A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonI am reminded time and time again that things that sound too good to be true almost always are. There really is no free lunch, in business or in life. Here are a few examples of things that seem so tantalizing to entrepreneurs and the companies they create but turn out to be just as […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI read Cody Brown’s blog post about getting hacked on Thursday of last week. I feel very badly for Cody and plan to send him some BTC once I get access back to my account. His post helped me avoid his fate. I woke up Friday morning (central european summer time) and saw a bunch […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI realize this blog is dangerously close to becoming A Coin Fund instead of AVC, but what can I say? It’s what I am thinking about most of all right now. Here’s William’s interview with Ted Livingston, founder and CEO of Kik, on the plan to decentralize Kik around a new token called Kin. USV […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThe Brave browser team concluded an ICO for their Basic Attention Token yesterday in about thirty seconds. This led to this tweet: The Basic Attention Token (BAT) ICO just raised 30 million dollars in 24 seconds. VC’s didn’t even have time to put on a sweater vest. — briantobal (@briantobal) May […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWilliam and I did the wrap-up at the end of Token Summit. Here is the video of it: And here is CNBC’s take on it . I’d love to know if you all think she captured my views accurately. I don’t think so and tweeted this when I saw her piece. sometimes i read a […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI have had this book, A Man For All Markets , on my kindle for the past year. I can’t recall who recommended it, possibly my friend Jeremy , but I can’t be sure. A couple weeks ago, I had lunch with my friend Harry and he again suggested it to me. I decided to […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
