By Fred Wilson—Jul 13, 2020

Growing up, I thought the price asked was the price. The only decision was whether or not you wanted to pay it. As I moved into adulthood, started hanging out with the Gotham Gal and a bunch of friends, and entered the world of business, I learned that the price was what you agreed to […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Jul 10, 2020

Ameelio is a nonprofit tech company seeking to break the prison communications monopolies and provide free communication solutions for prisoners and their friends and families. They have a Kickstarter project up right now and I backed it today. USV TEAM POSTS: Lauren Young — Jul 9, 2020 Collecting […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Lauren Young—Jul 9, 2020

A company’s demographic makeup has never been more relevant. Employees want to know things: how leadership plans to measure and prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion, how they compare to other companies in their sector or industry, and what tools they can be using to be even better. […] Read more

By Fred Wilson—Jul 9, 2020

The CEO is an interesting case when it comes to performance reviews. They manage an entire company and they specifically manage the senior leadership team. They do not have a single reporting supervisor. They report to a Board. And that Board may, like the team they manage, have differing views on […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Albert Wenger—Jul 8, 2020

My Twitter feed these days is full with back and forth on “cancel culture.” Much of it quickly reduces to bickering with each side assuming the worst possible interpretation of what the other meant or what their motives are. The latest exhibit here is the Harper’s Open Letter and the reactions to […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Jul 8, 2020

When the pandemic started, the conventional wisdom was that the capital markets would take a beating, including the venture capital market for startup capital. The second quarter of 2020 is now behind us and we will see the data on it soon. I suspect what we will see is a very active venture […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)