A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonI received a bunch of emails last week suggesting I listen to this interview with Vitalik. I finally did and it was as good as advertised. So I am now suggesting that all of you give it a listen too. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — July 20, 2018 Facebook’s Travails and the Decentralized Future […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI was at dinner with my friend Stephen a month or so ago and he was bending my ear about a provision in last year’s tax bill that provides very significant tax incentives to invest in businesses or real estate in certain locations around the US that have been underinvested in. It all sounded way […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWhen my life gets crazy, which it is right now, it helps me to internalize what is most important and triage around that. And I’m not just talking about what tasks to do and what not to do. I’m also talking about prioritizing friends and family, exercise, eating right, communicating, and all the […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
The last few Uncertainty Wednesdays had us look at how to model beliefs using probability distributions and then update those with a specific example of using the beta distribution. You may have noticed something odd about the way we updated the parameters of the beta distribution: add 1 to α when […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonSpeaking of doing things on our phones , I made this playlist on my phone on the train ride into NYC yesterday morning. It was inspired by the Donald Glover/Childish Gambino track of the same name that kicks off the playlist. I got off the train into a steamy NYC and I’m gonna need this […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Dani GrantThe basics: There is an increasing need for mobile data (the amount of mobile data used in the US is up 4x since 2014 and 40x since 2010) but the existing spectrum doesn’t have enough bandwidth to support a lot of additional traffic. 5G will be on a new, uncongested spectrum at a higher frequency […] Read more (opens Dani Grant in a new tab)
