By Albert Wenger—Oct 12, 2010

While I was traveling last week, I had an epiphany: there is a common theme to pretty much everything I have been writing about here on Continuations! The theme is the transition from the Industrial Age towards what I will call the Age of Abundance. I believe we are in a period of massive […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Oct 11, 2010

This is the third post in an MBA Mondays series on Employee Equity. Last week I talked about Dilution. This week I am going to talk about the antidote to Dilution which is Appreciation, specifically stock price appreciation. When you start a company, on day one the stock is basically worthless. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Albert Wenger—Oct 8, 2010

So I have still not switched permanently to an Android phone. The main remaining reason has been that I simply have no cell coverage in my house. With my T-Mobile Blackberry I have been able to roam seamlessly onto my Wifi network at home for several years now, using UMA. Well, T-Mobile has finally […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)

By Albert Wenger—Oct 7, 2010

It is very easy to settle into a set of development tools and routines and get so comfortable in them that one is loathe to try out something new. One proceeds to justify this behavior (to oneself and others) by saying things like “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” or “I want to spend […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)

By Albert Wenger—Oct 6, 2010

I am a huge fan of the command line. Sure, the learning curve is steeper than for a GUI, but once you know what you are doing, you can be blindingly fast. Because it is generally assumed that folks who use command lines know what they are doing, the command line tends to expose the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Oct 4, 2010

Last week I kicked off my MBA Mondays series on Employee Equity. Today I am going to talk about one of the most important things you need to understand about employee equity; it is likely to be diluted over time. When you start a company, you and your founders own 100% of the company. That […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)