A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonI don’t care about or participate in Black Friday or Cyber Monday. But Giving Tuesday is awesome and I never miss the opportunity to participate in a day of collective giving. I love it. This morning I went on to DonorsChoose and fully funded a project that is near and dear to my heart, teaching […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalIn all the management books I’ve read and all the professionals I speak with, there’s one element of all of the good intent stuff that just doesn’t seem to be addressed: The Fear. When presented with an anonymous situation — say, a friend of yours who has a colleague who always shows up late — […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThe Supreme Court is going to start hearing arguments today in a case where consumers are challenging Apple’s distribution monopoly on iPhone apps. These consumers are represented by the attorney generals of 30 states including California, Texas, Florida and New York. I just heard about this case […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalHalfway through my subway ride home today, a panhandler walked into our car and started loudly asking everyone for money. This is not unusual in New York City. Naturally, these things always seem to happen under the most crowded of circumstances, so there wasn’t much room for him (or others) to […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. The last few excerpts have been about Universal Basic Income as a way of expanding Economic Freedom. Today’s section introduces the concept of Informational Freedom. Can you read any book you want to? Can you listen to all the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIt’s hard to look at the price charts of the big crypto assets and not cringe. But it helps to look back to an earlier time, when a new sector was emerging, and understand what can happen. Amazon peaked in the Internet bubble in late 1999 at around $90/share. Almost two years later, at the […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
