A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonOften art can expose issues more clearly than other mediums. A show opened at The Shed this week called Manual Override . It is about the increasing power of technology in our lives and our inability to control it. There is a piece in the show by the artist Lynn Hershman Leeson (whose Electronic […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThis is a week full of philanthropy for The Gotham Gal and me. We are attending two fundraisers for organizations we support and throwing one for an organization we started. I woke up thinking about giving back and how important it has become to us. Neither of us grew up in environments that were […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI was talking to a friend today about company values and how important they are but also how lame so many of them are. I told him that some of my favorite company values come from our former portfolio company Twilio (which in the spirit of full disclosure I am still a large shareholder of). […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
We had eight glorious years with Dori, our beloved Goldendoodle. Just seeing her in the street put a smile on people’s face. She was alway up for a pet from random strangers and could be trusted with the youngest of kids. She made the big move with us from the suburbs back to the city […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
It is a common idea that we should learn from our mistakes. In practice though I see many people making the same mistakes repeatedly. I myself have found that it often takes me making the same mistake at least twice before I really learn from it. Leading a startup is about personal growth and […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI got a new Pixel 4XL phone a week ago and it took me most of the week (it was a busy one) to migrate over to it. I wrote a bit about how I’m careful about the migration last week. I like to upgrade to the new Pixel flagship phone every fall when Google […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
