A historical collection of our writing.
One of my favorite things to do is get my hands into something and figure out how it works, whether that’s an app, or a gadget, or a house. For example, over the past few months I have been renovating our basement, turning an unfinished, dank storage area into a playroom for the kids. Here […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIt is so easy to look at a headline announcing a deal and say “they overpaid.” I have done that myself plenty of times. It’s a natural emotional reaction. But what I have learned is that you can’t really critique an investment until you know how it plays out. Some things that look so expensive […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalEarlier this year our portfolio company Carta published this comprehensive study on employee tenure in startups. In it, they disclose that, at least among early stage startups, a typical employee sticks around for about 37 months. Or, one month after their three-year mark. Whether this seems long […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. Today’s section wraps up the section on Universal Basic Income (UBI) by addressing a few common objections and arguing that it is a moral imperative. I have already addressed the three biggest objections to UBI by showing that it […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThe Pivot is celebrated in startup land. Huge successes like Twitter and Slack are all the results of pivots. So surely pivoting is a good thing, right? Well, I am not so sure. And I certainly don’t want entrepreneurs to think that pivoting is the right thing to do when their original idea fails. It […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalToday was a high content-consumption day for me. I spent the morning at the Whitney Museum’s new Andy Warhol exhibit, studying the turning points of his artistic career. I spent the afternoon digging into the life of Gloria Steinem, through reading numerous essays, watching a biographical play […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
