A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonI don’t know when Gmail started doing these for me but it was around the time I switched over to the new UI. Most likely this is one of the features of that new UI. When I have not responded to an email that Gmail thinks is important, or when someone has not responded to […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThere is a framework I’ve/we’ve used over the years to think about where to invest and where not to invest that I call “atoms vs bits.” I am not sure where I got it from but the concept is simple. Is the software being built and taken to market dealing with just bits or are […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonOur portfolio company Coinbase partnered with Qriously to study the adoption of blockchain and crypto on campuses around the world. They published their findings on the Coinbase blog yesterday. Here are some interesting findings: Stanford, Cornell, and Penn lead the way in the number of crypto and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI’ve been thinking about moving from a Mac to a Chromebook as my primary computing device. I have not used desktop software for probably a decade now. The browser is how I do all of my desktop computing. Paying up for a full blown computer when all I need is a browser seems like a […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThe back and forth that Elon Musk did over the last few weeks about being public begs the question about whether the challenges of operating a public company outweigh the benefits. Elon wrote this in a letter to Tesla’s employees : As a public company, we are subject to wild swings in our stock […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI was born at and spent a fair bit of my childhood at the United States Military Academy where my father taught engineering. It’s a magnificent and beautiful place, full of history and meaning. The motto of the academy, enshrined in its coat of arms, is “Duty Honor Country”. In 1962, when I was less […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
