A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonI am going to spend much of today in my Zoom roo m participating in several meetings around the country and around the world. If you look at Zoom’s stock price over the last month, since the outbreak of the Coronavirus, you will see that the market thinks that I am not the only one […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThese guys have been using Kickstarter, and a bunch of other online platforms, to support their live shows riffing on “campy B-movies.” I love the underground, indie creative community and these guys are a great example of that. I backed this project this morning. USV TEAM POSTS: Nick Grossman — […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonEarlier this week I purchased 1% of a collection of five 1985 Nike Air Jordan sneakers using our portfolio company Otis’ mobile app . I paid $330 for ten shares (out of a total of 1000 shares) implying a value of $33,000 for the five pairs, or roughly $6600 each. This page shows the highlights […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonOur portfolio company Recount Media is doing some of the finest reporting on the presidential race right now. This 2 minute 16 second video goes back over Mike Bloomberg’s debate appearances in his time as NYC’s Mayor and shows how many of the questions he faces now were in fact questions he faced […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI have been investing in developer tools since the earliest days of my VC career. The first investment I led in the late 80s was a financing that provided the funds to acquire a programming editor called Brief . It was a text-based editor for PCs. That investment worked out but we didn’t make a […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThe news this week that HQ Trivia has finally called it quits reminded me of this post I wrote back in 2012 about the difference in sustainability (and thus value) between entertainment and utility apps. What is interesting to me is if you could use a social app or an entertainment app to get to […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
