A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonOur portfolio company Sofar Sounds facilitates intimate live music experiences all over the world. This video gives you a glimpse of what a Sofar is like: You can go to a Sofar in your community, or you can go to one when you are traveling in a foreign country. Both are great experiences. You can […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
There are many terrific analyses of the WeWork IPO filing out there. One thing I have not read is someone pointing out how there is a possibility that this all works, despite the hokum language and the eye popping capital requirements, simply because we have created $3 trillion more dollars in the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonOur portfolio company Duolingo is known for their super popular language learning app. According to Wikipedia over 300mm people all over the world have used Duolingo. Back in May 2014, Duolingo launched something called the Duolingo Test Center . The idea was to compete with expensive and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalI don’t know about you, but normally when I introduce myself in professional settings, my “pitch” comes across less like a polished story and more like a disjointed list of words and phrases. It looks something like this: Journalism. Sales. Marketing. Startups. HR and recruiting. Venture capital. […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThis post on the WeWork IPO ends with the following observation: In fact, I would argue that the WeWork bull case and bear case have more in common than it seems: both are the logical conclusion of effectively unlimited capital. I don’t think there is unlimited capital. If that were the case, every […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
On Monday of this week the Business Roundtable, an organization which “represents chief executive officers (CEOs) of America’s leading companies,” published a new statement on the purpose of a corporation. The new statement, which was signed by 181 executives, explicitly states that “we share a […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
