A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonA friend of mine stopped by the USV office the other morning and asked me about startup mortality rates. Her business sells to startups and big companies in roughly equal measure and she told me they were seeing a rising rate of startups closing up (and thus churning as customers). While churn is […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonA lot of folks who are new to the venture capital business and are building their own firms and funds will email or message me about reserves and recycling. I am happy to engage with them on these very “inside VC” topics because I believe they matter a lot when managing venture capital fund and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI have long been interested in displaying digital art on the walls in my home and office. I wrote this back in 2017 and this when we opened our new USV office in 2022. I have digital art running on off the shelf displays in many places that I live and work and it brings […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonOver the last month, a half dozen people I know have been targets of account takeover attacks and unfortunately, a few of those attacks were successful. Most of these account takeover attacks were aimed at Coinbase accounts. I have written blog posts every time I have been hacked and explained how […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI wrote the email below to a founder doing his first board meeting. Board meetings can provide a leadership team with a perspective on the business that can be very helpful. But many Board meetings are simply reporting sessions. That is a wasted opportunity in my view. So setting them up right and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThe number one thing I hear from people who want to write online more is that they struggle to publish incomplete ideas and unpolished compositions. What I have learned from writing online regularly for over twenty years is that writing online is a conversation. What I mean by that is that you are […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
