A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonI read this post yesterday that says that 40% of VC investors went to either Stanford or Harvard . Frankly, I am not surprised. I’ve worked in this industry for over thirty years. It is full of Stanford and Harvard grads. I’ve got nothing against either school. They are wonderful education […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Dani GrantI’m oddly excited about solutions like CoinHive that make it feasible to mine cryptocurrencies from a browser. I think we are going to see a lot of distributed and light mining solutions crop up and that in a more mature web3 ecosystem much of the mining will be done on end users’ devices. An […] Read more (opens Dani Grant in a new tab)
One of my favorite things about the cryptocurrency / blockchain space is that our conception of “what it all means” is still very much in flux. Nic Carter just published a nice analysis of how the functional narrative around bitcoin has changed over time – (roughly) from e-cash, to e-gold, to […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonKin , the cryptocurrency launched by Kik (a USV portfolio company), recently launched adeveloper challenge .The challenge: build a breakout cryptocurrency-based consumer experience. Kinis a cryptocurrency focused on driving mainstream consumer transactions. Kin envisions a world where […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIt is my view and our view at USV that the crypto market is in what Carlota Perez calls the installation phase. We believe that we are still putting the pieces in place for a new technology architecture to take hold. The “big bang” for this technology cycle was the publishing of Satoshi’s […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI spoke to a group of women entrepreneurs a few weeks ago, and one asked me “why do you need to raise VC?” And the answer is “you don’t.” The vast majority of entrepreneurs out there don’t raise VC. Many don’t raise any money to start their businesses. As I was answering that question, I […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
