A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonThose are the two words that come to mind when I looked at the Q4 2018 PWC/CB Insights Money Tree Report . 2018 saw the venture capital business moving to larger and larger deals. There were roughly 200 deals around the globe in 2018 where $100mm or more was raised. And yet the number of […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
In today’s edition of Uncertainty Wednesday, we will look at how uncertainty in markets is highly dynamic. Something can be a sure thing for a while but not forever. There is a – potentially apocryphal – story about Ron Conway’s first fund: every single investment was a write off except for Google, […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalIt was one of those rare nights out where everyone at the bar was raptly a part of the same conversation. “Okay, okay, I’ve got another one!” I exclaimed. The bartender refilled the patron’s wine to my left, and the chatter died down. “If you could relive any moment in history for just 24 hours, […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
I am in Hong Kong this week for Blockstack ‘s Decentralizing the World Tour (more on that in a forthcoming post). I arrived yesterday and have been exploring the city a bit. The first observation is how awful the air quality is. Holy cow. This report from Plume Labs (snapshot from the time when I […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonAesop has some great fables but my favorite is The Tortoise and The Hare. I was reminded of it yesterday when I saw this chart in my colleague Nick ‘s deck for a talk he is giving this week in Hong Kong: That is the installed base of iOS phones vs Android phones globally over […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalWe’re in the midst on onboarding two folks to the Network Team at USV — one new full-time hire and one temp who’s stepping in to cover for a colleague on maternity leave. This has never happened before. As you might expect, onboarding takes a lot of work. There’s no such thing as a USB […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
