A historical collection of our writing.
Bethany CrystalA snapshot from our storytelling exercise yesterday at USV: “Tell us about a woman you admire and why you wrote her name on your nametag.” At our Women’s Leadership event that we hosted yesterday at USV, we kicked off the day with an unlikely prompt: “In addition to your own name, add the name of […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWhen early stage investors make an equity (angel, seed, Srs A, Srs B) investment, they typically negotiate for something called a pro-rata right which gives them the right to maintain their ownership in the company by investing in future rounds on the same terms as new investors. I have written […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Last week’s Uncertainty Wednesday was titled “Fooled by Small Numbers” and discussed why drawing conclusions from small samples is dangerous. A reader asked how that relates to grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane after two crashes? Isn’t that also drawing a conclusion from a small sample? No. […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThe most common caller on my Android phone is Scam Likely. I am sure that most of you are in a similar situation. Last week we were driving and two calls came into The Gotham Gal’s phone which was bluetoothed into our car and she declined both. I asked her why she did that. She […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIn my What Is Going To Happen In 2019 post, I wrote: I expect we will see IPOs from big names like Uber/Lyft/Slack, although I also expect those deals will get priced well below the lofty expectations they have in mind right now. Some of that will be because of weak equity markets in the […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
NOTE: Today’s excerpt from my book World After Capital continues the discussion of Psychological Freedom by examining how we can make ourselves free to learn. Young kids ask upwards of three hundred questions a day. [122] Humans are naturally curious, and it’s precisely this curiosity that has […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
