A historical collection of our writing.
NOTE: This is part of a series of excerpts from my book World After Capital. Today’s section introduces the idea that privacy is a strategy for freedom that has real downsides if we want to enter the Knowledge Age. In case you missed it, I posted a talk last week that summarizes my case for […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalI’m beginning to think that one of the true challenges in leadership is reconciling your own self-perception with that of everybody else around you. As in, what is it that you think you bring to the table? And how does that compare to the thing that others say about you? If you aren’t self-aware […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Fred WilsonTo some extent, this blog has been about demystifying venture capital and in particular me and the firm I work at, USV . There are many reasons why I think that is a useful exercise. When I got into the VC business in the mid 80s, it was a fairly opaque business and that did […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonMy partner Albert gave this talk at DLD 2019 a couple weeks ago. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalA couple of weeks ago, we had a really windy storm in New York City. In the morning, we looked outside on our balcony and noticed that the grill cover we have for our electric grill had vanished. We both walked outside and looked all over the deck for it. Nothing. “Where could it have […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalIt’s February 1. How are you doing? Have you held firm to whatever promises you told yourself you’d keep this year? Or have you gotten sucked back in? On January 1, maybe you were (like me) sitting somewhere warm. Or maybe you were simply on a beach in your mind, surrounded by friends and family. […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
