A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonYesterday, a top official from the SEC said what many of us in crypto land had been wanting to hear from the SEC for the last year: According to Bloomberg : “Putting aside the fundraising that accompanied the creation of Ether, based on my understanding of the present state of Ether, the Ethereum […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIn yesterday’s post , which seemed to touch a nerve, something I certainly seek to do from time to time, I mentioned the “talent organizations” of our portfolio companies. These are the people who help a founder/CEO build and lead the people who make up the company. It’s an undervalued and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThere is an obsession with the values that are being placed on companies when they finance. There has always been one but it is worse than ever. Every day, without fail, I read a headline that so and so company has raised, will raise, or is trying to raise capital at some eye popping valuation. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI saw this tweet today from our friend Arianna and I had a good chuckle: Love when people cold email me with a pitch and ask to set up a call with management. Hi, that’s me! 🙋🏻♀️ — Arianna Simpson (@AriannaSimpson) June 12, 2018 But the underlying issue is not that funny. Someone took the […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Dani GrantPeople have been trying to build distributed compute networks since the 1990’s; In 1996, GIMPS used distributed compute to search for prime numbers and in 1999, Seti@Home used volunteers’ compute power to search for extraterrestrial life. Now 25 years later, the final pieces seem to be in place. […] Read more
Fred WilsonI am a fan of looking at something from all sides and understanding how each side thinks about it. Consider a neighborhood school. There are students, parents, teachers, administrators, non-teaching staff, taxpayers, the community, homeowners (whose home value is impacted by the quality of the […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
