A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonInvesting in many different companies, with different founders, different cultures, and different missions requires the ability to adapt to each and every one. I like to think about it as playing a role in a play. Even though I am the same person, with the same fundamental beliefs, I end up playing […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonOur portfolio company SoundCloud , which makes one of the most popular apps in the world , is launching a new Home experience in it’s mobile apps today. SoundCloud is the first place musicians post their music and it is the first place listeners discover new artists. In the past, listeners had to […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalWithin our USV portfolio network, we are continuously looking for opportunities to “level up” the collective knowledge across the companies that we work with every day. As these businesses evolve and grow their customers and user communities, we also have the unique opportunity to observe how these […] Read more
Fred WilsonI spent much of yesterday going through board decks and other year-end reports. It was an incredibly gratifying experience after a hard year. I spearheaded quite a few restructurings this year. A lot of people lost their jobs as a result of those efforts. It was a year of hard decisions and hard […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
At our house we were all refreshing our computers furiously starting at 8pm with ever increasing excitement as the evening progressed. We were absolutely thrilled when Doug Jones victory was certain. If Doug Jones can win in Alabama, the state where Trump had his biggest victory, after Trump […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Later this week the FCC Commission is expected to vote along party lines to do away with net neutrality in the US. I have written extensively about why net neutrality is important for innovation. I will not rehash any of those arguments today (if you want to read from some of the pioneers who helped […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
