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A Registered Token Offering
Fred Wilson – Apr 11, 2019
Our portfolio company Blockstack tweeted out this today: After rounds of private comments, we’ve publicly filed for a $50M token offering with the SEC. Upon qualification, our network and the Stacks tokens will be available to retail investors, including the [...] Read more
Dronebase Goes Thermal
Fred Wilson – Apr 10, 2019
Our portfolio company Dronebase is announcing some big news today. They are going to be offering thermal imaging missions in partnership with FLIR , the leading provider of thermal sensors. And FLIR has made a strategic investment in Dronebase. What [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Are Our Phones Listening To Us?
Albert Wenger – Apr 10, 2019
From time to time, I see people online posting how they simply talked about something only to be presented an ad about that very thing soon thereafter. This quickly leads into speculation that some software on the phone was using [...] Read more
Get Your Message On Mobile
Fred Wilson – Apr 9, 2019
I finally got around to reading the Political Advertising Report from Tech For Campaigns . My conclusion is we are going to see our phones light up with political messages over the next year and a half. Here is why: [...] Read more
Confessions from a Former Fact-Checker
Bethany Crystal – Apr 9, 2019
What it’s like to have your profession turn into a hashtag Most people need to wait a lifetime to watch the relevance of their first job fade off into the distance. I only needed to wait a decade. You see, [...] Read more
Scaling A Company While Controlling Costs
Fred Wilson – Apr 8, 2019
Over the last decade, the costs of scaling a company in the bay area, NYC, and many other startup regions in the US has escalated sharply. We have encouraged our portfolio companies that are located in these high cost regions [...] Read more
Hiring Shouldn’t be a Pop Quiz: Let’s Make it Open Book
Bethany Crystal – Apr 8, 2019
Last week, I read this article about how an executive managing editor at Business Insider will only hire people who send her a thank-you note. Then Twitter blew up a little: Read more
World After Capital: Psychological Freedom (Fin)
Albert Wenger – Apr 8, 2019
NOTE: Today’s excerpt from my book World After Capital ends the chapter on psychological freedom. The prior excerpts covered the freedom to learn, to create, and to share. The following ties this back to one of the central chapters on [...] Read more
The Heartbeat (Continued)
Fred Wilson – Apr 7, 2019
I wrote a post last year called The Heartbeat in which I advocated for a cadence and a rhythm in an organization. I was reminded of that in this exchange on Twitter over the last 24 hours: I am a [...] Read more