By Bethany Crystal—Oct 23, 2019

For the past three years, we have conducted an annual survey where we ask our CEOs to share feedback about our performance in supporting them as partners and board members. While we hope that feedback can be a continual, iterative process, we’ve found that it’s helpful to offer at least one formal, […] Read more

By Albert Wenger—Oct 23, 2019

Yesterday Google’s paper announcing a first instance of “quantum supremacy” was published in Nature . Not surprisingly for those who have followed the topic there is now a healthy debate around what that actually means. Google was celebrating in a big way including tweets by Sundar Pichai . IBM was […] Read more (opens Continuations 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)

By Albert Wenger—Oct 21, 2019

This morning I will be on a panel at Columbia University about Universal Basic Income (UBI) and the climate crisis as part of a conference on the Green New Deal . In my view UBI should be a central component of a Green New Deal instead of the jobs guarantee. Here are my reasons: 1. […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)