A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonOne of the hardest things in managing a venture capital portfolio is managing your big winners. A big winner can dwarf the rest of the entire portfolio and you end up sitting on enormous paper profits that you can’t get liquid on. I realize that this seems like a great problem to have, and it […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIn honor of Ethereum trading (briefly) at north of $1000USD this week, I thought we’d hear this weekend from Ethereum’s founder Vitalik Buterin. This is an interview that he sat for in October at the ETH Waterloo event (where, among other things, CryptoKitties was born). […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonSo the chips we use in our personal computers and cloud computers have some newly discovered security holes. One is called Meltdown. The other is called Spectre. My first reaction upon hearing the news yesterday was “so what do we do about this?” The answer is you can’t do much on your own. For […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWe do a lot of referencing in our business. We certainly ask around about a team before investing in them. But we do even more referencing post investment when we help the founders and management of our portfolio companies build a team. Investors often have access to references that founders and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI saw this tweet in my timeline yesterday and thought “what a great way to start the new year.” 1st day of the year has to be inbox 0 I’ve declared email bankruptcy. If I owe you an email, please send again no vex. Blame @fredwilson na im teach me the beauty of email bankruptcy. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThis is a post that I am struggling to write. I really have no idea what is going to happen in 2018. Will the crypto markets continue in their bull cycle? I have no clue. I was showing my daughter’s friend an app that helps people save and invest and he said to me “I […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
