A historical collection of our writing.
We are excited to announce our investment in Munich-based SimScale. SimScale makes complex engineering simulations, such as mechanical stress and fluid flows, available to anyone in the world with a web browser. These kinds of simulations were pioneered in the aerospace industry and are now also […] Read more
I recently started a new feature where you can ask me anything by recording a video. Turns out that I got two closely related questions about education and skills for a future in which machines can do more and more. Here are the questions with my answers. Question 1 Answer 1 Question 2 Answer 2 […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday: time with family and food is great as is having a reminder to be thankful. Today I want to say how thankful I am for entrepreneurs. For the people who are crazy enough to believe that they can create something from nothing (ok, not exactly ex nihilo, more on that […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I love answering questions. On long car rides nothing makes me happier than when our kids ask me something difficult to explain. Makes the drive go by much more quickly. I blame this habit on my Dad who used to be a vocational school teacher in Germany. So here is an experiment. I am adding […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThere are some investments that take years to make. They are often our best investments. Quizlet took something like five years to go from a company we got interested in to a USV investment. In March 2009, we hosted an event we called Hacking Education. That was the official start of our focus on […] Read more
Even as recently as Web Summit at the beginning of November I was asked about a Bubble as part of a panel. It has since occurred to me that the problem with using that word to denote possibly overextended valuations is that is suggests a sudden correction in the form of a “popping” or “bursting” […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
