A historical collection of our writing.
I recently read “Seveneves” by Neal Stephenson and just last night finished “The Dark Forest” which is the second book in the “Three Body Problem” trilogy by Cixin Liu. What these books have in common is that they look at a threat to humanity’s existence and probe our responses to it. This […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI am reminded time and time again that things that sound too good to be true almost always are. There really is no free lunch, in business or in life. Here are a few examples of things that seem so tantalizing to entrepreneurs and the companies they create but turn out to be just as […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI read Cody Brown’s blog post about getting hacked on Thursday of last week. I feel very badly for Cody and plan to send him some BTC once I get access back to my account. His post helped me avoid his fate. I woke up Friday morning (central european summer time) and saw a bunch […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
I just got done coaching my son’s baseball practice. It had been amazing to watch this group of 7 and 8 year olds improve over the course of the season – learning the fundamentals and now starting to make some pretty great plays. I had a great baseball coach as a kid. I’ll never forget […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI realize this blog is dangerously close to becoming A Coin Fund instead of AVC, but what can I say? It’s what I am thinking about most of all right now. Here’s William’s interview with Ted Livingston, founder and CEO of Kik, on the plan to decentralize Kik around a new token called Kin. USV […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
One thing that’s interesting about yesterday’s Basic Attention Token sale is how quickly it went – $36M transacted in 30 sec. Lots of people were surely disappointed as they attempted to buy into the token sale only to have their orders canceled for missing the sale window. I haven’t nailed this […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
