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Fred Wilson – Apr 9, 2020
I linked to a post by Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince the other day . In it , he wrote: The super heroes of this crisis are clearly the medical professionals at the front lines saving people’s lives and the scientists [...] Read more
What We’re Learning About How We Learn
Hannah Murdoch – Apr 8, 2020
The rapid transition to remote schooling has supercharged trends in online learning -- it’s possible that 3-5 years of behavior change has been condensed into a few short weeks. More independent/self-guided learning has required not only a re-thinking of curriculum [...] Read more
What We’re Learning About How We Learn
Hanel Baveja and Hannah Murdoch – Apr 8, 2020
The rapid transition to remote schooling has supercharged trends in online learning -- it’s possible that 3-5 years of behavior change has been condensed into a few short weeks. More independent/self-guided learning has required not only a re-thinking of curriculum [...] Read more
Masks4All
Fred Wilson – Apr 8, 2020
A couple of weeks ago, I saw this tweet by my partner Albert: Must read thread on #Masks4All #covid19 https://t.co/NEqgZjPnDs — Albert Wenger 🌎🔥⌛ (@albertwenger) March 28, 2020 I clicked on the underlying tweet thread and learned that some countries [...] Read more
Slowing Down
Fred Wilson – Apr 7, 2020
One of the silver linings to this awful pandemic is that things have slowed down a lot. Not just work. Everything really. I find myself taking more time to do the dishes, work out, meditate, etc. There is less “racing [...] Read more
Summer Internships
Fred Wilson – Apr 6, 2020
There are so many challenges facing us right now that the smaller things often get overlooked. One of those things is summer internships for students who are focused on a career in tech. Many companies are struggling to stay afloat [...] Read more
Normalcy Bias: We Live in a Dynamic World (But People Don’t Believe It)
Albert Wenger – Apr 6, 2020
Something that consistently surprises me is how many people have a fundamentally static worldview. Their motto appears to be: Things are as they are and nothing will change. Never mind that history is full of massive change. And even more [...] Read more
VC Backed Startups and PPP: Do You Really Need It?
Albert Wenger – Apr 4, 2020
There has been a lot of discussion of whether or not startups qualify for forgivable loans under the Paycheck Protection Program administered by the SBA (part of the CARES Act). I don’t want to rehash the arcana of affiliation rules [...] Read more
Funding Friday: Americas Food Fund
Fred Wilson – Apr 3, 2020
As we continue to make our way through this pandemic, I keep coming back to the question of how do we help those in the most need right now. Last week it was our health care responders on the front [...] Read more