A historical collection of our writing.
NOTE: Today’s excerpt from World After Capital is about attention. It argues why attention is scarce in the sense of scarcity introduced earlier in the book. This section sets up the demands on attention and then talks about scarcity of attention for the individual (next time will look at scarcity […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
What is the future that will unfold? Some like it hot , others like it cold But we all want to hold the remote control -Beastie Boys Sometimes a service provides a value to its customers that may not be readily apparent at first glance. And sometimes that value can be more fundamentally important to […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThere are two major failure modes in startups. The first common failure mode is the thing you make doesn’t get adopted. That’s called not finding product market fit in startup lingo. The second common failure mode is “getting too far out over your skis” and it happens to companies that do find […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI got to spend a fair bit of time with my friend Steven Johnson this past week, in preparation for our crypto talk on Thursday night and before and after that talk. Steven has this wonderful quality of being able to observe both history and the present and make connections between the two and also […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonA lot, to be honest. It’s Crypto Week in NYC this week. The last two weeks have been a blur, with so many things happening that I can’t keep up or write about all of them. But, here are a few 1/ The Rockets ended the sweep nonsense talk going on in the bay area […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Lauren YoungThe terms “diversity” and “inclusion” have become increasingly paramount to CEOs, executives, managers and employees when focusing on the direction of their company. Included in the wave of frontrunners, a team at Yieldmo has founded “The Mosaic Series.” […] Read more
