A historical collection of our writing.
Bethany CrystalUPDATED: See part two of this series here: “What to turn a mentor into a role model? Just be cool.” At least once a week, I get a request with a familiar ring to it: “I heard what you said about networking with people across companies. Right now, I’m in a weird place in my […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalI’m a couple of weeks behind on reading and processing this article on “The Burnout Generation,” a long article that offers up an explanation for why those of us living in the Millennial Generation often fail to complete tedious, but important adult-like tasks such as doing our chores and paying […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalThe fear of losing out (on friends) About six months ago, I got pretty depressed that all of my friends were either pregnant or had recently had babies. (In case you’re wondering, it was 12 by the way. Twelve friends with babies.) To my husband and me, it felt like it was coming at us […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
It is the season of mega tech IPOs including the recent offerings by Pinterest and the upcoming one by Uber. A key question to be answered is how well will these companies perform in the public markets over time? So far Pinterest has traded up nicely in the first few days, but I am asking […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonAirbnb has been operating in NYC and NY State for about ten years now and yet we still don’t have comprehensive home sharing legislation on the books in NY State. The reason is that the enemies of Airbnb, mostly the hotel employee unions, have been fighting Airbnb’s existence in NY State very […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonMy friend Eric sent us an article in the Globe and Mail yesterday about plans to build a 35 to 40 story tower in Vancouver out of wood. Here’s the link to that story but you can’t read it without a subscription. Contrast that to the dominant way we build tall buildings in NYC which […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
