By Bethany Crystal—Mar 24, 2020

For the past six months, I’ve been working on a new podcast called Everyday Experts , where I profile people from a variety of jobs and industries about the people and systems behind the work they do. I know a lot of business podcasts already exist. But I wanted this to be different. Rather than […] Read more (opens Bethany Crystal in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Mar 23, 2020

I have been teaching in one form or another since college. I helped pay for graduate school by teaching other grad students. For most of my life, teaching has meant standing up in front of a group of people and explaining things to them in a large group setting. But, like many things, that is […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By David Gabeau—Mar 23, 2020

It’s kind of sad that HQ Trivia, a mobile live game show, is no longer running. This should be its moment. Much of the world has spent the last week quarantined in their homes and are unable to watch live sports as every league has suspended play. Currently, the news is the only live event […] Read more

By Albert Wenger—Mar 21, 2020

Now that we are finally going on lockdown here in the US in order to flatten the curve of the COVID19 crisis, we also need to take drastic measures to put the economy on suspended animation. In particular, I propose the following for the duration of the lockdown: Suspend all interest, mortgage, […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)

By Albert Wenger—Mar 20, 2020

I have written a few general posts about the COVID19 crisis already. Today I want to address all of those running a company or making management decisions with a simple message: avoid generic business advice! By generic advice I mean anything of the form “do x,” such as “cut 20% of cost now.” Why? […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Mar 20, 2020

I mentioned in yesterday’s post that when this is all over, I can’t wait to go to my favorite restaurants and enjoy their hospitality and food. If they are able to re-open. While many industries are facing difficult times in this crisis, the restaurant and hospitality industry is particularly hard […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)