A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonWe write on our phones all day long. Texts, emails, searches, etc. But long form writing is a different thing. I’m not sure how much long form writing happens on phones. I’ve been mostly writing my daily posts on my phone in the last month and I quite like it. I am writing this post […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI have long had an interest in determining when the video offerings available “over the top” will be sufficient so that customers will no longer need to buy video from their cable providers. I was writing about this issue in the early days of AVC, fifteen years ago, but certainly, that was way too […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonRoham Gharegozlou is the founder and CEO of the company that made CryptoKitties (which USV is an investor in). In this talk , Roham discusses what CryptoKitties was all about and where they intend to take the business. I would love to embed this video here at AVC, but can’t figure out how to do […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI am not reading Bad Blood, the book about Theranos, but many of my friends and colleagues are. One of the many “tells” that Theranos was not a good company was the board chock full of trophy board members. A “trophy” board member is someone with a big name who, in theory, brings credibility and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWeb 3 is the next generation of the web in which decentralized apps (dApps) operate on top of a shared data layer and users have control of their data and the ability to move between dApps with little to no switching costs. Think about the way domains and email addresses work. We (individuals […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonMy son told me he wanted to learn Japanese. I told him to check out our portfolio company Duolingo ‘s awesome language learning product of the same name. He told me that he has used Duolingo and likes it, particularly the ability to generate streaks. He told me that once you have a streak going, you […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
