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The Ashley Madison Hack: A Glimpse of the Post Privacy Future
Albert Wenger – Aug 20, 2015
After some initial uncertainty it appears that the data released yesterday is in fact from the Ashley Madison hack that had been announced a little while back. The data contains not just email addresses but a lot of other information [...] Read more
The Blockstack Summit
Albert Wenger – Aug 18, 2015
About 8 months ago Joel Monegro, who is one of the analysts here at USV, wrote a great post titled “The Blockchain Application Stack.” The post lays out how the bitcoin blockchain can be combined with overlay networks and decentralized [...] Read more
Networks, Firms and Markets
Albert Wenger – Aug 17, 2015
There has been a renewed interest in the impact that digital technology is having on the boundaries of the firm. In particular there is a sense that networks operating on top of platforms are competing effectively with traditional firms. Examples [...] Read more
Values for a World of Knowledge
Albert Wenger – Aug 10, 2015
I have been thinking about the value implications of embracing knowledge. Maybe I am being overly reductionist here but there are three values that seem to me to be intimately connected with the knowledge loop of learning, creating and sharing. [...] Read more
Solar
Albert Wenger – Jul 29, 2015
The progress with solar technology has been impressive and is well summarized in the following chart which shows the dramatic decline in the price per watt Whenever someone shows a chart like this there will quickly be people who decry [...] Read more
Anxious Investors (the Investor Side)
Albert Wenger – Jul 27, 2015
Fred had a great post yesterday about why investors in private companies experience more anxiety than those in public ones (can’t sell) together with some spot on recommendations for entrepreneurs on how to deal with anxious investors. I have been [...] Read more
Work and Privacy: Hanging on to the Old or Inventing the New?
Albert Wenger – Jul 22, 2015
Too many people seem to be having a moment of Schadenfreude in the wake of the Ashley Madison hack – what were “those” people thinking of having an affair (estimates for the overall percentage of married adults having affairs range [...] Read more
Congestion in New York (and Elsewhere)
Albert Wenger – Jul 20, 2015
Just last week I wrote that there are legitimate concerns about Uber. Using congestion as the reason to limit the company’s expansion while ordering a study seems wrong and exactly the kind of political move that smacks of corruption. Given [...] Read more
Debating the Gig Economy: Going Past Industrial Thinking
Albert Wenger – Jul 14, 2015
Yesterday Hilary Clinton mentioned the “gig economy” in a speech. She said This is of course a topic I have been speaking and writing about a lot. Like Fred, I think that this is a discussion we need to have. [...] Read more