A historical collection of our writing.
Bethany CrystalThe menu of the day, with Grouper as the late addition After 90 minutes of waiting, our family finally sat down to dinner. “We’re so sorry. Our fisherman...well, he never came today. We don’t have fish. Ready for appetizers?” We glanced at the menu, meticulously transcribed onto a whiteboard that […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWe have been dealing with a lot of comment spam here at AVC over the last few weeks. Most of it is “guest commenting” where the spam is being posted by an account that is not registered to Disqus (which hosts the AVC comments). So I am trying something new and different in the hopes […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI had an interesting conversation with a friend who operates a traditional business (not tech, not venture backed, not “growth”) last week. He buys a lot of software from tech companies and he observed that not one of them operates profitably. And that makes him a bit uncomfortable as he has always […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI had an interesting conversation with a friend who operates a traditional business (not tech, not venture backed, not “growth”) last week. He buys a lot of software from tech companies and he observed that not one of them operates profitably. And that makes him a bit uncomfortable as he has always […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalA snapshot at our Christmas Crew in Vienna last year Last year was my first Christmas that I spent away from home, away from my family. It wasn’t an easy call. My husband, Jason, had a work gig in London that ended on December 22. We had a decision to make: Pay the steep prices […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalA semi-short meditation on what it’s like to be “that person” “That’s too much!” Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been told that I do too much. I still remember the first time this came up, back in middle school, when most kids had to pick between either band class OR chorus class. I […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
