A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonFor the past six weeks, we've been talking about employee equity on MBA Mondays. We've covered the basics, some specifics, and we've discussed the main form of employee equity which are stock options. Today we are going to talk about two other ways companies grant stock to employees, restricted […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
This morning I am speaking to a group of women entrepreneurs out here in Westchester about opportunities coming out of mobile. I have written about this before on the USV blog, but here is what I am planning to talk about today..To understand mobile opportunities we need to look at- Device […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One more post on voting, but this tome about UX design. The new optical scanners have an awful user experience. Two things really stuck out. First, it was entirely unclear whether to insert one’s ballot face up or face down (or either). There should be a huge sample right on the feeding slot to show […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The election is over and the results are as expected bad for the Democrats. I worry a bit that we are experiencing first hand the limits of democracy. We have a great many people voting out of frustration with the economy (understandable) but voting for the same candidates and policies that got us […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
There is a fine line between supporting and enabling. I find this is true as much at home as in business. When one of our children asks for help with a homework assignment, I tend to provide it to be supportive. But I am mindful that I might just be enabling a bad habit of […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonA few weeks back we talked about stock options in some detail. I explained that the strike price of an option is the price per share you will pay when you exercise the option and buy the underlying common stock. And I explained that the company is required to strike employee options at the fair […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
