By Fred Wilson—Nov 13, 2018

The New York Times is reporting that Amazon has officially chosen NYC and DC as the locations for its big planned expansion , known as HQ2. This is big news for NYC, as I wrote about last week . I would like to welcome Amazon to NYC. I think this is going to work out […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Nov 12, 2018

I keep little things that remind me of events over my career in venture capital. And I have been doing that for most of those thirty plus years. I keep them on a bookshelf I have in my office at USV. It started with the lucite “tombstones” that bankers would make up when a deal […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Nov 11, 2018

Let’s say you are the founder and CEO of a startup and you have now been at it for four years. The company is doing great, you’ve raised several rounds of financing, you have a product in the market that is solving a real problem, you have a bunch of customers, you have a growing […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Nov 10, 2018

The Gotham Gal and I are investors in Blueprint Power , a company that helps landlords turn their buildings into mini power plants. Robyn Beavers, the CEO of Blueprint, was on the Gotham Gal’s podcast this past week. They talked about how Robyn spent fifteen years working in the tech, energy, and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Nov 8, 2018

Malls need anchor tenants. These are the stores that bring the folks to the mall so that they can discover all of the other amazing places to shop that sit between the big tenants. Cities need the same. Particularly cities that are trying to develop new industries. NYC’s tech sector has had an […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Nov 7, 2018

I blogged about this in the spring of 2017 but I am back with more. TYWLS stands for The Young Women’s Leadership School, which is located in Astoria Queens in NYC. A few years ago the students decides to show off their computer science coding skills by making a “digital dance.” I posted the first […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)