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A Bulge, Not a Bubble
Albert Wenger – Nov 23, 2015
Even as recently as Web Summit at the beginning of November I was asked about a Bubble as part of a panel. It has since occurred to me that the problem with using that word to denote possibly overextended valuations [...] Read more
After Paris: Doubling Down on Democracy
Albert Wenger – Nov 15, 2015
The terror attacks in Paris, just like other terror attacks before them including 9/11, are a challenge to core democratic values of tolerance and freedom of speech. Turning against Muslims or against refugees is a terrible response as it only [...] Read more
Berlin Conversation
Albert Wenger – Nov 12, 2015
Next Tuesday (November 17th), my partners Brad and John and I will be in Berlin for an evening event to talk about entrepreneurship, the Internet, and whatever else is of interest to the audience. Somewhat to our surprise the event [...] Read more
Transparency and Intermediary Liability: Regulating Networks
Albert Wenger – Nov 10, 2015
Recently I did an opening interview for the On Demand Conference here in New York. As part of the conversation we discussed intermediary liability for platforms and I suggested that complete transparency was a good trade for intermediary liability. Someone [...] Read more
Board Effectiveness Tip #4: Make Sure Your Board Talks to Your Team
Albert Wenger – Nov 9, 2015
Six years ago I wrote three tips on making your board effective (tip #1, tip #2 and tip #3). Since then there is a lesson that I keep on relearning and so I am writing this tip #4 as much [...] Read more
Employee vs Contractor: The Role of Data and Getting Past the Distinction
Albert Wenger – Oct 30, 2015
I have written in the past about how having richer information channels is letting us overcome various historic dichotomies. For instance we had to distinguish between private and public companies because disclosing information was costly. We relied entirely on the [...] Read more
Sapiens by Yuval Harari (Book Review)
Albert Wenger – Oct 27, 2015
I recently finished Sapiens by Yuval Harari, which is subtitled “A Brief History of Humankind.” I highly recommend reading Sapiens even though I have a fundamental disagreement with one of Harari’s core premises. Let’s start with what’s great. The book [...] Read more
Decentralized Identity and Content Attribution: We Need a Specification
Albert Wenger – Oct 25, 2015
The power of the web has been that it has given us permissionless publishing. Want to publish your opinion? You no longer need to submit a letter to the editor of a newspaper in hope of it being published – [...] Read more
Who’s working for the gig worker?
Nick Grossman – Oct 24, 2015
Nick's O'Reilly eBook on emerging services for gig workers Read more