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Video Of The Week: Vitalik Buterin
Fred Wilson – Jan 6, 2018
In honor of Ethereum trading (briefly) at north of $1000USD this week, I thought we'd hear this weekend from Ethereum's founder Vitalik Buterin. This is an interview that he sat for in October at the ETH Waterloo event (where, among [...] Read more
I’m Having A Meltdown
Fred Wilson – Jan 4, 2018
So the chips we use in our personal computers and cloud computers have some newly discovered security holes. One is called Meltdown. The other is called Spectre. My first reaction upon hearing the news yesterday was “so what do we [...] Read more
Some Thoughts On Checking References
Fred Wilson – Jan 3, 2018
We do a lot of referencing in our business. We certainly ask around about a team before investing in them. But we do even more referencing post investment when we help the founders and management of our portfolio companies build [...] Read more
Email Bankruptcy
Fred Wilson – Jan 2, 2018
I saw this tweet in my timeline yesterday and thought “what a great way to start the new year.” 1st day of the year has to be inbox 0 I’ve declared email bankruptcy. If I owe you an email, please [...] Read more
What Is Going To Happen In 2018
Fred Wilson – Jan 1, 2018
This is a post that I am struggling to write. I really have no idea what is going to happen in 2018. Will the crypto markets continue in their bull cycle? I have no clue. I was showing my daughter’s [...] Read more
What Happened In 2017
Fred Wilson – Dec 31, 2017
As has become my practice, I celebrate the end of a year and the start of a new one here at AVC with back to back posts focusing on what happened and then thinking about what might happen. Today, we [...] Read more
What Happened In 2017
Fred Wilson – Dec 31, 2017
As has become my practice, I celebrate the end of a year and the start of a new one here at AVC with back to back posts focusing on what happened and then thinking about what might happen. Today, we [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Token 1.0 vs Token 2.0
Fred Wilson – Dec 30, 2017
AVC community member William Mougayar sent me a video of a talk he recently gave in Moscow. I really like the framework he articulates about half way through the talk regarding token 1.0 (where we are now) and token 2.0 [...] Read more
The Digital Advertising Duopoly
Fred Wilson – Dec 28, 2017
This chart from eMarketer really brings it home. We have a digital advertising duopoly. The difference between second and third place is massive. I don't want nor do I expect any governmental response to this market failure. I want to [...] Read more