A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonLast summer I threw out our twenty year old satellite dish and decided to finally go over the top. I put a bunch of video streaming apps on our AppleTV to replace the “linear television” that we had been getting with the dish. Almost a year later, I’ve removed all but two of them and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonJohn Buttrick has been a partner at USV for almost a decade. He mostly focuses on financial services but also does a few other things for us. In this chat with John Siracusa , John talks about how he ended up at USV, our investing thesis, and a number of financial services investments he has […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonEntrepreneurship and startup investing is a long game. It requires patience, resilience, capital, commitment, and much more. But even so, the average life of a venture capital investment is seven to ten years. It is rare for it to go longer than that. But it can happen. Yesterday marked the end of […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWhen those words are spoken, we think about the millennials or gen-z, both of whom have grown up with phones in their pockets or purses and are native users of smart phones. However, I think my parents’ generation, those who were born in the 20s and 30s and are now in their 80s and 90s, […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI noticed that the Kickstarter logo on my phone had confetti on this this morning. So I clicked on it and the app loaded this message on startup: I like that they ended that birthday message with “show me projects”. Even in celebrating ten years, 16 million backers, $4 billion in funding to 160,000 […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIn evaluating leaders, at the top of a company, or in the ranks of company leadership, an important quality that I look for is followership. Specifically, will the team line up behind this person? Of course, leaders have to have other qualities. They need to have domain expertise if they are […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
