By Fred Wilson—Oct 26, 2019

This is a good interview . I learned a lot. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Oct 25, 2019

Our portfolio company Kickstarter is running a cool crowdfunding event called Shapeshift that is focused on “bold new products made from recycled materials.” You can see them here and back the ones that are interesting to you. I did that this morning. Here is one of the Shapeshift projects I backed: […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Oct 24, 2019

Business and personal travel, which we’ve been doing a lot of the last two weeks, is a big producer of carbon in the atmosphere. I’m actually writing this on a cross Atlantic flight. But you can offset those carbon emissions fairly inexpensively There are a number of services on the Internet that […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Oct 23, 2019

Yesterday three Senators, Democrats Mark Warner (VA) and Richard Blumenthal (CT) and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley (MO), put forward new legislation aimed at opening up the markets in web services. Their proposed legislation is called The Access Act and you can read it in its entirety here . First […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Oct 22, 2019

We went to a piano recital last night in Budapest. Gabor Farkas played a number of compositions by Chopin and Liszt. I was particularly taken with the Liszt compositions. The one called “Les Jeux d’eaux de la Villa d’Este” was particularly lovely. I shared another pianist’s rendition of it with […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Oct 21, 2019

We get feedback from the leaders of our portfolio companies on an annual basis. It helps me get better at what I do and I love it. One area that I am constantly challenged to improve on is accessibility. The common refrain is “I know you are busy and I hate to bother you.” To […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)