A historical collection of our writing.
Jeff Nolan writes something very insightful about the potential changed nature of venture investing (which is near and dear to my betaworks heart):”[I]n many ways I recoil at the notion that true invention and innovation matters less today, but it does appear to be the case. The fact remains that […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
In the context of design and aesthetics, Andrew Chen reminds me that:My Space is alot larger than Facebook in terms of users, pages per visitor, and ads per page viewed; andMy Space has more visits, visitors, page views, and average stay than Facebook (as of September at least).Of course, some […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIn my last post on failure rates in early stage venture capital, I made the point that every portfolio is going to have failures. I’ve made 32 direct investments (the deals I’ve sourced, led, and managed myself) over the past 17 years. Of those 32 investments, 5 of them have been failures. Those 32 […] Read more
Fred WilsonMy friend Jeff Jarvis invited me to talk to his class yesterday. Jeff is doing something really cool. He’s teaching graduate students in journalism school how to be entrepreneurs. So these students graduate with the understanding that they have another option, they don’t have to go work for a media […] Read more
Peter wrote about betaworks today. […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI wrote a series of blog posts about venture capital fund performance on my personal weblog several weeks ago. One of the things that came out of that series is the fact that the top quartile of fund managers performs significantly better than the rest of the pack. There’s a saying on wall street […] Read more
