A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonI got an email from the CEO of one of our portfolio companies last week. It asked a very basic question, but one that I don’t recall being asked before: I need to know if any of your LPs include .......... entities/interests. The CEO asked his VCs because questions were coming up internally and he […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonFortune recently did a big profile on Brian Armstrong , founder and CEO of our portfolio company Coinbase and in concert with that, they made this video featuring Brian and Emilie Choi , who leads corp dev, M&A, and a few other strategic efforts at Coinbase. It’s a short video, less than five mins, […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
I am spending the day today at a mediation regarding the accident two years ago where my wife’s parents were hit by a truck while crossing the street. The past two years have been both difficult and wonderful. Wonderful in that two people who were on the brink of death following the accident are […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI heard about a cool program that helps NYC tech companies build more diverse teams. It is called Winternships. The program is run by a group called WiTNY (Women in Tech and Entrepreneurship in NY) which is a three year-old collaboration between Cornell Tech and CUNY to drive more female students […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonMotion Photos is a feature available on Google’s Pixel Phones. It captures a bit of video as you are taking a photo. I’ve always wondered how to share those photos with the motion in them, which you can’t do when you send them as jpeg files. It turns out you can export them from your […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThe last time we were in Japan, six years ago, using Google Maps was pretty frustrating. We didn’t understand the Japanese language and addresses made no sense to us. We got lost multiple times a day and often had to find a person on the street who spoke english to help us out. It is […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
