Fred Wilson & Andy Weissman: Managing Generational Change | Upfront Summit 2017Fred Wilson and Andy Weissman of Union Square Ventures join Lindel Eakman of Foundry Group Next to discuss managing generational change at a venture capital firm. [ AVC ] Sam Altman's Whale AMA0:03 – What’s the best thing you learned from Paul Graham? 0:18 – Out of all the founders that have manbuns, who is your favorite? 0:31 – What social problems would you like to see startups tackling in 2017? 0:50 – Advice for a high school senior interested in tech startups but bored out of their mind at school? Asking for a friend. 1:06 – What’s your favorite play? I personally revere Hamlet. 1:20 – What are the top 3 emotions you felt in the last week? Is this consistent with most weeks? Do you actively cultivate/influence the emotions you feel? One Of The Hardest Things To Do In SalesTOMASZ TUNGUZ of RedPoint Why Many Companies Mistakingly Think Trolls & Harassment Are Good for BusinessA live mic. They gave me a live mic at last week’s Upfront Summit to interview Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian. Our discussion lasted about 20 minutes but that was sufficient time to cover his open letter on immigration, Reddit’s community standards, his feelings about tech’s role in politics and the opportunity he now has to become more than just “tech famous” if he so desires. But there was one question I’d written down in my notebook that we didn’t have time to cover – did Alexis think the way we measure the success of social products unintentionally result in deprioritizing community safety. Mark Cuban Interview by Jason Hirschhorn | Upfront Summit 2017A Lone Data Whiz Is Fighting Airbnb — and WinningThe “Inside Airbnb” project has earned the home-sharing company a deluge of bad press and forced it to be more transparent. |