A historical collection of our writing.
Brad BurnhamLuis von Ahn is nothing if not ambitious. The inventor of the captcha and the founder of re-captcha has a new goal – to translate the web into every major language. Because web users speak hundreds of different languages, and over 50% of it is now in English, the web remains inaccessible to a huge […] Read more
Brad BurnhamLast night, I had the honor of speaking at the Center For Democracy and Technology’s 2012 Annual Dinner. Here is what I shared with the audience: I started working in technology 30 years ago and for most of that time thought that the work I did had very little to do with policy. Back then, […] Read more
Brad BurnhamWhen I first got into the venture capital business in the early 90s, it seemed to me that half of the deals I brought to the partnership were dismissed with the line “sure it’s cool but what the heck do they do if Microsoft decides to enter this business.” Today the role of the dominant […] Read more
Brad BurnhamAs venture capitalists, we believe deeply in the value of decentralized, emergent, start-up innovation. The Internet has been an unusually fertile ground for this type of innovation largely because, for the first time in history, it has been possible to get directly to consumers without negotiating […] Read more
Brad BurnhamWe are thrilled to announce that Stack Overflow has closed a follow-on round of financing led by Index Ventures with participation from Spark Capital and ourselves. Neil Rimer and Bijan Sabet will join the board. We will also add a new independent director Anil Dash. Stack Overflow has also changed […] Read more
Brad BurnhamJulius Genachowski, the Chairman of the FCC, recently announced that he would ask the FCC to adopt rules to protect the open Internet at its open meeting on December 21st. We applaud the Chairman’s effort, but we worry the proposed framework, as it is currently drafted, will not result in the free […] Read more
