A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonIt's Monday, time for MBA Mondays. Last week, I posted about The Present Value Of Future Cash Flows and in the comments Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry wrote: That being said, before even covering NPV, I would have first talked about the time value of money. To me, time value of money is one of the top 3 […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
I was away last week and so am late to the party when it comes to commenting on the fight between Amazon and book publishers. Here are a couple of observations. First, I was surprised it took so long for this fight to start. It is a great example of what I call “fighting over […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonMy friend Pravin sent me an email last week after my "How To Calculate A Return On Investment" post. He said: I wish there was a class that I could take that would teach me how to properly research stocks/companies for investment purposes and how that could be made into a private tutoring business. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
There is an amazing wealth of innovation around early stage venture financing, most of which developed in just the past few years.There are new models of creating companies out of innovation: Seed Camp, Y Combinator, Tech Stars are just three, all with different foci and core strengths.Then there […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Each has more than 100 Million credit cards on file to enable 1-click purchases of content, apps, and virtual goods. When I compare doing anything involving payment on other platforms the experience is cumbersome to the point of being useless. My 10-year old son had no trouble hijacking my Kindle, […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Yesterday’s “reveal” of the iPad was predictably anti-climactic. With the hype that had built up, anything short of a mind-reading, teleporting device had to be a bit of a letdown. But we are now likely to enter the phase of underestimating the iPad. People are already obsessing about such flaws as […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
