A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonOn of our first crypto investments maybe five years ago was Mediachain, founded by Denis Nazarov (@Iiterature ), and Jesse Walden (@jessewldn ). They sold that company to Spotify and eventually landed at A16Z crypto. One of the USV analysts who worked on our Mediachain investment was Joel Monegro […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThis ran as a full page ad in the New York Times today. I signed it along with the top labor leaders in NYC, the top political leaders in NYC, top business execs, and the leaders of NYC’s higher education institutions. I believe it was a mistake by Amazon to pull out of NYC and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonChris Burniske reminded me yesterday of something I said a while ago: “The lesson I’ve learned in my career is to invest into the post crash cycle. When you do that, and do it intelligently, you are rewarded greatly” – @fredwilson 4 years ago (in the last #crypto bear market): […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI don’t write a lot about Etsy here at AVC. It is a public company and I am the Chairman so I have to be careful. But today Etsy is announcing something that makes me so proud. I have to tell you about it. Etsy is the first major online shopping destination to offset 100% […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI walked out of my house in LA this morning and was greeted with this sight: I thought “ugh” and debated picking it up and putting it where it belongs. I am all for progress and understand that there are costs and benefits with everything. This post explains how electric scooters can and likely will […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonMark Suster wrote a post this weekend laying out some rules for being a good board member before the meeting, in the meeting, and outside of the meeting. It is a very good list. I particularly like his rules for outside of the board meeting and agree with him that is the most important part […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
