A historical collection of our writing.
Brad BurnhamMany of you are familiar with dust up between Chris Anderson and Malcolm Gladwell that was touched off by Malcolm’s review of Chris’s new book, Free: The Future of Radical Price. [UPDATE: Free is no longer free. The link to Chris’s book has been retired. You can find Chris’s book on Amazon.] […] Read more
We are fascinated by the disruption underway in mobile applications. Carriers seem to have lost their role as gatekeepers for applications as smartphone sales are rapidly ramping and “app stores” or direct downloads are the new distribution models. This is exciting as it opens up a whole new arena […] Read more
Eric FriedmanUnion Square Ventures hosted an event called Hacking Education that sparked conversations far beyond the day of the event, and did so in a way where we gave up control of the conversation and allowed it to spread. Steven Johnson recently wrote his thoughts about how Twitter will change the way we […] Read more
Online casual games are a large and rapidly growing form of entertainment. According to Comscore over 85 million people play casual games every month in the US alone and minutes spent playing grew a staggering 42% from 2008 to 2009. Casual games originated as downloadable PC games. Based mostly on […] Read more
Brad BurnhamIt has been two months since we hosted a great group of academics, entrepreneurs, educators, and administrators at our Union Square Sessions Event, Hacking Education. Fred posted his initial thoughts immediately after the event and in a great example of peer production, Alex Krupp curated the […] Read more
Fred WilsonYesterday Albert and I visited one of the investors in our fund. The good news is they are happy with the job we are doing. The bad news is they are frustrated with the venture capital asset class. We got to talking about the venture capital asset class and it wasn't long before we got […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
