A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonI’m sitting outside of my favorite coffee shop sipping on a coffee and writing. I do this many mornings. When I walked into the coffee shop this morning I was wearing a mask: I counted all of the people in the shop waiting in line (six feet apart) and waiting for their coffees. There were […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
One of my favorite ideas from the last 10 years is “The Slow Hunch” which my friend Steven Johnson popularized in his book Where Good Ideas Come From . Here is a good summary of the book , and the idea of The Slow Hunch is this: “World-changing ideas generally evolve over time as slow […] Read more (opens theslowhunch.net in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI got a question this past weekend that kind of stumped me. The question is – are there any really good mail hosts other than Gmail and Outlook? I realize that Yahoo still operates a mail host as does AOL. And that many of the ISPs offer mail hosting. But all of those feel like […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonMany of us have been working from home or some other remote location for over three months now. We have learned a fair bit about this approach to work and we have more to learn in the coming months. I don’t think we will be done with remote work until the pandemic is over. It […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
David GabeauNonfungible Tokens, or NFTs, provide a way to verify that a digital asset is uniquely owned and has specific properties, thus potentially giving the asset value through scarcity. This is a powerful idea for gaming because in many games users collect virtual assets like weapons, clothing, and land. […] Read more
Fred WilsonI wrote about this project to financially support people who were laid off because of the Covid pandemic back in early April. We also participated in the project and supported a family in the NY metro area back then. I saw this tweet yesterday: 1/ So proud of @1kprojectorg reaching $1,000,000 in […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
