A historical collection of our writing.
Arthur C. Clarke famously wrote that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” I have always had mixed feelings about this quote because as an engineer my reaction to something really advanced like self driving cars is to want to understand the science behind it. So […] Read more
And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They’re quite aware of what they’re goin’ through The acquisition of Tumblr by Yahoo! is now complete, which has set off another round of analysis about the past, the future, praising and […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonMy post on Product>Strategy>Business Model got a lot of comments and other reactions out there on the social web and from that I realized that many confuse strategy and tactics. And so I thought I would attempt to define strategy in business. I like this definition that I got at wikipedia: […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
I have been meaning to write about “internet exceptionalism” since I read a post titled “It Always Comes Down to Math” but various political and economic events intervened. The key quote summarizing the post is “but at the end of the day, regardless of what business you’re in, everything comes down […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I think it is super important in the current debate about government surveillance to separate two different arguments. First, I have stated and continue to believe that large scale secret programs without supervision and without checks and balances are unacceptable for a democracy. The potential […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Today we are delighted to announce that we have made an investment in Auxmoney, an online credit marketplace in Germany. The CEO, Raffael Johnen was in London last week and appeared on a LeWeb panel with the CEOs of two other USV companies, Renaud Laplanche from Lending Club and Samir Desai from […] Read more
