A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonMost companies grow in steps. They operate at one level for a while, make good progress, then take a step up, and start operating at a new level. In the past month, our portfolio company has stepped it up on a number of levels. First and foremost, Mark Josephson joined as CEO and founder Steven […] Read more
This week, I traded alot of emails with a great hacker in Barcelona, had a skype call with a CEO in London, and had lunch on Friday with a South African and a half British/half French guy (at a Filipino restaurant, natch).I personally feel provincial, what with a simple NY pedigree. At betaworks […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Brad BurnhamOver a year ago when we first started thinking about personal financial management tools on the web, I had this OMG moment when I realized that a web based personal financial management service was going to be way more disruptive than just putting Quicken on the web. It was immediately obvious that […] Read more
Brad BurnhamOver the last two years, our portfolio company Adaptive Blue has become known for its ability to automatically recognize things like books, movies, stocks, and wines on the web. By using semantic analysis to figure out the difference between The Da Vinci Code, the book and The Da Vinci Code, the […] Read more
Paul Graham:The exciting thing about market economies is that stupidity equals opportunity. And so it is in this case. There is a huge, unexploited opportunity in startup investing. Y Combinator funds startups at the very beginning. VCs will fund them once they’re already starting to succeed. But […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Why did betaworks get involved with someecards? See below – Brook Lundy, co-founder. […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
