpasses the number of mentions of “religion”. Read more
Open Up Vs Break Up
Fred Wilson – Jun 3, 2019
There have been many calls to break up the large Internet monopolies; Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, etc. Breaking up a large monopoly feels like a very 19th/20th century move to me. I would prefer that politicians and policy makers think [...] Read more
Universal Biometric Identity
Fred Wilson – Jun 2, 2019
During the past week, I have traveled through airports using TSA Pre and Clear and plan to travel internationally soon using the Global Entry system. I have recently renewed my TSA Pre and Trusted Traveler accounts. I am also in [...] Read more
Where To Look
Dani Grant – Jun 1, 2019
Where can we look to find what is next. We can look at talent - where are smart people going to work. This was a case often made about machine learning 5 years ago and is a case VCs make [...] Read more
Audio Of The Week: How About Howey?
Fred Wilson – Jun 1, 2019
This Unchained Podcast with Patrick Gibbs of the law firm Cooley and Ted Livingston founder of the Kin cryptocurrency project is a great discussion of the Howey Test that the SEC has put forward as the framework through which to [...] Read more
5 Ways To Measure Your Own Progress
Bethany Crystal – May 31, 2019
One of the trickiest parts about being an adult is how difficult it can be to measure your own progress. Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether you’re moving forward, standing still, or (worse yet) going backwards. Back in school, progress [...] Read more
Unsafe Notes
Fred Wilson – May 30, 2019
I was reminded yesterday how much of a shit show raising seed capital via SAFE notes is. I can’t and won’t get into why I was reminded of that, but let’s just say nobody wants to go there. So I [...] Read more