A historical collection of our writing.
Bethany CrystalIs it bad to cut in line to cast a vote? This was the ethical conundrum I felt as I waited in line at the polls. I’ve never seen it like this before. Every other time I’ve voted, I’ve walked right in and walked right out. Of course this was the time I had a […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI spent a fair bit of time this weekend moving phones from the Pixel 2, which I have loved using, to the Pixel 3 XL . It is drop dead simple to port over all of my accounts, data, and apps from one Pixel to another. Google has made that as easy as moving from […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalNew York City on Marathon day may be the city at its absolute best. It has all of the right ingredients to both simultaneously welcome traveling visitors and to remind long-time locals why they love it here. For the 50,000 runners or their guests (a substantial percent of whom are international), […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Fred WilsonOne of the most challenging situations in startup/venture capital land is the broken syndicate. It is not a topic that is talked about much, but it is fairly common, particularly for companies that succeed in building a business but falter at achieving escape velocity. A syndicate is a group of […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalI’ve always admired how the theatre industry handles feedback. First of all, it’s all happening in real time...for everyone. This makes it much harder to cover up slip-ups. If you’re a singer or musician, you either hit all of the right notes, or you can mess up. If you’re a technical operator, you […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI just watched Vitalik Buterin’s keynote at Devcon 4 in Prague last week, on Halloween and on the tenth anniversary of Satoshi’s whitepaper. In this keynote, Vitalik explains what has taken so long in getting from Ethereum 1.0 to Ethereum 2.0, what Ethereum 2.0 will include, and how we are going to […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
