A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonAs we get to that time of the year when we look back and take measure of 2020, it will be one for the ages, and not in a good way. I saw this photo book project on Kickstarter today and thought “it would be good to have this book to remember the early spring […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonDan Frommer , who many of you likely know from his writing at Recode, Quartz, Business Insider and other places on the web, has teamed up with my friends at Coefficient Capital to create a 120 page report called Consumer Trends 2021. Here’s a slide from that report: There is no doubt that 2020 has […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
The Bitcoin whitepaper is now over a decade old and Bitcoin as a system has been up and running continuously since January 3, 2009. Much has happened in the crypto world since then, including of course the launch of Ethereum and more recently a series of new general and specialized basechains […] Read more
Fred WilsonIt’s winter in NYC now and I am reminded of all the apartments the Gotham Gal and I lived in during our 20s and 30s in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The typical heating system was hot water or steam-powered radiators that clanged all night long and had two settings, on and off. Sometimes the handle […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThis is a theme I have come back to many times over the last decade but in the wake of all of the headlines about high profile founders, VCs, and companies leaving the bay area, I thought I would return to it. There is no question that the bay area is losing some talent to […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonA few years ago, maybe in 2016, we held a discussion of blockchain and crypto technologies at the annual meeting of our limited partners. I recall someone in the audience suggesting that the NYSE and Nasdaq could rebuild their markets on top of these technologies. I replied that I thought it was […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
