Writing

I woke up Sunday morning in Europe to the news that our monthly match campaign for The Human Utility had crossed the $20k mark and thus our $20k match was fully funded. That was great news but then I saw [...]  Read more

We are in the midst of a monthly match campaign for The Human Utility  which used to be called Detroit Water Project. The founder of this effort, Tiffani Bell, explains the story of how this project came to be in this eight [...]  Read more

Being an investor and board member means that you are close to the companies you invest in but not “in them.”. This near and dear relationship creates some interesting challenges for both the management and the investors. One of them [...]  Read more

Elon Musk famously posted Tesla’s long term strategy in 2006 and ended the post with “don’t tell anyone.” That has led may entrepreneurs around the world to follow suit and be transparent about what they are up to and why. [...]  Read more

Chris Dixon put this reading list  together. Instead of reading something from me today, maybe everyone can pick one or more posts from Chris’ reading list and learn a bit about tokens. I believe I have read all of these posts [...]  Read more

I am reminded time and time again that things that sound too good to be true almost always are. There really is no free lunch, in business or in life. Here are a few examples of things that seem so [...]  Read more

I read Cody Brown’s blog post about getting hacked on Thursday of last week. I feel very badly for Cody and plan to send him some BTC once I get access back to my account. His post helped me avoid [...]  Read more

I realize this blog is dangerously close to becoming A Coin Fund instead of AVC, but what can I say? It’s what I am thinking about most of all right now. Here’s William’s interview with Ted Livingston, founder and CEO [...]  Read more