By Nick Grossman—Mar 4, 2019

Just about 10 years ago, I had a migraine that lasted two weeks. I have never been in such pain; even an ER visit and a morphine drip didn’t touch it. Then, 6 months later, I had a stomach pain that just wouldn’t go away. Finally I went to the hospital, and it turned out […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)

By Bethany Crystal—Mar 4, 2019

For me, springtime doesn’t begin with the equinox on March 20. It starts much sooner, on the very first weekend in March, with a somewhat unlikely event: The Philadelphia Flower Show. Every year since 1829, florists and horticulturalists alike descend on Philadelphia to create epic bouquets, […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)

By Albert Wenger—Mar 4, 2019

NOTE: This is part of a series of excerpts from my book World After Capital. Today’s post introduces the concept of psychological freedom, which is crucial for living in a world that is information super saturated. Imagine you live in a society that has achieved economic freedom and informational […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Mar 3, 2019

A friend of mine sent me this the other day. Two AVC posts were at or near the top of Hacker News. But I did not go and read the comments as I have found the comments at Hacker News emotionally challenging for me. As many of you know, I have also found the comments […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Mar 2, 2019

On of our first crypto investments maybe five years ago was Mediachain, founded by Denis Nazarov (@Iiterature ), and Jesse Walden (@jessewldn ). They sold that company to Spotify and eventually landed at A16Z crypto. One of the USV analysts who worked on our Mediachain investment was Joel Monegro […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Bethany Crystal—Mar 2, 2019

The exercise was simple enough: In a group of four, tell a story one word at a time with the title, “Colin gets a promotion.” Our group went a little like this: “Once” “Upon” “A” “Time” Off to a good start, I thought. We’ll get the hang of this pretty quickly. “Colin” “Had” “His” “Fifth […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)