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Video Of The Week: Getting Water Out Of A Flooded Jeep Wrangler

Fred WilsonAug 18, 2018

We had torrential rains last night and around 3am, I woke up and realized that I had left the soft top open on our Jeep Wrangler. The lighting was coming down hot and heavy so I waited it out and eventually went outside and put the soft top up. But the damage was done. When […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

Feature Friday: Now Playing

Fred WilsonAug 17, 2018

I’ve written about this Android feature before. I am a bit obsessed about it. When you are in a place where music is playing, the Android operating system notifies you what is “now playing.” I have two things I would love to know how to do with this information. 1/ Access it via an API […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

Disclosure

Fred WilsonAug 16, 2018

The disclosure police have been making noises in the comments here at AVC and on Twitter that suggest I do not disclose conflicts and other important information when I write about things I am close to here at AVC. I thought I would take a moment to describe how I think about this issue: 1/ […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

A Fair Share From Airbnb

Fred WilsonAug 15, 2018

I will be attending a press event today in NYC where Airbnb is announcing a $10mm program to support local efforts that improve the lives of New York State residents. Airbnb calls this program A Fair Share and it estimates that the $10mm is just 10% of what a home sharing tax in New York […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

Investor Friendly Terms

Fred WilsonAug 14, 2018

At USV, we have always had simple and investor-friendly terms with the institutions and individuals that provide the capital we invest. I got thinking about that this morning in reading Brad Feld’s post about recycling management fees , something we do aggressively at USV (we have recycled between […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

Strike When The Iron Is Hot

Fred WilsonAug 13, 2018

I introduced a young friend of one of my children to a colleague in the tech business last month. The young friend took a day to reply to the email introduction and by then the introduction had gone cold. Happily the introduction resurfaced this week and something may still come of it. That story […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)