A historical collection of our writing.
A common topic of conversation these days seems to be whether or not we are in another tech/Internet bubble. Famous industry names have weighed in such as Forbes/Karlgaard (not sure), Scoble (yes but its different this time), Kedrosky (not only is it not different, its actually riskier this […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonEach month we see something like thirty to fifty new investment opportunities that generally fit our investment strategy. They come from all over the place. Just in the past month, we’ve seen opportunities in Israel, Australia, China, London, San Diego, Boulder, Atlanta, Boston and the Bay Area. It […] Read more
Brad BurnhamI had a cup of coffee yesterday with Craig Newmark. Toward the end of the conversation, I told him that one of the most important things I learned by studying Craigslist was the importance of customer service. Craig is, famously, a customer service rep at Craigslist. He describes himself as working […] Read more
Fred WilsonBrad and I have been doing early stage investing since the late 80s (me) and early 90s (Brad). For most of our career, a typical early stage venture round was $5mm to $6mm and you’d put two firms together and each would invest $2.5mm to $3mm. So when we sat down to build the business […] Read more
Fred WilsonMy good friend Charley says that I “don’t follow very well”. He means that I don’t like to participate in the Series B and C rounds of deals that have been funded by other venture capital firms in the Series A rounds. He’s right. I’ve never been very good at that style of investing and […] Read more
Fred WilsonThis is my second post on “other things we look for”. I hesitated to use the title Traction because its certainly one of the most overused words in the venture capital vernacular. But it is also the “shorthand” peope use to talk about how much uptake a given project has gotten in the marketplace. So […] Read more
