A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonSometimes you end up loving something you don’t want to. When turntable.fm launched, I wanted to avoid it. There was the Facebook login button that I didn’t want to use. There was another music service I didn’t want to add to my already-exhaustive collection. And then there was the matter of Seth […] Read more
Stories have been with us probably as long as language has, and the need for stories appears deeply rooted in all of us. We have come a long way from quite literally sitting around a fire to sophisticated technologies such as video games and 3D movies. Yet even now it is not the technology that […] Read more
Today’s post is over at the USV blog, announcing our investment in Wattpad. Wattpad is an amazing community for sharing and reading stories. Go read the blog post or watch their video. […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
When Larry Page became CEO, I set out my hopes for how Google might evolve its role in the Internet marketplace under his leadership. In particular, I was hoping that Larry would be: While the purchase of Zagat is a rounding error for Google it still shows that Google is going in the exact opposite […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The GOP debate brought more talk of a “wet blanket of regulation” weighing on economic activity. Apparently even President Obama thinks that environmental regulation is at issue here and has sadly rolled back some clean air standards. That’s quite ironic at a time when the Chinese are tightening […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Yesterday, Yahoo fired CEO Carol Bartz. Whether or not you agree with that, one thing is clear: firing someone over the phone is wrong. Much as it may be difficult this is a message that should be delivered in person if at all possible (for a remote contractor might have to use Skype). Hearing that […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
