A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonPodcasts have emerged as a major new category in media/entertainment/news/education etc. We have seen huge deals for big podcast hosts like Bill Simmons and Joe Rogan, both of whom did transactions with Spotify for nine-figure amounts. But as Spotify (and surely others to follow) lock-up top […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
I was born in Germany in 1967. Growing up my friends and I used to wonder why our grandparents hadn’t resisted Hitler’s rise to power. We were young and full of bravado and oh so sure about how outraged and courageous we would have been. But the sad truth of course is that we most […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThe Linux Foundation announced its Linux Foundation Public Health initiative yesterday. They are starting with two open-source exposure alerting apps called Covid Shield and Covid Green. These are two apps that use the Google Apple Exposure Notification (GAEN) infrastructure. The codebase for both […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI know so many people who don’t have landline phones. They simply have their cell phone and use it for everything. But I also know a lot of people who are working from home (or a rented place, a vacation home, etc) right now and struggling with their cell phone reception and other issues. I […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThis animated short film project showed up in my Kickstarter feed this week and I backed it right away. It’s about kids learning to love who they are. It is a message that we all need to hear right now. USV TEAM POSTS: Lauren Young — Jul 9, 2020 Collecting Diversity and Inclusion data for […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI’ve been asked this question a bunch in the last few weeks in response to my post about more diversity on Boards . My answer to this question is simple. A Company should have a Board the day it is formed. The Board should contain one Founder (or possibly two) and at least two independent […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
