A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonAVC regular Charlie Crystle told me that his neighbors are doing a fun Kickstarter. So I went and watched the video (here for email readers ): The video is only 30 seconds and it sold me instantly. I backed it and I bet you will too if you like to drink beer with friends. It’s […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonA number of members of Congress sent a letter to the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Tuesday. I have embedded it below but readers via email may need to click here to read it. Letter to the OCC on Fintec... by CoinDesk These elected officials are correct that way too many people […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI was looking at the numbers on an early-stage VC fund that the Gotham Gal and I are invested in. I am not very familiar with the portfolio but this fund was formed in 2012. There are 24 names (investments) in the portfolio and 3 of them have produced 92% of the value in the […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonYesterday morning we got the news that Pfizer’s mRNA Covid vaccine developed in partnership with BioNTech saw 90% efficacy in phase three clinical trials. While this is terrific news, Wall Street saw it as bad news for companies that are doing well during this pandemic (Zoom, Peloton, e-commerce, […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThere has been a fair bit of good news in the last 48 hours. Here is some more. I logged onto Twitter just now and saw this tweet from my colleague Matt : Starting this week with as many open jobs as we did before the pandemic https://t.co/5WacYVR2yn — Matthew Cynamon (@mattcynamon) November 9, 2020 […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
A peaceful transition of power between elected governments is one of the crucial aspects of representative democracies. Let’s hope that is what the coming weeks and months bring here in the US. As regular readers of Continuations know, I have been concerned about Trump’s various attempts to […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
