By Fred Wilson—Jun 8, 2017

Being an investor and board member means that you are close to the companies you invest in but not “in them.”. This near and dear relationship creates some interesting challenges for both the management and the investors. One of them is understanding the difference between information/reporting and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

For whatever reason, the amount of strange in my inbox has reached new levels lately. Don’t get me wrong, I love when people get in touch; but, first and foremost, I like to be treated as a human being. Women VC’s get together to talk, and yes, we talk/ laugh/ lament about all you jabronis […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)

By Nick Grossman—Jun 7, 2017

Last month, I went to the (most beautiful city in the world) Amsterdam, to speak at The Next Web Conference . I did two talks, one at a sub-event focused on tech & social issues, on the topic of Data & Power, which I will post when it comes online, and a main stage talk […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Jun 7, 2017

Elon Musk famously posted Tesla’s long term strategy in 2006 and ended the post with “don’t tell anyone.” That has led may entrepreneurs around the world to follow suit and be transparent about what they are up to and why. I think its a great practice for companies to follow. It helps the outside […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Albert Wenger—Jun 7, 2017

Last week in Uncertainty Wednesday, I introduced Shannon entropy as a measure of uncertainty that is based solely on the structure of the probability distribution. As a quick reminder, the formula is H = – K ∑ pi log pi where ∑ is over the i = 1...n of the probability distribution Now you may […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Jun 6, 2017

Chris Dixon put this reading list together. Instead of reading something from me today, maybe everyone can pick one or more posts from Chris’ reading list and learn a bit about tokens. I believe I have read all of these posts over the past year or so and I agree with Chris that they are all […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)