A historical collection of our writing.
Bethany CrystalThere’s something magical, almost reverent, about watching the Hamilton creative team collaborate with each other. […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalFormer colleagues in high places There’s a nice feeling of “greatness by association” you get when you hear about a prior colleague doing something amazing in their new job. You get to tell people, with a smile: “I used to work with them.” You also might wonder: “Well if they did [great thing #1] […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Fred WilsonOur portfolio company SoundCloud launched an important new feature today. Distribution . There are plenty of services a musician can use to get their music onto the major streaming music services. There has been CDBaby, TuneCore, DistroKid, and many more. So why do musicians need another option? […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
In sports some people believe that there is a Sports Illustrated cover jinx: teams or individual athletes featured on the cover for outstanding performance, subsequently have a bad season. One explanation for this phenomenon is regression to the mean. The prior year’s performance, which earned the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalToday I learned about transfer learning as a machine learning principle. I liked the concept so much that I immediately applied a mental map about this in my own head to how it might relate to job transitions in the business world. Before I share that with you, here’s my novice primer on transfer […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Fred WilsonOne of my favorite moves that I have seen founders do in the early stages of their company (think pre-seed, seed, and possibly into the Srs A stages), is the weekly email. This can take a number of forms; a weekly email to the team, a weekly email to the investors, a weekly email to […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
