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Trusted Brands
Zach Goldstein , Dani Grant and Nick Grossman – May 29, 2019
We recently held our annual CEO summit where 65 of our portfolio company CEOs came together in NYC. Because we had updated our thesis since last year’s summit, we wanted to share some of our thinking with the group around trusted brands, [...] Read more
Outschooling
Fred Wilson – May 29, 2019
A few months ago I posted some data on this blog that showed the growth of homeschooling in the US with almost 5% of K12 students being schooled at home. I wrote at the end of that post: This is [...] Read more
DefendCrypto.org
Fred Wilson – May 28, 2019
Over the last year, the SEC has been investigating a significant number of token offerings that took place in 2017. While some of those offerings were scams or worse, many of the ones that are being investigated by the SEC [...] Read more
Welcoming Outschool to USV
Rebecca Kaden – May 27, 2019
In the last 25 years, the growth and increased convenience of commercial internet has fundamentally changed how we live most aspects of our lives. It has created new ways for us to connect and transact, and it has turned massive [...] Read more
Remembering
Fred Wilson – May 27, 2019
It is Memorial Day, the most solemn of our national holidays. Let’s all take a moment some time today to remember our fallen soldiers. Read more
Ladies: Let’s aim to be a little mediocre
Bethany Crystal – May 27, 2019
This year, on International Women’s Day, Reshma Saujani, CEO and founder of Girls Who Code, shared an interesting charge for women around the world: “Be a little mediocre.” At a book release event in NYC last night for her new [...] Read more
How to Answer the Question, “How Are You?”
Bethany Crystal – May 27, 2019
I’ve never liked the question, “How are you?” For one, it’s an empty greeting. Most people who ask don’t care about the response. Second, it’s the most open-ended question in the world. There’s no right way to answer it. In [...] Read more
Geofencing Crypto Assets Out Of The US Is Bad Policy
Fred Wilson – May 26, 2019
I wrote this tweetstorm on Friday when I read the blog post about Poloniex’s decision to geofence certain assets away from US customers , driven by the SEC’s recently published framework for digital assets . Geofencing Crypto Assets Out Of [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Olaf Carlson-Wee At Token Summit
Fred Wilson – May 25, 2019
In my new gig as interviewer, I sat down with Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder of Polychain Capital and one of the top token fund managers, at Token Summit. Read more