A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonContinuing the year end theme, it is time for my annual recap of what happened this year, to be followed by a look forward tomorrow on the first day of the new year. Last year I was not particularly confident in my look forward. I thought Trump would be President at the end of 2018, […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonAs is my tradition as the end of the year nears, here are the songs that stayed with me in 2018. It is a mix of songs everyone knows, like the marvelous All The Stars from the Black Panther soundtrack to little known gems like the starter track and the ending track. It features the […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonMy partner Brad Burnham recently went on Jason Calacanis ‘ This Week In Startups . It is a longish (just over an hour) conversation and they cover a lot of territory. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonAt the tail end of the post that I wrote on how USV (me in particular) missed the first round for Airbnb , I wrote: We made the classic mistake that all investors make. We focused too much on what they were doing at the time and not enough on what they could do, would […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWe have been dealing with a lot of comment spam here at AVC over the last few weeks. Most of it is “guest commenting” where the spam is being posted by an account that is not registered to Disqus (which hosts the AVC comments). So I am trying something new and different in the hopes […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI had an interesting conversation with a friend who operates a traditional business (not tech, not venture backed, not “growth”) last week. He buys a lot of software from tech companies and he observed that not one of them operates profitably. And that makes him a bit uncomfortable as he has always […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
